2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 233B - JUVENILE HOME
Section 233B.1 - Definitions — purpose — population limit.

233B.1

Definitions — purpose — population limit.

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

a. “Administrator” or “director” means the director of the department of human services.

b. “Home” means the Iowa juvenile home.

c. “Superintendent” means the superintendent of the Iowa juvenile home.

2. The Iowa juvenile home shall be maintained for the purpose of providing care, custody, and education of the children committed to the home. The children shall be wards of the state. The children’s education shall embrace instruction in the common school branches and in such other higher branches as may be practical and will enable the children to gain useful and self-sustaining employment. The administrator and the superintendent of the home shall assist all discharged children in securing suitable homes and proper employment.

3. The number of children present at any one time at the Iowa juvenile home shall not exceed the population guidelines established under 1990 Iowa Acts, ch. 1239, §21, as adjusted for subsequent changes in the capacity at the home.

[C97, §2689; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3698, 3706; C46, §243.1, 244.1; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §244.1]

83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 90 Acts, ch 1239, §19

C93, §233B.1

2005 Acts, ch 175, §103; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143