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Iowa Code § 155A.20 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 155A / Section 155A.20
Unlawful use of terms and titles — impersonation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person, other than a pharmacy or wholesaler licensed under this chapter, shall not display in or on any store, internet site, or place of business, nor use in any advertising or promotional literature, communication, or representation, the word or words:“apothecary”, “drug”, “drug store”, or “pharmacy”, either in English or any other language, any other word or combination of words of the same or similar meaning, or any graphic representation in a manner that would mislead the public.

(2) A person shall not do any of the following:

(2) (a) Impersonate before the board an applicant applying for licensing under this chapter.

(2) (b) Impersonate an Iowa licensed pharmacist.

(2) (c) Use the title pharmacist, druggist, apothecary, or words of similar intent unless the person is licensed to practice pharmacy.

(3) A pharmacist shall not utilize the title “Dr.” or “Doctor” if that pharmacist has not acquired the doctor of pharmacy degree from an approved college of pharmacy or the doctor of philosophy degree in an area related to pharmacy.

87 Acts, ch 215, §20; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §184
Iowa Code § 505.27A — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 505 / Section 505.27A
Sale of life insurance to military personnel.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commissioner of insurance shall have the authority to adopt such rules related to the sale of life insurance, other than the servicemembers’ group life insurance program under 38 U.S.C. pt. II, ch. 19, subch. III, as may be necessary to protect military personnel located either on a United States military installation or elsewhere in this state and to carry out the provisions of this title.

2007 Acts, ch 137, §7
Iowa Code § 490.830 — IA Code / Title XII / Chapter 490 / Section 490.830
Standards of conduct for directors.
Status: in_force

(1) Each member of the board of directors, when discharging the duties of a director, shall act in conformity with all of the following:

(1) (a) In good faith.

(1) (b) In a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.

(2) The members of the board of directors or a board committee, when becoming informed in connection with their decision-making function or devoting attention to their oversight function, shall discharge their duties with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably believe appropriate under similar circumstances.

(3) In discharging board or board committee duties, a director shall disclose, or cause to be disclosed, to the other board or committee members information which the director knows is not already known by them but known by the director to be material to the discharge of their decision-making or oversight functions, except that disclosure is not required to the extent that the director reasonably believes that doing so would violate a duty imposed under law, a legally enforceable obligation of confidentiality, or a professional ethics rule.

(4) In discharging board or board committee duties, a director who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on the performance by any of the persons specified in subsection 6, paragraph “a” or “c”, to whom the board may have delegated, formally or informally by course of conduct, the authority or duty to perform one or more of the board’s functions that are delegable under applicable law.

(5) In discharging board or board committee duties, a director who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, prepared or presented by any of the persons specified in subsection 6.

(6) A director is entitled to rely, in accordance with subsection 4 or 5, on any of the following:

(6) (a) One or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the functions performed or the information, opinions, reports, or statements provided.

(6) (b) Legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the corporation as to matters involving skills or expertise the director reasonably believes are any of the following:

(6) (b) Matters within the particular person’s professional or expert competence.

(6) (b) Matters as to which the particular person merits confidence.

(6) (c) A board committee of which the director is not a member if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

89 Acts, ch 288, §89; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §37, 125; 2013 Acts, ch 31, §28, 82; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §103, 230
Iowa Code § 458A.1 — IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 458A / Section 458A.1
Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

It is declared to be in the public interest to foster, to encourage, and to promote the development, production, and utilization of natural resources of oil and gas and metallic minerals in the state in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas and metallic minerals properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas and metallic minerals be had and that the correlative rights of all owners be fully protected; and to encourage and to authorize such measures as will result in the greatest possible economic recovery of oil and gas and metallic minerals within the state to the end that the landowners, the royalty owners, the producers, and the general public realize and enjoy the greatest possible good from these vital natural resources. It is further declared that the general welfare of the people requires that the underground and surface water of the state be protected from pollution and conserved in the best interests of the people of the state.

[C39, §1360.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.1; 81 Acts, ch 41, §1]C93, §458A.1
Iowa Code § 232.196 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 232 / Section 232.196
Runaway assessment center.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §90.
Iowa Code § 192.101 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 192 / Section 192.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Grade ‘A’ Milk Inspection Law”.

91 Acts, ch 74, §11
Iowa Code § 237A.28 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 237A / Section 237A.28
Child care credit fund.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 182, §138.
Iowa Code § 614.20 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 614 / Section 614.20
Limitation on Act.
Status: in_force

Sections 614.17 through 614.19 do not limit or extend the time within which actions by a spouse to recover dower or distributive share in real estate within this state may be brought or maintained under the provisions of section 614.15, nor do they limit or extend the time within which actions may be brought or maintained to foreclose or enforce any real estate mortgage, bond for deed, trust deed, or contract for the sale or conveyance of real estate under the provisions of section 614.21, nor do they revive or permit an action to be brought or maintained upon any claim or cause of action which is barred by a statute which is in force prior to July 1, 1991; nor do they affect litigation pending on July 1, 1991.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11027; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §614.20]91 Acts, ch 183, §38; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §326
Iowa Code § 622.65 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 622 / Section 622.65
To whom directed — duces tecum.
Status: in_force

The subpoena shall be directed to the person therein named, requiring the person to attend at a particular time or place to testify as a witness, and it may contain a clause directing the witness to bring with the witness any book, writing, or other thing under the witness’ control, which the witness is bound by law to produce as evidence.

[C51, §2415; R60, §4013; C73, §3672; C97, §4659; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11322; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622.65]
Iowa Code § 321G.16 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 321G / Section 321G.16
Special events.
Status: in_force

The department may authorize the holding of organized special events as defined in this chapter within this state. The department shall adopt rules relating to the conduct of special events held under department permits and designating the equipment and facilities necessary for safe operation of snowmobiles or for the safety of operators, participants, and observers in the special events. At least thirty days before the scheduled date of a special event in this state, an application shall be filed with the department for authorization to conduct the special event. The application shall set forth the date, time, and location of the proposed special event and any other information the department requires. The special event shall not be conducted without written authorization of the department. Copies of the rules shall be furnished by the department to any person making an application.

[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321G.16]89 Acts, ch 244, §28; 91 Acts, ch 236, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §25
Iowa Code § 135C.35A — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 135C / Section 135C.35A
Moratorium new construction or increase in bed capacity nursing facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning July 1, 2023, and ending no later than June 30, 2026, the department shall impose for an initial period of twelve months a temporary moratorium on submission of applications for new construction of a nursing facility or a permanent change in bed capacity of a nursing facility that increases the bed capacity of the nursing facility. The department, in consultation with the department of health and human services, may extend the moratorium in six-month increments following the conclusion of the initial twelve-month period, but for no longer than a total of thirty-six months.

(2) The department, in consultation with the department of health and human services, may waive the moratorium as specified in this section if any of the following applies:

(2) (a) The departments jointly determine there is a specialized need for the nursing facility beds requested.

(2) (b) The average occupancy of all licensed nursing facility beds located within the county and contiguous counties of the location of the proposed increase in nursing facility bed capacity exceeded eighty-five percent during the three most recent calendar quarters as published by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services at the time of the filing of the application.

(3) The department shall publish any request for a waiver of the moratorium as well as an explanation for the decision to either grant or deny the waiver request.

(4) For the purposes of this section, “occupancy” means the average number of residents of the nursing facility during the applicable time period divided by the licensed bed capacity of the nursing facility.

2023 Acts, ch 158, §7
Iowa Code § 252K.206 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 252K / Section 252K.206
Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
Status: in_force

(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce any of the following:

(1) (a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the uniform interstate family support Act.

(1) (b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

97 Acts, ch 175, §130; 2015 Acts, ch 110, §11
Iowa Code § 327C.43 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327C / Section 327C.43
Violations.
Status: in_force

Any corporation, company, or individual owning or operating a railway within the state, neglecting or refusing to make the required reports by the date fixed by rule of the department, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a schedule “one” penalty for each and every day of delay in making the same after the date thus fixed.

[C73, §1281, 1282; C97, §2143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §7911; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §474.52; C77, 79, 81, §327C.43]
Iowa Code § 279.84A — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 279 / Section 279.84A
Mobile panic alert systems.
Status: in_force

A school district may purchase, install, and operate a mobile panic alert system if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) The system is capable of connecting different emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between school employees and law enforcement agencies.

(2) The system is capable of integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure and existing land mobile radio platform technology to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations.

2024 Acts, ch 1179, §2, 13
Iowa Code § 8A.519 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 8A / Section 8A.519
Cancellation of state warrants.
Status: in_force

On the last business day of each month, the director shall cancel and request the treasurer of state to stop payment on all state warrants which have been outstanding and unredeemed by the treasurer of state for six months or longer.

2003 Acts, ch 145, §101
Iowa Code § 16.37 — IA Code / Title I / Chapter 16 / Section 16.37
Solar and renewable energy systems loans.
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1080, §111, 114.
Iowa Code § 217.18 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 217 / Section 217.18
Official seal.
Status: in_force

The department shall have an official seal with the words “Iowa Department of Health and Human Services” and such other design as the department prescribes engraved on the seal. Every commission, order, or other paper of an official nature executed by the department may be attested with the seal.

[S13, §2727-a1; SS15, §2727-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3281; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §217.8; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §217.18]83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 1592023 Acts, ch 19, §333
Iowa Code § 216C.10 — IA Code / Title VI / Chapter 216C / Section 216C.10
Use of hearing dog.
Status: in_force

(1) A deaf or hard-of-hearing person has the right to be accompanied by a hearing dog, under control and especially trained to assist the deaf or hard-of-hearing by responding to sound, in any place listed in sections 216C.3 and 216C.4 without being required to make additional payment for the hearing dog. A landlord shall waive lease restrictions on the keeping of dogs for a deaf or hard-of-hearing person with a hearing dog. The deaf or hard-of-hearing person is liable for damage done to any premises or facility by a hearing dog.

(2) A person who denies or interferes with the right of a deaf or hard-of-hearing person under this section is, upon conviction, guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1263C87, §601D.10C93, §216C.1093 Acts, ch 75, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1079, §8
Iowa Code § 725.5 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 725 / Section 725.5
Keeping gambling houses.
Status: in_force

Any person who keeps a house, shop, or place resorted to for the purpose of gambling, or permits any person in any house, shop, or other place under the person’s control or care to conduct bookmaking or to play at cards, dice, faro, roulette, equality, punchboard, slot machine or other game for money or other thing, commits a serious misdemeanor.

[C51, §2721; R60, §4363; C73, §4026; C97, §4962; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13198; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.1; C79, 81, §725.5]
Iowa Code § 89B.15 — IA Code / Title III / Chapter 89B / Section 89B.15
Information for emergency response departments.
Status: in_force

(1) At the same time that an employer provides the information to employees required under subchapter II, the employer shall submit to the local fire department a list of hazardous chemicals which are consistently generated by, used by, stored at, or transported from the employer’s facility. The information shall be provided in sufficient specificity that the local fire department is informed of the nature of the hazardous chemicals, the hazards presented by the chemicals, and the appropriate response in dealing with an emergency involving the hazardous chemicals. The information shall conform to guidelines adopted by the labor commissioner. The employer shall send the information by certified mail. The labor commissioner shall adopt rules exempting employers from this requirement when buildings or structures do not contain significant amounts of a hazardous chemical.

(2) A local fire department receiving information pursuant to subsection 1 shall make the information available only to other emergency response departments.

84 Acts, ch 1085, §15C85, §455D.1586 Acts, ch 1245, §942, 1899HC87, §89B.152016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Iowa Code § 718C.8 — IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 718C / Section 718C.8
Civil immunity for and indemnification of state officials, employees, and contractors.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided by subsection 4, an elected or appointed state official, or a state employee or contractor, is immune from liability for damages arising from a cause of action under state law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(2) Except as provided by subsection 4, the state shall indemnify an elected or appointed state official or a state employee or contractor for damages arising from a cause of action under federal law resulting from an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, an indemnification payment made under subsection 2 is not subject to an indemnification limit under the laws of this state.

(4) Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply if the court or jury determines that the state official, employee, or contractor acted in bad faith, with conscious indifference, or with recklessness.

(5) The state shall indemnify a state official, employee, or contractor for reasonable attorney fees incurred in defense of a criminal prosecution against the official, employee, or contractor for an action taken by the official, employee, or contractor to enforce this chapter during the course and scope of the official’s, employee’s, or contractor’s office, employment, or contractual performance for or service on behalf of the state.

(6) A state official, employee, or contractor who may be entitled to indemnification under subsection 2 is entitled to representation by the attorney general in an action in connection with which the official, employee, or contractor may be entitled to that indemnification.

(7) This section shall not be construed to waive any statutory limits on damages under state law.

2024 Acts, ch 1020, §8
Iowa Code § 516B.3 — IA Code / Title XIII / Chapter 516B / Section 516B.3
Minor traffic violations not considered in establishing rates.
Status: in_force

(1) The commissioner shall require that insurance companies transacting business in this state not consider speeding violations occurring on or after July 1, 1986, but before May 12, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in speed zones that have a legal speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour or speeding violations occurring on or after May 12, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in speed zones that have a legal speed limit equal to or greater than thirty-five miles per hour but not greater than fifty-five miles per hour for the purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer and shall require that insurance companies not cancel or refuse to renew any such policy for such violations. In any twelve-month period, this section applies only to the first two such violations which occur.

(2) If the rate for motor vehicle insurance is based on an operating record of a period longer than twelve months in length, the twelve-month periods under subsection 1 shall not overlap.

87 Acts, ch 120, §8; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §78; 88 Acts, ch 1214, §3
Iowa Code § 124B.1 — IA Code / Title IV / Chapter 124B / Section 124B.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

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

(1) “Board” means the board of pharmacy.

(2) “Controlled substance” means a controlled substance as defined in section 124.101.

(3) “Practitioner” means a practitioner as defined in section 155A.3.

(4) “Precursor substance” means a substance which may be used as a precursor in the illegal production of a controlled substance and is specified under section 124B.2.

(5) “Recipient” means a person in this state who purchases, transfers, or otherwise receives a precursor substance.

(6) “Vendor” means a person who manufactures, wholesales, retails, or otherwise sells, transfers, or furnishes in this state a precursor substance.

90 Acts, ch 1251, §10C91, §204B.1C93, §124B.12007 Acts, ch 10, §16
Iowa Code § 327G.21 — IA Code / Title VIII / Chapter 327G / Section 327G.21
Condition after change — temporary ways.
Status: in_force

When a railroad company changes, alters, or repairs a highway crossing, it shall upon completion of the work leave it free from obstructions to travel and in good condition. If travel will be obstructed while any alterations or repairs are being made, the railroad company shall provide safe and convenient temporary ways for the public to avoid or pass such obstructions.

[R60, §1321, 1324; C73, §1262, 1264; C97, §2017, 2019; SS15, §2017; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8026; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §478.27; C77, 79, 81, §327G.21]
Iowa Code § 657A.7 — IA Code / Title XV / Chapter 657A / Section 657A.7
Priority of receiver’s mortgage.
Status: in_force

(1) If the receiver’s mortgage is filed of record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located within sixty days of the issuance of a secured note, the receiver’s mortgage is a first lien upon the property and is superior to claims of the receiver and to all prior or subsequent liens and encumbrances except taxes and assessments, including taxes and assessments advanced by any mortgagee in the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date a petition is filed pursuant to section 657A.2. Priority among the receiver’s mortgages is determined by the order in which the mortgages are recorded.

(2) The creation of a mortgage lien under this chapter prior to or superior to a mortgage of record at the time the receiver’s mortgage lien was created does not disqualify a prior recorded mortgage as a legal investment.

(3) If a mortgagee of the receiver’s mortgage begins foreclosure procedures pursuant to chapter 655A and an interested party desires to pay off the mortgage loan, the interested party shall also pay the mortgagee’s reasonable costs and attorney fees.

85 Acts, ch 222, §7; 2019 Acts, ch 105, §11, 12