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Iowa Code § 514G.109 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514G / Section 514G.109
Benefit trigger determinations — notice — appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) When a long-term care insurer determines that the benefit trigger in an insured’s long-term care insurance policy has not been met, the insurer shall provide a clear, written notice to the insured of all of the following:

(1) (a) The reason that the insurer determined that the insured’s benefit trigger has not been met.

(1) (b) The insurer’s internal appeal process provided under the insured’s long-term care insurance policy.

(1) (c) The insured’s right, after exhaustion of the insurer’s internal appeal process, to have the benefit trigger determination reviewed under the independent review process set forth in section 514G.110.

(2) (a) An insured may request an internal appeal of a benefit trigger determination by sending a written request to the insurer, along with any additional supporting information, within sixty days after the insured receives the notice described in subsection 1. The internal appeal shall be considered by an individual or group of individuals designated by the insurer, provided that the individual or individuals making the internal appeal decision shall not be the same individual or individuals who made the initial benefit trigger determination. All internal appeals shall be completed and written notice of the internal appeal decision sent to the insured within sixty days of the insurer’s receipt of all necessary information upon which a final determination can be made.

(2) (b) If the determination that the benefit trigger was not met is upheld upon internal appeal, the notice of the appeal decision shall describe additional internal appeal rights that are offered by the insurer, if any. Nothing in this paragraph shall require an insurer to offer any internal appeal rights other than those described in paragraph “a”.

(2) (c) If the determination that the benefit trigger was not met is upheld after the internal appeal process has been exhausted and there is no new information not previously provided to the insurer for consideration, the insurer shall provide the insured with a written description of the insured’s right to request an independent review of the benefit trigger determination.

(3) Notices required by this section shall be deemed received within five days after the date of mailing.

2008 Acts, ch 1175, §10, 18
Iowa Code § 58.7 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 58 / Section 58.7
Judgment.
Status: in_force

The judgment of the committee pronounced in the final decision on the election may be appealed to the supreme court.

[C51, §394; R60, §624; C73, §744; C97, §1245; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §993; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §58.7]2025 Acts, ch 122, §16
Iowa Code § 231D.8 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 231D / Section 231D.8
Department notified of casualties.
Status: in_force

The department shall be notified within twenty-four hours, by the most expeditious means available, of any accident causing substantial injury or death, and any substantial fire or natural or other disaster occurring at or near an adult day services program.

2003 Acts, ch 165, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §194
Iowa Code § 423.39 — IA Code / Title X / Chapter 423 / Section 423.39
Service of notices.
Status: in_force

(1) A notice authorized or required under this subchapter may be given by mailing the notice to the person for whom it is intended, addressed to that person at the address given in the last return filed by the person pursuant to this subchapter, or if no return has been filed, then to any address obtainable. The mailing of the notice is presumptive evidence of the receipt of the notice by the person to whom addressed. Any period of time which is determined according to this subchapter by the giving of notice commences to run from the date of mailing of the notice.

(2) The provisions of the Code relative to the limitation of time for the enforcement of a civil remedy shall not apply to any proceeding or action taken to levy, appraise, assess, determine, or enforce the collection of any tax or penalty provided by this chapter.

2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §132, 205
Iowa Code § 537.1103 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 537 / Section 537.1103
Law applicable.
Status: in_force

Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the uniform commercial code as provided in chapter 554 and the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §537.1103]2005 Acts, ch 3, §91
Iowa Code § 257.38 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 257 / Section 257.38
Funding for at-risk, alternative school, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention programs plan.
Status: in_force

(1) Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with boards of other school districts, requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the amount received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall approve, by resolution, comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget costs, including annual requests for a modified supplemental amount for funding the programs. The program plans shall include:

(1) (a) Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet the needs of students identified as at risk, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, or potential dropouts or returning dropouts.

(1) (b) Student identification criteria and procedures.

(1) (c) Staff in-service education design.

(1) (d) Staff utilization plans.

(1) (e) Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance measures.

(1) (f) Program budget.

(1) (g) Qualifications required of personnel delivering the program.

(1) (h) A program for at-risk students.

(1) (i) A provision for identifying at-risk students.

(2) Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that will be implemented first upon adoption of the program plan. If a district is requesting to use a modified supplemental amount to finance the program, the school district shall include in the request the number of students in its budget enrollment for the budget year identified as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.

89 Acts, ch 135, §38; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §27; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §35, 36, 42; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §39, 58, 59; 2018 Acts, ch 1112, §4 – 6, 18
Iowa Code § 252K.613 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.613
Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of articles 1 and 2, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.

97 Acts, ch 175, §173
Iowa Code § 624.27 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.27
Judgment against railway.
Status: in_force

A judgment against any railway, interurban railway, or street railway corporation or partnership, for an injury to any person or property, and any claim for compensation under the workers’ compensation Act for personal injuries sustained by their employees arising out of and in the course of their employment, shall be a lien upon the property of such corporation or partnership within the county where the judgment was recovered or in which occurred the injury for which compensation is due.

[C73, §1309; C97, §2075; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11606; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.27]2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106
Iowa Code § 557C.5 — IA Code / Title XIV / Chapter 557C / Section 557C.5
Reservation in other conveyance.
Status: in_force

A reservation of a mineral interest in coal or an exception of a mineral interest in coal, contained in a conveyance of the interest out of which it is carved, by a nonowner of the mineral interest in coal shall not be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this chapter or as a revival of a mineral interest in coal otherwise extinguished under this chapter.

91 Acts, ch 183, §6
Iowa Code § 515C.4 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 515C / Section 515C.4
Contingency reserve.
Status: in_force

For the protection of the people of this state and for the purpose of protecting against the effect of adverse economic cycles, the company shall establish a contingency reserve. The company shall annually contribute fifty percent of the earned premiums to this reserve. The earned premiums so reserved may be released annually after the period of time required by the commissioner, provided that said time shall not be less than one hundred twenty months. However, subject to the approval of the commissioner, this reserve may be available only for loss payments, when the loss ratio (incurred losses to premiums earned) exceeds twenty percent. This amount so used shall reduce the next subsequent annual release to surplus from the established contingency reserve.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515C.4]
Iowa Code § 523H.10 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523H / Section 523H.10
Duty of good faith.
Status: in_force

A franchise imposes on the parties a duty of good faith in performance and enforcement of the franchise agreement. “Good faith” means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.

92 Acts, ch 1134, §10
Iowa Code § 459A.105 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459A / Section 459A.105
Exceptions to regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the requirements of this chapter which regulate open feedlot operations, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 459A.104, shall not apply to research activities and experiments performed under the authority and regulations of a research college, if the research activities and experiments relate to an open feedlot operation structure or the disposal or treatment of effluent originating from an open feedlot operation.

(1) (b) The requirements of section 459A.410, including rules adopted by the commission under that section, apply to research activities and experiments performed under the authority and regulations of a research college.

(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the requirements of this chapter, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 459A.104, shall not apply to a small animal truck wash facility.

(2) (b) The requirements of section 459A.205, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility only to the extent required by section 459A.205, subsection 5.

(2) (b) The requirements of section 459A.404, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility. However, section 459A.404, subsection 1, shall only apply to a small animal truck wash facility as provided in that subsection.

(2) (b) The requirements of section 459A.410, including rules adopted by the commission under that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility.

2005 Acts, ch 136, §5; 2015 Acts, ch 92, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §59, 161, 162
Iowa Code § 216A.167 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216A / Section 216A.167
Limitations on authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The board and department shall not have the authority to do any of the following:

(1) (a) Implement or administer the duties of the state of Iowa under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, shall not have any authority to recommend, negotiate, administer, or enforce any agreement or compact entered into between the state of Iowa and Indian tribes located in the state pursuant to section 10A.104, and shall not have any authority relative to Indian gaming issues.

(1) (b) Administer the duties of the state under the federal National Historic Preservation Act, the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and chapter 263B. The board shall also not interfere with the advisory role of a separate Indian advisory council or committee established by the state archeologist by rule for the purpose of consultation on matters related to ancient human skeletal remains and associated artifacts.

(2) This subchapter shall not diminish or inhibit the right of any tribal government to interact directly with the state or any of its departments or agencies for any purpose which a tribal government desires to conduct its business or affairs as a sovereign governmental entity.

2008 Acts, ch 1184, §45; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §166, 167, 170; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §463
Iowa Code § 554D.105 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 554D / Section 554D.105
Prospective application.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1067, §10.
Iowa Code § 279.68A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.68A
Student progression mathematics proficiency.
Status: in_force

(1) Each school district shall assess all students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six at least three times each school year to determine the students’ level of mathematics proficiency by administering a mathematics screener that is on the list developed by the department of education pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 74.

(2) If, as the result of the assessments administered pursuant to subsection 1, a school district determines that a student is persistently at risk in mathematics, the school district shall do all of the following:

(2) (a) Assess the student’s level of proficiency in mathematics at least every other week and implement mathematics interventions and supports.

(2) (b) Develop, in consultation with the student’s parents or guardians, a personalized mathematics plan that identifies interventions and supports that will be used to help the student achieve proficiency in mathematics.

(2) (c) If the student is meeting expectations related to increases in the student’s level of mathematics proficiency, provide the student with small group interventions.

(2) (d) If the student is not meeting expectations related to increases in the student’s level of mathematics proficiency, provide the student with intensive interventions.

(3) A school district shall provide the assessments, plans, and interventions described in subsection 2 to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six who are persistently at risk in mathematics until the student performs at benchmark on the statewide summative assessment in mathematics or until the student performs at benchmark on two consecutive assessments administered pursuant to subsection 1, whichever occurs first.

(4) For purposes of this section, “persistently at risk” means the student has not met the grade-level benchmark on two consecutive assessments administered pursuant to subsection 1.

(5) The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.

2025 Acts, ch 121, §3
Iowa Code § 306C.7 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 306C / Section 306C.7
Interpretation.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this subchapter.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.7]2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 535B.2A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 535B / Section 535B.2A
Closing agents affiliated with attorneys.
Status: in_force

(1) A closing agent affiliated with an attorney is not exempt from licensure under this chapter if the closing agent engages in transactions not exempt under section 535B.2, subsection 8.

(2) Licensure under, and compliance with the provisions of, this chapter shall not exempt any attorney from discipline by the Iowa supreme court in its capacity as regulatory authority over attorneys licensed to practice in this state, nor from discipline by the regulatory authorities over attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions.

(3) If a complaint is filed with the administrator against a closing agent affiliated with an attorney licensed to practice in this state, the administrator shall promptly give notice of the complaint to the Iowa supreme court or its designee, and cooperate in any disciplinary investigation which the court initiates against the attorney. On request of the court, the administrator shall stay any pending disciplinary action to the extent that the court determines necessary to avoid prejudice to a disciplinary action against the attorney.

2010 Acts, ch 1111, §3, 13
Iowa Code § 341A.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 341A / Section 341A.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commission” means the civil service commission or a combined county civil service commission created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(2) “Commissioner” means a member of the commission defined in subsection 1.

(3) “County” means a single county or several counties combined for the purposes enumerated in section 341A.3.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.1]
Iowa Code § 124E.19 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124E / Section 124E.19
Background investigations.
Status: in_force

(1) The division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety shall conduct thorough background investigations for the purposes of licensing medical cannabidiol manufacturers and medical cannabidiol dispensaries under this chapter. The results of any background investigation conducted pursuant to this section shall be presented to the department.

(1) (a) An applicant for a medical cannabidiol manufacturer license or a medical cannabidiol dispensary license and their owners, investors, and employees shall submit all required information on a form prescribed by the department of public safety.

(1) (b) The department shall charge an applicant for a medical cannabidiol manufacturer license or a medical cannabidiol dispensary license a fee determined by the department of public safety and adopted by the department by rule to defray the costs associated with background investigations conducted pursuant to the requirements of this section. The fee shall be in addition to any other fees charged by the department. The fee may be retained by the department of public safety and shall be considered appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.

(2) The department shall require an applicant for a medical cannabidiol manufacturer license or a medical cannabidiol dispensary license, their owners and investors, and applicants for employment at a medical cannabidiol manufacturer or medical cannabidiol dispensary to submit fingerprints and other required identifying information to the department on a form prescribed by the department of public safety. The department shall submit the fingerprint cards and other identifying information to the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of conducting a national criminal history record check. The department may require employees and contractors involved in carrying out a background investigation to submit fingerprints and other identifying information for the same purpose.

(3) The department may enter into a chapter 28E agreement with the department of public safety to meet the requirements of this section.

(4) An applicant for a medical cannabidiol manufacturer license or a medical cannabidiol dispensary license shall submit information and fees required by this section at the time of application.

(5) The results of background investigations conducted pursuant to this section shall not be considered public records under chapter 22.

2018 Acts, ch 1165, §125, 126; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §138
Iowa Code § 624.11 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 624 / Section 624.11
Matters excluded.
Status: in_force

On a trial before a jury it shall not be necessary to take down arguments of counsel or statements of the court, except the rulings, when not made in the presence of the jury.

[C97, §3675; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11458; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §624.11]
Iowa Code § 8.10 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8 / Section 8.10
Facilitator’s duties.
Status: in_force

The specific duties of the facilitator of the office of grants enterprise management may include the following:

(1) Coordinate a grants network representing all state agencies to assist the grants enterprise management office in an advisory capacity.

(2) Establish an automated information process database for grants applied for and received.

(3) Monitor the federal register and other federal or state publications to identify funding opportunities.

2003 Acts, ch 99, §2; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §8
Iowa Code § 10A.208 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.208
Right to enter premises.
Status: in_force

The director, commissioner, and the inspectors shall have the power to enter any factory or mill, workshop, mine, store, railway facility, including locomotive or caboose, business house, or public or private work, when the same is open or in operation, for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics such as are contemplated by this subchapter, and to examine into the methods of protection from danger to employees, and the sanitary conditions in and around such buildings and places, and make a record thereof.

[C97, §2472; S13, §2472; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1518; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §91.9]2023 Acts, ch 19, §1453, 1459C2024, §10A.208
Iowa Code § 459.503A — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459 / Section 459.503A
Indemnity fee — waiver and reinstatement.
Status: in_force

The indemnity fee required under sections 459.502 and 459.503 shall be waived and the fee shall not be assessable or owing if, at the end of any three-month period, unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the livestock remediation fund, not counting the department’s estimate of the cost to the fund for pending or unsettled claims, exceed three million dollars. The department shall reinstate the indemnity fee under those sections if unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the fund, not counting the department’s estimate of the cost to the fund for pending or unsettled claims, are less than two million dollars.

2003 Acts, ch 52, §4, 6; 2011 Acts, ch 81, §11