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Iowa Code § 231E.3

Definitions

Redline — January 1, 2016 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2016
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Client” means an individual for whom a representative payee is appointed.
1. “Client” means an individual for whom a representative payee is appointed.
2. “Commission” means the commission on aging.
3. “Conservator” means conservator as defined in section 633.3.
2. “Conservator” means conservator as defined in section 633.3.
4. “Court” means court as defined in section 633.3.
3. “Court” means court as defined in section 633.3.
5. “Decedent” means the individual for whom an estate is administered or executed.
6. “Department” means the department on aging established in section 231.21.
4. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
7. “Director” means the director of the department on aging.
5. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
8. “Estate” means estate as defined in section 633.3.
6. “Guardian” means guardian as defined in section 633.3.
9. “Guardian” means guardian as defined in section 633.3.
7. “Incompetent” means incompetent as defined in section 633.3.
10. “Incompetent” means incompetent as defined in section 633.3.
11. “Local office” means a local office of substitute decision maker.
8. “Local office” means a local office of public guardian.
12. “Local substitute decision maker” means an individual under contract with the department to act as a substitute decision maker.
9. “Local public guardian” means an individual under contract with the department to act as a guardian, conservator, or representative payee.
13. “Personal representative” means personal representative as defined in section 633.3.
14. “Planning and service area” means a geographic area of the state designated by the commission for the purpose of planning, developing, delivering, and administering services for elders.
15. “Power of attorney” means a durable power of attorney for health care as defined in section 144B.1 or a power of attorney executed pursuant to chapter 633B.
16. “Principal” means an individual for whom a power of attorney is established.
10. “Protected person” means the individual for whom a guardianship or conservatorship is established.
11. “Public guardian” means the state public guardian or a local public guardian.
12. “Public guardianship services” means guardianship, conservatorship, or representative payee services provided by the state public guardian or a local public guardian.
17. “Representative payee” means an individual appointed by a government entity to receive funds on behalf of a client pursuant to federal regulation.
13. “Representative payee” means an individual appointed by a government entity to receive funds on behalf of a client pursuant to federal regulation.
18. “State agency” means any executive department, commission, board, institution, division, bureau, office, agency, or other executive entity of state government.
14. “State agency” means any executive department, commission, board, institution, division, bureau, office, agency, or other executive entity of state government.
19. “State office” means the state office of substitute decision maker.
15. “State office” means the state office of public guardian.
20. “State substitute decision maker” means the administrator of the state office of substitute decision maker.
16. “State public guardian” means the administrator of the state office of public guardian.
21. “Substitute decision maker” means a guardian, conservator, representative payee, attorney in fact under a power of attorney, or personal representative.
22. “Substitute decision making” or “substitute decision-making services” means the provision of services of a guardian, conservator, representative payee, attorney in fact under a power of attorney, or personal representative.
23. “Ward” means the individual for whom a guardianship or conservatorship is established.
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Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.