17—8.3 (231) Interference. A local long-term care resident’s advocate/ombudsman or trained volunteer long-term care ombudsman certified under rule 17—8.7(231) who is denied access to a resident or tenant in a long-term care facility, assisted living program, or elder group home, or to medical and personal records while in the course of conducting official duties or whose work is interfered with during the course of an investigation shall report such denial or interference to the office of the state long-term care resident’s advocate who will report the interference to the director of the department on aging.
[ARC 8489B, IAB 1/27/10, effective 1/7/10; ARC 8939B, IAB 7/14/10, effective 7/1/10]