§321-11.2  Adult foster homes.  (a)  The
department of health is authorized to certify adult foster homes for
developmentally disabled individuals requiring such care beyond the eighteenth
birthday.  "Adult foster home" means a private home providing care on
a twenty-four hour basis for adults with developmental disabilities.  To be
certified, an adult foster home shall have not more than two adults with
developmental disabilities at the same time, who are unrelated to the foster
family.  To accommodate residents of a foster boarding home for children with
developmental disabilities who reach the age of eighteen years, where the home
is certified as a foster boarding home for children under section 346-17, the
director of health may waive the two adult limit for certification of that home
as an adult foster home, provided that:  (1) the number of foster children and
adults in such dually certified home shall not exceed five, and (2) no new
adults may be admitted into the home while there are any foster children
residing in the home.



(b)  The rules of the department of human
services adopted under authority of section 346-17, which prescribe the
standards of conditions and competence of operation of child foster boarding
homes shall apply to adult foster homes.  Notwithstanding chapter 91, to the
contrary, the rules shall be considered adopted by the department of health on
July 1, 1986, for the purpose of regulating adult foster care homes and
shall be valid until the department of health adopts rules pursuant to chapter
91.  The department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91
necessary for the purposes of this section.



(c)  Rate of payment for adult foster homes is
to be determined on the same basis as domiciliary care homes as provided under
section 346-53. [L 1986, c 328, §§2, 3, and 7; am L 1987, c 334, §§2, 3, and 5;
am L 1988, c 141, §24; am L 1992, c 15, §2]



 



Revision Note



 



  "July 1,
1986," substituted for "the effective date of this Act".



 



Cross References



 



  Criminal history
record checks, see §333F-22.