Iowa Code 238.1 – Definitions
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For the purpose of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of child and family services of the department of human services.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 238.1
- 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
- Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
2. “Child” means the same as defined in section 234.1.
3. “Child-placing agency” means any agency, whether public, semipublic, or private, which represents that the agency places children permanently or temporarily in private family homes or receives children for placement in private family homes, or which actually engages for gain or otherwise in the placement of children in private family homes.
4. “Person” or “agency” shall include individuals, institutions, partnerships, voluntary associations, and corporations, other than institutions under the management or control of any division or any administrator of the department of human services.
5. “State division” means the same as defined in section 234.1.