CHAPTER 22
HEALTH CARE FACILITY AUDITS
[Rules in 481—Chapter 22 transferred to 481—Chapter 31, 8/26/87]
481—22.1(10A) Audit occurrence. The department audits financial records of intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded on a rotating basis or upon request of the department of human services (DHS). Audits are intended to ensure compliance with the following Iowa Administrative Code chapters:
	1.	441—Chapter 52, Payment, specifically subrule 52.1(3).
	2.	441—Chapter 54, Facility Participation, specifically rule 54.5(249) and subrule 54.8(2).
	3.	441—Chapter 81, Intermediate Care Facilities, specifically subrule 81.4(3), rule 81.10(249A) and subrule 81.14(2).
	4.	441—Chapter 82, Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded, specifically subrules 82.9(3) and 82.17(2).
If a rule not listed is used in an audit, the auditor will notify the facility.
The department acts as an agent for DHS when conducting the above audits.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 10A.302(2) and 10A.302(3).
481—22.2(10A) Confidentiality. All information compiled during an audit is confidential according to Iowa Code sections 10A.105 and 217.30. All inquiries to release information which is confidential under Iowa Code section 217.30 must be addressed to the DHS.
	22.2(1) Information may be added to an audit file by the subject of the audit when the subject notifies the Audits Division, Department of Inspections and Appeals, Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
	22.2(2) At the conclusion of the audit, when material is returned to DHS, DHS rules regarding fair information practices prevail.
These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code sections 10A.302 and 22.11.
[Filed 1/6/88, Notices 8/12/87, 12/2/87—published 1/27/88, effective 3/2/88]
[Filed 1/5/89, Notice 11/30/88—published 1/25/89, effective 3/1/89]