Iowa Code § 238.31
Inspection of foster homes
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
The administrator shall be satisfied that each licensed child-placing agency is maintaining proper standards in its work, and said administrator may at any time cause the child and home in which the child has been placed to be visited by the administrator’s agents for the purpose of ascertaining whether the home is a suitable one for the child, and may continue to visit and inspect the foster home and the conditions therein as they affect said child.
The department shall ensure that each licensed child-placing agency maintains proper standards, and may at any time cause the child and home in which the child has been placed to be visited by the director’s agents for the purpose of ascertaining whether the home is suitable for the child, and may continue to visit and inspect the foster home and the conditions in the foster home as they affect the child.
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