Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 135H - Psychiatric Medical Institutions for Children

• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the department of inspections and appeals. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Direction: means authoritative policy or procedural guidance for the accomplishment of a function or an activity. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Licensee: means the holder of a license issued to operate a psychiatric medical institution for children. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Medical care plan: means a plan of care and services designed to eliminate the need for inpatient care by improving the condition of a child. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Mental health professional: means an individual who has all of the following qualifications:
   a. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Nursing care: means services which are provided under the direction of a physician or registered nurse. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Physician: means a person licensed under chapter 148. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• psychiatric institution: means an institution providing more than twenty-four hours of continuous care involving long-term psychiatric services to three or more children in residence for expected periods of fourteen or more days for diagnosis and evaluation or for expected periods of ninety days or more for treatment. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Psychiatric services: means services provided under the direction of a physician which address mental, emotional, medical, or behavioral problems. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Rehabilitative services: means services to encourage and assist restoration of a resident's optimum mental and physical capabilities. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Resident: means a person who is less than twenty-one years of age and has been admitted by a physician to a psychiatric medical institution for children. See Iowa Code 135H.1
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1