State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Apple Valley Place
405 27th Avenue South, Clear Lake, IA 50428 · Cerro Gordo County · 118 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 1721 · licence S0166 · certified through December 23, 2026 · first licensed December 2002
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0166
- Certified since
- December 23, 2002
- Current certificate
- From December 23, 2024, expires December 23, 2026
- Occupancy
- 118 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
28 citations — more than 96% of the 437 licensed assisted living facilities in Iowa. Compared only within Iowa: a citation from DIAL means what it means in Iowa, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 5 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated
Not in this record
Fire and life safety inspection, severity, the survey report, and enforcement. The fire safety inspection of an Iowa assisted living program is the State Fire Marshal's and is not published; what DIAL itself cites about the building — its structural requirements, the dwelling-unit rules for dementia-specific programs and the fire and safety standards of the Code — is here. DIAL assigns no severity to a citation, and the survey report itself is published only as a scanned image, which is not read. Fines, conditional certifications and other enforcement actions are recorded separately and not republished. Elder group homes and adult day services are other certification types and are not included.
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Building-related citations
The citation about the building itself — physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.
- 481-69.32-2 An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific programDecember 20, 2023
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 28 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| December 20, 2023 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 15 |
| March 6, 2024 | complaint investigation | 13 |
| May 7, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| October 22, 2025 | recertification survey; incident investigation | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 16
- Staffing and training 4
- Medication 3
- Food service 2
- Other 3
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 16 |
| Staffing and training | 4 |
| Medication | 3 |
| Food service | 2 |
| Records and administration | 2 |
| Life safety | 1 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by DIAL, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DIAL’s own.
October 22, 2025 — recertification survey; incident investigation, nothing cited
May 7, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
March 6, 2024 — complaint investigation, 13 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2 | Program policies and procedures |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.9-3 | Staffing. Pursuant to Iowa Code section 135C.33, a prospective employee of a program shall have a criminal… |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.28-8 | Food Service |
December 20, 2023 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 15 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-2 | Prior to the tenant's signing the occupancy agreement and taking occupancy of a dwelling unit, a… |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.28-5 | Personnel who are employed by or contract with the program and who are responsible for food preparation or… |
| 481-69.30-1 | All personnel employed by or contracting with a dementia-specific program shall receive a minimum of eight… |
| 481-69.32-2 | An operating alarm system shall be connected to each exit door in a dementia-specific program |
DIAL also holds 3 older citations for this facility from before September 2021, outside the 5-year window these pages use. They are on the state’s own record.
Reflects the DIAL record as pulled September 22, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the Iowa state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.