As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “Administrator” means the administrator of that division of the department designated by the director of human services to administer this chapter or the administrator’s designee.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 237C.1

  • Administrator: means the administrator of that division of the department designated by the director of human services to administer this chapter or the administrator's designee. See Iowa Code 237C.1
  • Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • children: means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age. See Iowa Code 237C.1
  • Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 237C.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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.
  • Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • 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
 2. “Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age.
 3. “Children’s residential facility” means a private facility designed to serve children who have been voluntarily placed for reasons other than an exclusively recreational activity outside of their home by a parent or legal guardian and who are not under the custody or authority of the department of human services, juvenile court, or another governmental agency, that provides twenty-four-hour care, including food, lodging, supervision, education, or other care on a full-time basis by a person other than a relative or guardian of the child, but does not include an entity providing any of the following:

 a. Care furnished by an individual who receives the child of a personal friend as an occasional and personal guest in the individual’s home, free of charge and not as a business.
 b. Care furnished by an individual with whom a child has been placed for lawful adoption, unless that adoption is not completed within two years after placement.
 c. Child care furnished by a child care facility as defined in section 237A.1.
 d. Care furnished in a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or care furnished in a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1.
 e. Care furnished by a juvenile detention home or juvenile shelter care home approved under section 232.142.
 f. Care furnished by a child foster care facility licensed under chapter 237.
 g. Care furnished by an institution listed in section 218.1.
 h. Care furnished by a facility licensed under chapter 125.
 i. Care furnished by a psychiatric medical institution for children licensed under chapter 135H.
 4. “Department” means the department of human services.