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Iowa Code § 904.516 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 904 / Section 904.516
Academic achievement of inmates — literacy and high school equivalency programs.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective July 1, 1997, a person who is committed to the custody of the director of the department of corrections may be evaluated for purposes of determining the level of achievement in the basic skills of arithmetic, the communicative arts of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling, social studies, and the sciences.

(2) Persons who demonstrate functional literacy competence below the sixth grade level may be required to participate in literacy programs established by the department. Participation shall be voluntary, but shall be reflected as part of the person’s record at the institution. Persons who are required to participate in literacy programs and who refuse to participate shall be subject to the following penalties:

(2) (a) Eligibility only for a minimum allowance.

(2) (b) Placement on idle status.

(2) (c) Ineligibility for work bonuses.

(2) (d) Ineligibility for minimum out or minimum live out status.

(2) (e) Ineligibility for other privileges as determined by the department.

(3) Persons who have not completed the requirements for high school or a high school equivalency diploma may be required to complete the requirements for and to obtain a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A.

(4) The department, in cooperation with the board of parole, shall adopt rules which establish a procedure for evaluation of inmates to determine basic skills achievement, and criteria for placement of inmates in educational programs. Rules adopted may include, but shall not be limited to, the establishment of standards for the development of appropriate programming, imposition of any applicable penalties, and for waiver of any educational requirements.

95 Acts, ch 179, §1
Iowa Code § 155A.39 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.39
Program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, or pharmacy technicians immunity and funding.
Status: in_force

(1) The board may establish a review committee and may implement a program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, and pharmacy technicians pursuant to section 272C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “k”.

(2) An employee or a member of the board, a review committee member, or any other person who furnishes information, data, reports, or records in good faith for the purpose of aiding an impaired pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician, shall be immune from civil liability. This immunity from civil liability shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purpose of this section and is in addition to other immunity provided by law.

(3) An employee or member of the board or a review committee member is presumed to have acted in good faith. A person alleging a lack of good faith has the burden of proof on that issue.

(4) The board may add a surcharge of not more than ten percent of the applicable fee to a pharmacist license fee, pharmacist license renewal fee, pharmacist-intern registration fee, pharmacy technician registration fee, or pharmacy technician registration renewal fee authorized under this chapter to fund a program to monitor impaired pharmacists, pharmacist-interns, or pharmacy technicians.

(5) The board may accept, transfer, and expend funds made available by the federal or state government or by another public or private source to be used in a program authorized by this section.

(6) Funds and surcharges collected under this section shall be deposited in an account and may be used by the board to administer a program authorized by this section and to assist licensees and registrants with costs incurred for participation in the program.

(7) The board may disclose that the license of a pharmacist, the registration of a pharmacist-intern, or the registration of a pharmacy technician who is the subject of an order of the board that is confidential pursuant to section 272C.6 is suspended, revoked, canceled, restricted, or retired; or that the pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician is in any manner otherwise limited in the practice of pharmacy; or other relevant information pertaining to the pharmacist, pharmacist-intern, or pharmacy technician which the board deems appropriate.

(8) The board may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.

97 Acts, ch 39, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 93, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1056, §20
Iowa Code § 327D.73 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.73
Partial schedules.
Status: in_force

In lieu of filing its often used schedule in each station or office, any common carrier may file with the department and keep posted at the stations or offices, schedules of the rates applicable at, to, and from the places where the stations or offices are located.

[C97, §2128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.56; C77, 79, 81, §327D.73; 81 Acts, ch 22, §17]
Iowa Code § 598.21A — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 598 / Section 598.21A
Orders for spousal support.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon every judgment of annulment, dissolution, or separate maintenance, the court may grant an order requiring support payments to either party for a limited or indefinite length of time after considering all of the following:

(1) (a) The length of the marriage.

(1) (b) The age and physical and emotional health of the parties.

(1) (c) The distribution of property made pursuant to section 598.21.

(1) (d) The educational level of each party at the time of marriage and at the time the action is commenced.

(1) (e) The earning capacity of the party seeking maintenance, including educational background, training, employment skills, work experience, length of absence from the job market, responsibilities for children under either an award of custody or physical care, and the time and expense necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party to find appropriate employment.

(1) (f) The feasibility of the party seeking maintenance becoming self-supporting at a standard of living reasonably comparable to that enjoyed during the marriage, and the length of time necessary to achieve this goal.

(1) (g) The tax consequences to each party.

(1) (h) Any mutual agreement made by the parties concerning financial or service contributions by one party with the expectation of future reciprocation or compensation by the other party.

(1) (i) The provisions of an antenuptial agreement.

(1) (j) Other factors the court may determine to be relevant in an individual case.

(2) Orders made pursuant to this section need mention only those factors relevant to the particular case for which the orders are made but shall contain the names, birth dates, addresses, and counties of residence of the petitioner and respondent.

96 Acts, ch 1106, §18; 2005 Acts, ch 69, §39
Iowa Code § 184A.4 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 184A / Section 184A.4
Administration of moneys.
Status: in_force

(1) The assessments collected by the council as provided in section 184A.2 shall be deposited in the office of the treasurer of state in a special fund known as the Iowa turkey fund. The department of administrative services shall transfer moneys from the fund to the council for deposit into the turkey council account established by the council pursuant to this section. The department shall transfer the moneys as provided in a resolution adopted by the council. However, the department is only required to transfer moneys once during each day and only during hours when the offices of the state are open.

(2) The council shall establish a turkey council account in a qualified financial institution. The council shall provide for the deposit of all of the following into the account:

(2) (a) The assessment collected, deposited in the Iowa turkey fund, and transferred to the council as provided in this section.

(2) (b) Moneys, other than assessments, including moneys in the form of gifts, rents, royalties, or license fees received by the council pursuant to section 184A.1C.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §184A.4]94 Acts, ch 1146, §15; 99 Acts, ch 158, §7, 18, 19; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 8D.12 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8D / Section 8D.12
Disposition of network — approval of general assembly and governor.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the commission or the department of administrative services shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the network without prior authorization by a constitutional majority of each house of the general assembly and approval by the governor.

94 Acts, ch 1184, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Iowa Code § 15E.83 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15E / Section 15E.83
Section 15E.83
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2001 Acts, ch 61, §19.
Iowa Code § 515K.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515K / Section 515K.10
Rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to implement and administer this chapter.

2022 Acts, ch 1035, §10
Iowa Code § 455H.301 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 455H / Section 455H.301
No further action letters.
Status: in_force

(1) Once a participant demonstrates that an affected area meets applicable standards and the department has certified that the participant has met all requirements for completion, the department shall promptly issue a no further action letter to the participant.

(2) (a) A no further action letter shall state that the participant and any protected party are not required to take any further action at the site related to any hazardous substance for which compliance with applicable standards is demonstrated by the participant in accordance with applicable standards, except for continuing requirements specified in the no further action letter. If the participant was a person having control over a hazardous substance, as that phrase is defined in section 455B.381, at the time of the release, a no further action letter may provide that a further response action may be required, where appropriate, to protect against an imminent and substantial threat to public health, safety, and welfare. A protected party who was a person having control over a hazardous substance, as that phrase is defined in section 455B.381, at the time of the release, may be required by the department to conduct a further response action, where appropriate, to protect against an imminent and substantial threat to public health, safety, and welfare.

(2) (b) If a person transfers property to an affiliate in order for that person or the affiliate to obtain a benefit to which the transferor would not otherwise be eligible under this chapter or to avoid an obligation under this chapter, the affiliate shall be subject to the same obligations and obtain the same level of benefits as those available to the transferor under this chapter.

(2) (c) A no further action letter shall be void if the department demonstrates by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence that any approval under this chapter was obtained by fraud or material misrepresentation, knowing failure to disclose material information, or false certification to the department.

(3) The department shall provide, upon request, a no further action letter as to the affected area to each protected party.

(4) The department shall condition the no further action letter upon compliance with any institutional or technological controls relied upon by the participant to demonstrate compliance with the applicable standards.

(5) A no further action letter shall be in a form recordable in county real estate records as provided in chapter 558.

97 Acts, ch 127, §15; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143
Iowa Code § 99B.45 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 99B / Section 99B.45
Social gambling between individuals.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may participate in social gambling if, subject to the requirements of section 99B.42, all of the following requirements are met:

(1) (a) The gambling is not participated in, either wholly or in part, on or in any schoolhouses, schoolhouse sites, or other property subject to chapter 297.

(1) (b) All participants in the gambling are individuals.

(1) (c) In any game requiring a dealer or operator, the participants must have the option to take their turn at dealing or operating the game in a regular order according to the standard rules of the game.

(2) Social gambling allowed under this section is limited to any of the following:

(2) (a) Games of skill and games of chance, except casino-style games other than poker.

(2) (b) Wagers or bets between two or more individuals who are physically in the presence of each other with respect to any of the following:

(2) (b) A contest specified in section 99B.61, except that no individual shall win or lose more than a total of two hundred dollars or equivalent consideration in one or more contests at any time during any period of twenty-four consecutive hours or over that entire period.

(2) (b) Any other event or outcome which does not depend upon gambling or the use of a gambling device that is unlawful in this state.

(2) (c) A social fantasy sports contest.

[C75, §726.12; C77, 79, 81, §99B.12]2002 Acts, ch 1068, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §33; 2007 Acts, ch 119, §5; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §26, 56C2016, §99B.452019 Acts, ch 132, §50
Iowa Code § 663.38 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 663 / Section 663.38
Plaintiff held.
Status: in_force

Although the commitment of the plaintiff may have been irregular, if the court or judge is satisfied from the evidence that the plaintiff ought to be held or committed, the order may be made accordingly.

[C51, §2248; R60, §3836; C73, §3485; C97, §4453; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12505; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.38]
Iowa Code § 514B.32 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514B / Section 514B.32
Construction.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, laws regulating the insurance business in this state and the operations of corporations authorized under chapter 514 shall not be applicable to any health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority under this chapter with respect to its health maintenance organization activities authorized and regulated pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Solicitation of enrollees by a health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority or its representatives does not violate any provision of law prohibiting solicitation or advertising by health professionals. Upon a prospective enrollee’s request, a list of locations of services and a list of providers who have current agreements with the health maintenance organization shall be made available.

(3) Any health maintenance organization authorized under this chapter is not practicing medicine and shall not be subject to the limitations provided in section 135B.26 on types of contracts entered into between doctors and hospitals.

(4) A health maintenance organization authorized under this chapter shall be considered a person for purposes of chapter 507B.

(5) The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to a managed care organization acting pursuant to a contract with the department of health and human services to administer the medical assistance program under chapter 249A, or the healthy and well kids in Iowa (Hawki) program under chapter 514I, only with respect to licensure and solvency standards as evidenced by the managed care organization obtaining and maintaining a certificate of authority, and maintaining compliance with the solvency standards set forth in this chapter.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §514B.32]83 Acts, ch 28, §1; 93 Acts, ch 88, §16; 2022 Acts, ch 1131, §64; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1196
Iowa Code § 633.211 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 633 / Section 633.211
Share of surviving spouse if decedent left no issue or left issue all of whom are issue of surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

If the decedent dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse and leaving no issue or leaving issue all of whom are the issue of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall receive the following share:

(1) All the value of all the legal or equitable estates in real property possessed by the decedent at any time during the marriage, which have not been sold on execution or by other judicial sale, and to which the surviving spouse has made no relinquishment of right.

(2) All personal property that, at the time of death, was, in the hands of the decedent as the head of a family, exempt from execution.

(3) All other personal property of the decedent which is not necessary for the payment of debts and charges.

[C51, §1329, 1390, 1394, 1421; R60, §2361, 2422, 2477, 2479; C73, §2371, 2436, 2440; C97, §3312, 3362, 3366; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11918, 11986, 11990, 11991; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.7, 636.1, 636.5, 636.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.211]85 Acts, ch 19, §1
Iowa Code § 554.9605 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554 / Section 554.9605
Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection 2, a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:

(1) (a) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:

(1) (a) that the person is a debtor or obligor;

(1) (a) the identity of the person; and

(1) (a) how to communicate with the person; or

(1) (b) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:

(1) (b) that the person is a debtor; and

(1) (b) the identity of the person.

(2) A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible, or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:

(2) (a) the person is a debtor or obligor; and

(2) (b) the secured party knows that the information in subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), (2), or (3) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.

2000 Acts, ch 1149, §103, 187; 2022 Acts, ch 1117, §36; 2024 Acts, ch 1023, §85
Iowa Code § 279.49 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.49
Child care programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The board of directors of a school corporation may operate or contract for the operation of a program to provide child care to children not enrolled in school or to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six before and after school, or to both. Programs operated or contracted by a board shall be licensed by the department of health and human services under chapter 237A as a child care center unless the program is exempt from licensure under chapter 237A. Notwithstanding requirements of the department of health and human services regarding space allocated to child care centers licensed under chapter 237A, a program operated or contracted by a board which is located on school grounds may define alternative spaces, in policy and procedures, appropriate to meet the needs of children in the program if the primary space is required for another use.

(2) (a) The person employed to be responsible for a program operated or contracted by a board shall collaborate with that board in the operation of that program.

(2) (b) An employee of a program operated or contracted by a board shall be subject to a background investigation at least once every five years after the employee’s initial date of hire.

(3) The facilities housing a program operated under this section shall comply with standards adopted by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for school buildings under chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2. In addition, if a program involves children who are younger than school age, the facilities housing those children shall meet the fire safety standards which would apply to that age of child in a child care facility licensed by the department of health and human services.

(4) The board may establish a fee for the cost of participation in a child care program authorized under this section. The fee shall be established pursuant to a sliding fee schedule based upon staffing costs and other expenses and a family’s ability to pay. If a fee is established, the parent or guardian of a child participating in a program shall be responsible for payment of any agreed upon fee. The board may require the parent or guardian to furnish transportation of the child.

(5) The board may utilize or make application for program subsidies from any existing child care funding streams.

(6) The components of programs established under this section for child care shall include, but are not limited to, parental involvement in program design and direction, activities designed to further children’s physical, mental, and emotional development, and a parental education component to educate parents about the physical, mental, and emotional development of children.

85 Acts, ch 173, §26; 89 Acts, ch 206, §10; 89 Acts, ch 265, §40; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §27; 94 Acts, ch 1175, §8; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 88, §2, 3, 5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1031, 1655
Iowa Code § 636.29 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 636 / Section 636.29
Property or funds in litigation — deposit.
Status: in_force

When it is admitted by the pleadings, or shown by the examination of a party, that the party has in the party’s possession, or under the party’s control, any money or property capable of delivery, which is in any degree the subject of litigation, and which is held by the party as trustee for another party, the court may order the same to be deposited in the office of the clerk, or delivered to such party, with or without security, subject to the further direction of the court; or may order such money to be deposited in a bank, with the consent of the parties in interest, to the credit of the court in which the action is pending, and the same shall be paid out by such bank only upon the check of the clerk, annexed to a certified copy of the order of the court directing such payment.

[R60, §3416; C73, §255; C97, §368; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12776; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §682.29]C93, §636.29