{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-135g.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 135G.4","heading":"Licensure.","body":"1. A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a subacute care facility unless the person obtains a license for the subacute care facility under this chapter.\n2. An intermediate care facility for persons with mental illness licensed under chapter 135C may convert to a subacute care facility by submitting an application for a license in accordance with section 135G.5 accompanied by written notice to the department that the facility has employed a mental health professional and desires to make the conversion. An intermediate care facility for persons with mental illness applying for a license under this subsection remains subject to subsection 1 until a license is issued.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 135G - SUBACUTE MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/135G.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"0d37165939ab6fbdff8f145b3bb4ad06e77bf10a010ab0882b7751236a684932","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-135g.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-135g.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}