During the 2022 legislative session, the 89th Iowa General Assembly passed brand-new legislation (House File 2521) requiring healthcare work agencies that provide direct care to staff to specific health care centers in Iowa to register with the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) and pay a yearly fee.
The department's administrative rules (Iowa Administrative Code 481-55) for the newly-created Iowa Code 135Q have actually been finalized. These new guidelines executing House File 2521 entered into impact on Jan. 4, 2023.
Health care employment service registration is great for one year. Agencies will need to register every year they function in Iowa.
How do agencies sign up with DIAL?
The easiest way to register is via the online type.
However, health care employment service can also register by fax (515.281.5022) or mail. If signing up by fax or mail (see address below), please include the following information on your business letterhead:
- All company workplace locations running in Iowa, consisting of physical address with city, state, and ZIP code (Please keep in mind the staffing agency office doesn't need to be found in Iowa. Any office location that provides staff for Iowa healthcare centers should register.);.
Owner information, consisting of names, sending by mail address (with city, state and postal code), contact individual's name (if owner is a business or entity and not an individual), contact number, and e-mail address;.
Managing entity info (if applicable), consisting of names, mailing address (with city, state and postal code), contact person's name (if owner is a company or entity and not a person), contact number, and email address.
Just how much does registration cost?
Registration is $500 for each healthcare employment service office location operating in Iowa. If you register via the online type, please consist of the submission number with your check when you mail it to DIAL. If you sign up via fax, please consist of the date you sent your fax when you mail your check.
Please mail your check to:
Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing.
Health & Safety Division/HCEA Registration.
6200 Park Avenue, Suite 100.
Des Moines, Iowa 50321
Registered, not "certified"
Health care employment agencies are registering just with DIAL. This is not a license. Agencies will not get a registration document or certificate. DIAL will send out an e-mail verification to the agency contact once the registration kind has actually been completed and the $500 fee has actually been paid. The private listed as the contact person in the submitted type will receive this verification. If the individual who was listed as the contact hasn't received the email, please have them examine their spam folder. If the e-mail can not lie, please call us. You can do that through the online contact type or by calling 515.281.4115.
Check to see if a firm is registered
Anyone can inspect the registration status of a healthcare employment service in the Health Facilities Division online database. In the "Entity Search" box, choose "Health Care Employment Service" as the kind of facility, and after that click "Search." The search results default to 10 outcomes, however you can alter the variety of results revealed at the top of the record list.
Get Help
Instructions for logging into Health Facilities Database.
Instructions for quarterly reports.
Template for report.
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Healthcare Employment Agencies may now sign up online.
Employment Agency Requirements FAQs
What are the requirements for these employment service?
In addition to registration, each healthcare employment service is required to:
- Stick to all requirements under Iowa Code Section 135Q.2( 2 );.
- Submit quarterly reports to DIAL;.
- Verify that its employees adhere to all applicable state and federal requirements;.
- Maintain documents relating to each company employee's compliance with minimum licensing, certification, training, health requirements, and continuing education standards as explained in Iowa Administrative Code 481-55.3( 1 );.
- Report to the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry finished work projects of the company worker (if the worker is a certified nurse assistant, or CNA) adequate to preserve an active status on the computer registry, per state and federal requirements.
Please note this is not an all-inclusive list of requirements. For extra details, please see Iowa Administrative Code 481-55.
When do companies send their quarterly reports?
In accordance with Rule 55.5( 3 ), quarterly reports must be submitted to DIAL.
First quarter reports (Jan. 1-March 31) are due every year by April 15;.
Second quarter reports (April 1-June 30) are due yearly by July 15;.
Third quarter reports (July 1-Sept. 30) are due each year by Oct. 15;.
Fourth quarter reports (Oct. 1-Dec. 31) are due yearly by Jan. 15.
How do agencies report hours for the CNAs they utilize to the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry?
Each health care employment company is needed to report the hours operated in long-lasting care centers by qualified nursing assistants (CNAs) in their utilize. They can do this in the Health Facilities database. The individual listed as the contact in the registration for the business will require to visit utilizing that email address to report these hours.
