License required.

A person shall not open or operate a hotel until the regulatory authority has inspected the hotel and issued a license to the person. The regulatory authority shall conduct inspections in accordance with standards adopted by the department by rule pursuant to chapter 17A . Each license shall expire one year from the date of issue. A license is renewable. All licenses issued under this chapter that are not renewed by the licensee on or before the expiration date shall be subject to a penalty of ten percent of the license fee per month if the license is renewed at a later date. A license is not transferable. [S13, §2527-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2809; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §170.2; C79, 81, §170B.4 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66 C91, §137C.7 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §132 ; 2018 Acts, ch 1144, §2, 16