State assisted-living licensing record · Iowa DIAL · record as pulled September 22, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Prairie Hills at Tipton
219 South Cedar Street, Tipton, IA 52772 · Cedar County · 70 licensed beds
DIAL record ID 2493 · licence S0213 · certified through July 2, 2027 · first licensed July 2005
The licence
Licensed by DIAL · Dementia-specific assisted living program
Certification details, as listed by DIAL
- Certified as
- Dementia-specific assisted living program
- Certificate
- S0213
- Certified since
- July 1, 2005
- Current certificate
- From July 2, 2025, expires July 2, 2027
- Occupancy
- 70 units
- Accredited
- No
Position within Iowa
31 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.
- 481-69.29-1 Each tenant shall have access to a 24-hour personal emergency response system that automatically…August 22, 2024
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Iowa. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 31 |
| Median facility in Iowa | 2 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| November 4, 2021 | recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation; focused infection control survey | 8 |
| July 20, 2022 | complaint investigation; incident investigation; other visit | 0 |
| January 17, 2023 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 1 |
| February 1, 2024 | recertification survey; complaint investigation | 6 |
| August 22, 2024 | complaint investigation; incident investigation | 11 |
| February 19, 2026 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| August 11, 2026 | recertification survey | 4 |
What the citations cover
- Resident care 21
- Staffing and training 5
- Medication 3
- Records and administration 1
- Other 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Resident care | 21 |
| Staffing and training | 5 |
| Medication | 3 |
| Records and administration | 1 |
| Emergency management | 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.
August 11, 2026 — recertification survey, 4 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-67.5-2 | Medications. Each program shall follow its own written medication policy, which shall include when… |
| 481-69.26-2 | 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… |
February 19, 2026 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.3-5 | Tenant Rights |
August 22, 2024 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 11 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.2-3 | The program shall follow the policies and procedures established by the program |
| 481-67.3-2 | Tenant Rights |
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.25-1 | Tenant Documents |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
| 481-69.26-3 | 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 |
| 481-69.29-1 | Each tenant shall have access to a 24-hour personal emergency response system that automatically… |
February 1, 2024 — recertification survey; complaint investigation, 6 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.22-1 | Evaluation of tenant prior to occupancy |
| 481-69.22-2 | Evaluation within 30 days of occupancy |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
| 481-69.27-1 | If a tenant receives personal or health-related care, the program shall provide for a registered nurse |
| 481-69.30-3 | Dementia-specific continuing education |
| 481-69.30-3 | Dementia-specific continuing education |
January 17, 2023 — complaint investigation; incident investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-69.26-3 | When a tenant needs personal care or health-related care, the service plan shall be updated within 30 days… |
July 20, 2022 — complaint investigation; incident investigation; other visit, nothing cited
November 4, 2021 — recertification survey; complaint investigation; incident investigation; focused infection control survey, 8 citations
| Tag | What DIAL checks |
|---|---|
| 481-67.19-3 | Background check requirements for employer prior to employing an individual |
| 481-67.3-1 | Tenant Rights |
| 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… |
| 481-67.9-1 | Number of staff |
| 481-67.9-4 | Nurse delegation shall, at a minimum, include within 30 days of beginning employment, all program staff… |
| 481-69.22-3 | Evaluation of tenant |
| 481-69.26-1 | Service plan |
DIAL also holds 7 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.