1. There is created within the department a central registry for certain child abuse
information. The department shall organize and staff the registry and adopt rules for its
operation.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:20:52 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 235A (42, 1)
§235A.14, CHILD ABUSE 4\n\n 2. The registry shall collect, maintain and disseminate child abuse information as
provided for by this chapter.
3. The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone line, which shall be available on
a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week basis and which the department and all other
persons may use to report cases of suspected child abuse and that all persons authorized by
this chapter may use for obtaining child abuse information.
4. An oral report of suspected child abuse initially made to the central registry shall be
immediately transmitted by the department to the appropriate county department of human
services or law enforcement agency, or both.
5. The registry, upon receipt of a report of suspected child abuse, shall search the records
of the registry, and if the records of the registry reveal any previous report of child abuse
involving the same child or any other child in the same family, or if the records reveal
any other pertinent information with respect to the same child or any other child in the
same family, the appropriate office of the department or law enforcement agency shall be
immediately notified of that fact.
6. The central registry shall include report data and disposition data which is subject to
placement in the central registry under section 232.71D. The central registry shall not include
assessment data.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.14]
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 97 Acts, ch 176, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 115, §11, 19; 2023 Acts, ch 19,
§699
Referred to in §232.68, 235A.12, 279.13, 279.69, 321.375
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Notes of Decisions
Doe v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 786 N.W.2d 853 (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 3× “” Iowa Code § 235A.14(1). “Operation” means “performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes.”
Roth v. Reagen, 422 N.W.2d 464 (Iowa 1988).
· cites it 3× “See Iowa Code § 235A.14. Registry information is highly confidential, see id.”
Reynolds v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 493 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1992).
· cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 235A.14(1), (2). The purpose of the registry is to aid the research and identification of victims or potential victims of child abuse through one statewide source of data.”
Grant v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 722 N.W.2d 169 (Iowa 2006).
“§ 235A.14(1) (“There is created within the state department of human services a central registry for child abuse information.”
Kruse v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 500 N.W.2d 455 (Iowa Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 235A.14 (1991). Registry information is highly confidential, and disclosure of it to unauthorized persons is a criminal offense.”
Jane Doe Vs. Iowa Dep't Of Human Servs. (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 3× “” Iowa Code § 235A.14(1). “Operation” means “performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes.”
Pillow v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 521 N.W.2d 746 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 235A.14. Child abuse information collected there is available only to authorized persons.”
— Iowa Code § 235A.14(1) — 7 cases
Doe v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 786 N.W.2d 853 (Iowa 2010).
“” Iowa Code § 235A.14(1). “Operation” means “performance of a practical work or of something involving the practical application of principles or processes.”
Reynolds v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 493 N.W.2d 813 (Iowa 1992).
“Iowa Code § 235A.14(1), (2). The purpose of the registry is to aid the research and identification of victims or potential victims of child abuse through one statewide source of data.”
Grant v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs., 722 N.W.2d 169 (Iowa 2006).
“§ 235A.14(1) (“There is created within the state department of human services a central registry for child abuse information.”
— Iowa Code § 235A.14(6) — 1 case
Roth v. Reagen, 422 N.W.2d 464 (Iowa 1988).
“See Iowa Code § 235A.14. Registry information is highly confidential, see id.”
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