Iowa Code r. 481-55.1 - Definitions
The definitions set forth in Iowa Code section 135Q.1 are incorporated herein by reference. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following also apply:
"Health care employment agency" does not include a recruitment firm that contracts with a health care entity to identify and screen potential candidates for hire and does not provide agency workers for temporary or temporary-to-hire employee placements in this state.
"Health care entity" includes but is not limited to any entities licensed or certified pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 135B (hospitals), 135C (health care facilities), 135G (subacute mental health care facilities), 135H (psychiatric medical institutions for children), 135J (licensed hospice programs), 231C (assisted living programs), 231D (adult day services), or 135R (ambulatory surgical centers) or any home health agency, hospice, end-stage renal disease center, rural health clinic, or federally qualified health care center certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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