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Iowa Code § 235B.5 (2026)

Creation and maintenance of a central registry

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1. There is created within the department a central registry for dependent adult abuse information. The department shall organize and staff the registry and adopt rules for its operation.

2. The registry shall collect, maintain, and disseminate dependent adult abuse information as provided in 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 dependent adult abuse and that all persons authorized by this chapter may use for obtaining dependent adult abuse information. \n Tue Dec 09 22:20:52 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 235B (45, 1) §235B.5, DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE SERVICES — INFORMATION REGISTRY 8\n\n 4. An oral report of suspected dependent adult 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. An oral report of suspected dependent adult abuse initially made to the central registry regarding a facility or program as defined in section 235E.1 shall be transmitted by the department to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing on the first working day following the submitting of the report.

6. The registry, upon receipt of a report of suspected dependent adult abuse, shall search the records of the registry, and if the records of the registry reveal any previous report of dependent adult abuse involving the same adult or if the records reveal any other pertinent information with respect to the same adult, the department or the appropriate law enforcement agency shall be immediately notified of that fact.

7. The central registry shall include but not be limited to report data, investigation data, and disposition data. 91 Acts, ch 231, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1093, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §718, 1942 Referred to in §235B.4, 235E.4, 279.13, 279.69, 321.375 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2016 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Soji Itunu Olutunde, 878 N.W.2d 264 (Iowa 2016).

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State of Iowa v. Soji Itunu Olutunde, 878 N.W.2d 264 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 4× “” Section 235B.5 creates a central registry for dependent adult abuse information.”

Mosher v. Dep't of Inspections & Appeals, Health Facilities Div., 671 N.W.2d 501 (Iowa 2003). “§ 235B.5 (creating registry). Mosher successfully sought judicial review in the district court, which held in a thorough and considered decision that (1) the department incorrectly interpreted the term “dependent adult” as used in chapter 235B; and (2) the department’s factual…”

Amended June 24, 2016 State of Iowa v. Soji Itunu Olutunde (Iowa 2016). · cites it 4× “” Section 235B.5 creates a central registry for dependent adult abuse information.”

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