1. The department shall establish, by rule in accordance with chapter 17A, a program for certification and monitoring of assisted living programs. An assisted living program which is voluntarily accredited is not required to also be certified by the department and the department shall accept voluntary accreditation in lieu of certification by the department. An assisted living program certified or voluntarily accredited under this section is exempt from the requirements of section 135.63 relating to certificate of need requirements.
2. Each assisted living program operating in the state shall be certified with the department or shall be voluntarily accredited. The owner or manager of a certified assisted living program shall comply with the rules adopted by the department for an assisted living program. A person shall not represent an assisted living program to the public as a certified or voluntarily accredited program unless the program is certified or voluntarily accredited pursuant to this chapter.
3. Services provided by a certified or voluntarily accredited assisted living program may be provided directly by staff of the assisted living program, by individuals contracting with the assisted living program to provide services, or by individuals employed by the tenant or with whom the tenant contracts if the tenant agrees to assume the responsibility and risk of the employment or the contractual relationship.
4. The department may enter into contracts to provide certification and monitoring of assisted living programs. The department shall have full access to a program during certification and monitoring of programs seeking certification or currently certified. Upon the request of the department the entity providing accreditation of a program shall provide copies to the department of all materials related to the accreditation process.
96 Acts, ch 1192, §3
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