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Iowa Code § 159.6A — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 159 / Section 159.6A
Contributions.
Status: in_force

The department may accept contributions, including gifts and grants, in order to carry out and administer the provisions of this chapter and chapter 460, subchapter III. The department shall maintain an itemized accounting of the contributions. At the end of each fiscal year, the department shall prepare a list recognizing private contributors.

92 Acts, ch 1239, §25
Iowa Code § 139A.20 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 139A / Section 139A.20
Exposing to communicable disease.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly exposes another to a communicable disease or who knowingly subjects another to a child or other legally incapacitated person who has contracted a communicable disease, with the intent that another person contract the communicable disease, shall be liable for all resulting damages and shall be punished as provided in this chapter.

2000 Acts, ch 1066, §20
Iowa Code § 15.381 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 15 / Section 15.381
Section 15.381
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 150, §67 – 69.
Iowa Code § 514H.7 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 514H / Section 514H.7
Prior program — discontinuation of program.
Status: in_force

(1) If the Iowa long-term care asset disregard incentive program is discontinued, an individual who is covered by a qualified long-term care insurance policy prior to the date the program is discontinued is eligible to continue to receive an asset disregard as defined under section 514H.5.

(2) An individual who is covered by a long-term care insurance policy under the long-term care asset preservation program established pursuant to chapter 249G, Code 2005, on or before November 17, 2005, is eligible to continue to receive the asset adjustment as defined under that chapter.

(3) The insurance division, in cooperation with the department of health and human services, shall adopt rules to provide an asset disregard to individuals who are covered by a long-term care insurance policy prior to November 17, 2005, consistent with the Iowa long-term care asset disregard incentive program.

2005 Acts, ch 166, §8, 13; 2009 Acts, ch 145, §19; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1207
Iowa Code § 468.554 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.554
Liability of treasurer — reports.
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall stand charged on the treasurer’s official bond with all bonds so delivered to the treasurer and the proceeds thereof. The treasurer shall report under oath to the board, at each first regular session thereof in each month, a statement of all such bonds sold or exchanged by the treasurer since the treasurer’s last report and the date of such sale or exchange and when exchanged a description of the indebtedness for which exchanged.

[C27, 31, 35, §7714-b15; C39, §7714.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §463.15]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.554
Iowa Code § 135A.8 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135A / Section 135A.8
Governmental public health system fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is responsible for the funding of the administrative costs for implementation of this chapter. A governmental public health system fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys obtained from any source, including the federal government, unless otherwise prohibited by law or the entity providing the funding. Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department for the public health purposes specified in this chapter. Moneys in the fund shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the governmental public health system fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for subsequent fiscal years.

(2) The fund is established to assist local boards of health and the department with the provision of governmental public health system organizational capacity and public health service delivery and to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation. At least seventy percent of the funds shall be made available to local boards of health and up to thirty percent of the funds may be utilized by the department.

(3) Moneys in the fund may be allocated by the department to a local board of health for organizational capacity and service delivery. Such allocation may be made on a matching, dollar-for-dollar basis for the acquisition of equipment, or by providing grants to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation.

(4) A local board of health seeking matching funds or grants under this section shall apply to the department. The department shall adopt rules concerning the application and award process for the allocation of moneys in the fund and shall establish the criteria for the allocation of moneys in the fund if the moneys are insufficient to meet the needs of local boards of health.

2009 Acts, ch 182, §122, 126; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §4; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §161; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §388
Iowa Code § 101.5A — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 101 / Section 101.5A
Shared public petroleum storage facilities.
Status: in_force

The director shall permit by rule the shared ownership, operation, or cooperative use of a publicly owned petroleum storage or dispensing facility by more than one public agency or political subdivision in order to maximize the opportunity for cooperation, to avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities posing both an environmental and fire hazard, and to minimize the cost of providing public services. Shared or cooperative use is not a violation of chapter 23A, even if one public agency or political subdivision compensates another public agency or political subdivision for the use or for petroleum dispensed. A publicly owned petroleum storage facility subject to this section may use aboveground or underground storage tanks, or a combination of both.

90 Acts, ch 1113, §12023 Acts, ch 19, §1528
Iowa Code § 607A.13 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.13
Section 607A.13
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 133, §25.
Iowa Code § 218.93 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 218 / Section 218.93
Consultants for department.
Status: in_force

The department may secure the services of consultants to furnish advice on administrative, professional, or technical problems to the director, department employees, or to provide in-service training and instruction for the employees. The department may pay the consultants at a rate to be determined by the department from funds under the department’s control or from any institutional funding under the director’s jurisdiction.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.93]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §302023 Acts, ch 19, §410
Iowa Code § 553.13 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 553 / Section 553.13
Civil penalty.
Status: in_force

In addition to suit under section 553.12, the state may bring suit to assess a civil penalty against an enterprise whose conduct is prohibited under this chapter. The suit may be tried to the jury and the civil penalty provided for in this section shall be imposed by the court. The civil penalty assessed shall not exceed ten percent of the total value of the specific commodities by their brand, make, and size or of services either of which were the subject of the prohibited conduct sold in the relevant market in this state by the enterprise in each year in which this conduct occurred, but this penalty shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars. In computing this penalty, only the four most recent years in which the prohibited conduct occurred, as of commencement of suit under this section, shall be used in the computation.

[C77, 79, 81, §553.13]
Iowa Code § 10A.402 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.402
Responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The director shall coordinate the department’s conduct of various audits and investigations as provided by law including but not limited to the following:

(1) Investigations relative to the practice of regulated professions and occupations.

(2) Audits relative to the administration of hospitals and health care facilities.

(3) Audits relative to administration and disbursement of funding under the state supplementary assistance program and the medical assistance program.

(4) Investigations and collections relative to the liquidation of overpayment debts owed to the department of health and human services. Collection methods include but are not limited to small claims filings, debt setoff, distress warrants, and repayment agreements, and are subject to approval by the department of health and human services.

(5) Investigations relative to the administration of the state supplementary assistance program, the state medical assistance program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the family investment program, and any other state or federal benefit assistance program.

(6) Investigations relative to the internal affairs and operations of agencies and departments within the executive branch of state government, except for institutions governed by the state board of regents.

(7) Investigations relating to compliance with state or federal law, if an entity of the executive branch of state government, except for an institution under the control of the state board of regents, has entered into a written agreement with the department to conduct the investigation.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §512; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §1; 91 Acts, ch 107, §1; 93 Acts, ch 53, §2; 93 Acts, ch 97, §23; 2000 Acts, ch 1155, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §191; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 18, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §13, 1433; 2025 Acts, ch 98, §4, 5
Iowa Code § 523I.214 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 523I / Section 523I.214
Violations of law referrals to the department of health and human services.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner discovers a violation of a provision of this chapter or any other state law or rule concerning the disposal or transportation of human remains, the commissioner shall forward all evidence in the possession of the commissioner concerning such a violation to the department of health and human services for such proceedings as the department of health and human services deems appropriate.

2005 Acts, ch 128, §22; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1222
Iowa Code § 46.22 — IA Code / Title II / Chapter 46 / Section 46.22
Voting.
Status: in_force

Voting at judicial elections shall be by separate paper ballot or optical scan ballot in the space provided for public measures. If separate paper ballots are used, the election judges shall offer a ballot to each voter. If optical scan ballots are used, either a separate ballot or a distinct heading may be used to distinguish the judicial ballot. Separate ballot boxes for the general election ballots and the judicial election ballots are not required. The general election ballot and the judicial election ballot may be voted in the same voting booth.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.22]90 Acts, ch 1238, §10; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §18; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §11
Iowa Code § 607A.21 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.21
Master jury list.
Status: in_force

The electronic data processing system shall create a master jury list by merging all of the names from the source lists and removing duplicative entries. The state court administrator shall ensure the electronic data processing system updates the master jury lists from the source list at least once every year. The names entered in the master jury lists constitute the grand and petit master jury lists, from which grand and petit jurors shall be identified.

86 Acts, ch 1108, §29; 87 Acts, ch 85, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §14
Iowa Code § 716.13 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 716 / Section 716.13
Interference with transportation of agricultural animals.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) “Agricultural animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer as defined in section 170.1; ostriches, rheas, and emus; turkeys, chickens, domestic geese or ducks, or other domestic fowl; fish or other aquatic organisms confined in private waters for human consumption; or honey bees.

(1) (b) “Convicted” means the entry of a judgment of conviction under chapter 901 or adjudicated delinquent for an act which is an indictable offense in this state or in another state under chapter 232.

(1) (b) “Convicted” does not mean a plea, sentence, adjudication, deferred sentence, or deferred judgment which has been reversed or otherwise set aside.

(1) (c) “Motor vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle subject to registration under chapter 321, and includes an item attached to the vehicle.

(2) A person commits interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal if the person knowingly does any of the following:

(2) (a) Stops, hinders, impedes, boards, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with a motor vehicle transporting an agricultural animal, regardless of whether the motor vehicle is moving.

(2) (b) Provokes, disturbs, or otherwise interacts with an agricultural animal when the agricultural animal is confined in a motor vehicle, regardless of whether the motor vehicle is moving.

(3) In a prosecution alleging that a defendant committed interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal under subsection 2, the defendant may assert an affirmative defense of consent. The defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was acting with the consent of any of the following:

(3) (a) A person having real or apparent authority to transport the agricultural animal. This requirement is met if the person is a shipper or transporter acting in compliance with chapter 172B.

(3) (b) The owner of the agricultural animal or any other person having real or apparent authority to possess or control the agricultural animal.

(4) (a) A person who commits interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal, as provided in subsection 2, paragraph “a”, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(4) (b) A person who commits interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal, as provided in subsection 2, paragraph “b”, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection 4, a person who commits interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal under subsection 2, paragraph “a” or “b”, is guilty of a class “D” felony if the person has previously been convicted of committing interference with the transportation of an agricultural animal under either of those paragraphs.

2021 Acts, ch 46, §1
Iowa Code § 89B.12 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 89B / Section 89B.12
Community information and complaints on hazardous chemicals.
Status: in_force

(1) The public has a right to be informed about the presence of hazardous chemicals in the community and the potential health and environmental hazards that the chemicals pose.

(2) The division of labor services shall receive and handle requests for information and complaints under this subchapter which involve employer information covered under subchapter II. The labor commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A regarding requests for information and the investigation and adjudication of complaints.

(3) Requests for information under this subchapter are confidential.

84 Acts, ch 1085, §12C85, §455D.1286 Acts, ch 1245, §941C87, §89B.122016 Acts, ch 1011, §14
Iowa Code § 11.5C — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 11 / Section 11.5C
Legislative request for auditor review reimbursement.
Status: in_force

(1) The auditor of state, at the request of a member of the general assembly, may review the records covering the receipt and expenditure of state or federal funds by a state department to determine if the receipt and expenditure of those funds by the department is consistent with the laws, rules, regulations, and contractual agreements governing those funds.

(2) If the state department that is the subject of the review is listed in section 11.5B, the state department shall reimburse the auditor of state for the cost of the review and any subsequent assistance provided by the auditor of state.

2018 Acts, ch 1032, §1
Iowa Code § 321A.39 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321A / Section 321A.39
Liability insurance — statement.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever any dealer licensed under chapter 322 sells a motor vehicle at retail and the transaction does not include the sale of liability insurance coverage which will protect the purchaser under this chapter the purchase order or invoice evidencing the transaction shall contain a statement in the following form:I understand that liability insurance coverage which would protect me under the Iowa Motor Vehicle Financial and Safety Responsibility Act, Iowa Code chapter 321A, IS NOT INCLUDED in my purchase of the herein described motor vehicle. I have received a copy of this statement.(Purchaser’s signature)

(2) The seller shall print or stamp the statement conspicuously on the purchase order or invoice. The statement shall be signed by the purchaser in the space provided on or before the date of delivery of the motor vehicle described in the purchase order or invoice and a copy of the statement shall be given to the purchaser by the seller.

(3) No civil liability shall arise on account of the failure of any person to comply with the provisions of this section.

(4) Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321A.39]2005 Acts, ch 8, §37; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §225; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §105
Iowa Code § 148A.3 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 148A / Section 148A.3
Persons not included.
Status: in_force

Section 148A.1 shall not be construed to include the following classes of persons:

(1) Licensed physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, podiatric physicians, chiropractors, nurses, dentists, cosmetologists, and barbers, who are engaged in the practice of their respective professions.

(2) Students of physical therapy who practice physical therapy under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist in connection with the regular course of instruction at a school of physical therapy.

(3) Physical therapists of the United States army, navy, or public health service, or physical therapists licensed in another state, when incidentally called into this state in consultation with a physician and surgeon or physical therapists licensed in this state.

(4) Nonprofessional workers not held out as physical therapists who are employed in hospitals, clinics, offices or health care facilities as defined in section 135C.1 working under the supervision and direction of a physical therapist or physician licensed pursuant to chapter 148.

(5) Massage therapists, massage technicians, masseurs and masseuses who administer body massage by Swedish or other massage technique, including modalities, in a massage establishment, health club, athletic club or school athletic department, but in no instance shall they designate themselves as physical therapists.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §148A.3]84 Acts, ch 1268, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §68; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §100
Iowa Code § 468.292 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 468 / Section 468.292
Final settlement.
Status: in_force

When the work to be done on any contract is completed to the satisfaction of the supervising engineer the engineer shall so report and certify to the boards of the several counties, and the auditors of the county shall fix a day to consider said report, and all the provisions shall apply in relation to objections to said report and the approval of the same and the completion of any unfinished or abandoned work as is provided in subchapter I, parts 1 through 5, relating to completion of work and final settlement in districts wholly within one county, except that, when the completed work is accepted by the joint action of the boards of supervisors of the several counties into which the district extends such acceptance shall be certified to the auditor of each county who shall draw a warrant for the contractor or give the contractor an order directing the treasurer to deliver to the contractor improvement certificates or drainage bonds, as the case may be, for the balance due from the portion of the district in such county.

[S13, §1989-a34; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7621; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §457.23]89 Acts, ch 126, §2CS89, §468.292
Iowa Code § 327D.78 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327D / Section 327D.78
Change in rate.
Status: in_force

Unless the department otherwise orders, no change shall be made by any common carrier in any rate, except after thirty days’ notice to the department and to the public as provided in this chapter. The department shall adopt rules to ensure public notice is provided in any action instituted under this section.

[C97, §2128; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §479.61; C77, 79, 81, §327D.78; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]2022 Acts, ch 1021, §81
Iowa Code § 353.1 — IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 353 / Section 353.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.

2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
Iowa Code § 232.79B — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.79B
Safety plans.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, “safety plan” means a short-term, time-limited agreement entered into between the department and a child’s parent or guardian designed to address signs of imminent or impending danger to a child identified by the department.

(2) Upon the department’s determination that potential harm to a child may be mitigated by the development of a safety plan, the department may enter into a safety plan with the child’s parent or guardian.

(3) A safety plan shall not be construed as a removal from parental or guardian custody absent a court order placing the child with a person or facility other than the parent or guardian who entered into the safety plan.

(4) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.

2022 Acts, ch 1098, §29, 93; 2023 Acts, ch 140, §2
Iowa Code § 303.63 — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 303 / Section 303.63
Trial to court.
Status: in_force

(1) If upon the hearing, which shall be tried de novo, it appears to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, the court may take evidence or appoint a referee to take evidence as it directs and report the evidence to the court with findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the decision brought up for review.

(2) Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that the board acted with gross negligence or in bad faith or with malice in making the decision appealed from.

83 Acts, ch 108, §23; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §39
Iowa Code § 718A.7 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 718A / Section 718A.7
Retirement ceremony.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a flag retirement ceremony conducted pursuant to federal law.

2007 Acts, ch 202, §14