CHAPTER 1
PURPOSE AND FUNCTION
[Prior to 3/23/88, see Foster Care Review Board[445] Ch 1]
489—1.1(237) Purpose. The child advocacy board is established by Iowa Code section 237.16 to carry out all duties described in Iowa Code section 237.18. The board is charged with the responsibility of establishing a foster care registry, establishing local review boards to review cases of children in foster care, establishing a training program for board members, establishing procedures and protocols for administering the court appointed special advocate program, receiving and administering funds received for the state board’s programs and annually reporting findings and making recommendations to the governor, general assembly, the supreme court, the chief judge of each judicial district, the department, and child-placing agencies.
	1.1(1) Location. The child advocacy board is located in the Lucas State Office Building, 321 East 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0083; telephone (515)281-7621. Office hours are 8 a.m.	to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on state holidays. The child advocacy board is created within the department of inspections and appeals.
	1.1(2) Definitions. The following definitions apply to the rules of the child advocacy board.
[ARC 3054C, IAB 5/10/17, effective 6/14/17]
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3, 237.15, and 237.16.
[Filed emergency 5/30/85—published 6/19/85, effective 5/30/85]
[Filed emergency 7/1/86—published 7/16/86, effective 7/1/86]
[Filed 3/3/88, Notice 1/27/88—published 3/23/88, effective 4/27/88]
[Filed 9/2/88, Notice 6/15/88—published 9/21/88, effective 10/26/88]
[Filed ARC 3054C (Notice ARC 2974C, IAB 3/15/17), IAB 5/10/17, effective 6/14/17]