# Iowa Code § 35D.2: Right to admission

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.2

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 35D.2
- **Heading:** Right to admission
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title I / Chapter 35D / Section 35D.2

## Text

(1) Persons described in section 35D.1 who are disabled by disease, injury, or old age, and who meet the qualifications for nursing or residential care, and who are unable to earn a livelihood, and who are residents of the state of Iowa on the date of the application and immediately preceding the date the application is accepted, may be admitted to the home as members under rules adopted by the commission. The commission shall adopt rules to emphasize the admission of homeless honorably discharged veterans. Eligibility determinations are subject to approval by the commandant.

(2) A person shall not be received or retained in the home who has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as acutely mentally ill and considered dangerous to self or others, is an acute inebriate, or is addicted to the use of drugs, and whose documented behavior is continuously disruptive to the operation of the facility.

1.[C97, §2602; S13, §2602, 2606; SS15, §2606; C24, 27, 31, 35, §3366; C39, §3384.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §219.2]2.[C97, §2605; C24, 27, 31, 35, §3370; C39, §3384.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §219.13]84 Acts, ch 1277, §2C85, §219.292 Acts, ch 1140, §23C93, §35D.22013 Acts, ch 36, §2; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §21

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 35D.1 Purpose of home — definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.2 Right to admission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.3 Rules — general management.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.4 Married couples — quarters — cottages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.5 Surviving spouses of veterans.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.6 Certificate of eligibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.7 Contributing to own support.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.8 Conditional admittance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.9 County of residence upon discharge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.10 Payment to spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.11 Handling of pension money and other funds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.12 Bank account for members’ deposits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.13 Commandant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 35D.14 Personnel expenses compensation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TI_C35D_S35D.14.md)

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