Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 135Q.1. Definitions

1. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

2. “Health care employment agency” or “agency” means an agency that contracts with a health care entity in this state to provide agency workers for temporary or temporary-to-hire employee placements.

3. “Health care employment agency worker” or “agency worker” means an individual who contracts with or is employed by a health care employment agency to provide nursing services to health care entity consumers.

4. “Health care entity” means a facility, agency, or program licensed or certified by the department or by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services.

5. “Managing entity” means a business entity, owner, ownership group, chief executive officer, program administrator, director, or other decision maker whose responsibilities include directing the management or policies of a health care employment agency. “Managing entity” includes an individual who, directly or indirectly, holds a beneficial interest in a corporation, partnership, or other business entity that constitutes a managing entity.

6. “Nursing services” means those services which may be provided only by or under the supervision of a nurse. “Nursing services” includes services performed by a registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a certified nurse aide, a certified medication aide, a home health aide, a medication manager, or by noncertified or nonlicensed staff providing personal care as defined in section 231C.2. “Nursing services” does not include the practice of nursing by an advanced registered nurse practitioner or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 152 or 152E.