1. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

 a. “Administrator” means the person assigned by the director of human services in the appropriate division of the department to administer mental health and disability services.
 b. “Department” means the department of human services.
 c. “Mental health and disability services region” means a mental health and disability services region formed in accordance with section 331.389.
 d. “Regional administrator” means the regional administrator of a mental health and disability services region, as defined in section 331.388.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 227.1

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
  • Intellectual disability: means a diagnosis of intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder, global developmental delay, or unspecified intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder which diagnosis shall be made only when the onset of the person's condition was during the developmental period and based on an assessment of the person's intellectual functioning and level of adaptive skills. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • persons with mental illness: include persons with psychosis, persons who are severely depressed, and persons with any type of mental disease or mental disorder, except that mental illness does not refer to intellectual disability, or to insanity, diminished responsibility, or mental incompetency as defined and used in the Iowa criminal code or in the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The regulatory requirements for county and private institutions where persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability are admitted, committed, or placed shall be administered by the administrator.