Terms Used In Iowa Code 237.9

  • Child: means child as defined in section 234. See Iowa Code 237.1
  • Child foster care: means the provision of parental nurturing, including but not limited to the furnishing of food, lodging, training, education, supervision, treatment, or other care, to a child on a full-time basis by a person, including a relative of the child if the relative is licensed under this chapter, but not including a guardian of the child. See Iowa Code 237.1
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 237.1
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means an individual person or a married couple who provides child foster care in a single-family home environment and which does not meet the definition of an agency in subsection 2. See Iowa Code 237.1
  • Licensee: means an individual or an agency licensed by the administrator under this chapter. See Iowa Code 237.1
  • 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
 A person who receives information from or through the department concerning a child who has received or is receiving child foster care, a relative or guardian of the child, a single-family, home licensee, or an individual employee of a licensee, shall not disclose that information directly or indirectly, except as authorized by section 217.30, or as authorized or required by section 232.69.