Title IV, PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impede, limit, or restrict the right of free choice by an individual to the health care or treatment that the individual may select. 2010 Acts, ch 1036, §18

The department shall adopt rules to implement this chapter . The department is vested with discretionary authority to interpret the provisions of this chapter . 2010 Acts, ch 1036, §19 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §218 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §398

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 2. a. “Egg” means a food product that is the reproductive output of an agricultural food animal classified as a chicken. b. “Egg” includes…

1. In conducting a routine inspection of the premises of a food processing plant licensed under chapter 137F , a regulatory authority is not required to determine if any food product located on the premises is misbranded as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3 . 2. A regu…

A food product is misbranded as an egg product if all of the following apply: 1. The food product is a fabricated-egg product or the food product contains a fabricated-egg product. 2. The food product is offered for sale or sold by a food processing plant. 3. a. A label that is p…

A food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell a food product that is misbranded as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3 . 2024 Acts, ch 1158, §17 Referred to in §137A.5 , 137F.4A

1. If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as an egg product in violation of section 137A.4 , the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the st…

1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3 as determined by the department. 2. A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten t…

This chapter shall be known as the “Iowa Hotel Sanitation Code” . [C79, 81, §170B.1 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66 C91, §137C.1 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §44

A regulatory authority may suspend or revoke a license issued to a person under the Iowa hotel sanitation code if any of the following occurs: 1. The person’s hotel does not conform to a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter . 2. T…

Upon receipt of a verified complaint signed by a guest of a hotel and stating facts indicating the place is in an insanitary condition, the regulatory authority shall conduct an inspection. The inspector may enter the hotel at any reasonable hour to make the inspection. The manag…

1. A hotel shall have an adequately designed plumbing system conforming to at least the minimum requirements of the state plumbing code. The plumbing system shall have a connection to a municipal water and sewerage system or to a benefited water district or sanitary sewerage dist…

A hotel shall provide toilet and lavatory facilities in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter . [S13, §2527-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2821, 2822; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §170.16, 170.17; C79, 81, §170B.8 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §37, 66 C91, §137C.17…

Violation of a fire safety rule adopted pursuant to section 10A.523 and applicable to hotels, occurring on the premises of a hotel, is a violation of this chapter . [S13, §2514-j, -k, -l; SS15, §2514-i, -n, -o; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2843 – 2850; C46, 50, 54, 58, §170.38 – 170.45…

For purposes of the Iowa hotel sanitation code, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: 1. “Bed and breakfast inn” means a hotel which has nine or fewer guest rooms. 2. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 3. “Director”…

A complete list of rooms by number together with the number of the floor and the rate per day per person for each room shall be kept continuously and conspicuously posted on the wall near the office in the lobby of a hotel in such a way as to be accessible to the public without r…

The rates posted under section 137C.23 shall not be increased until sixty days’ notice of the proposed increase has been given to the regulatory authority. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2842; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §170.37; C79, 81, §170B.12 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66 C9…

1. A person operating a hotel has the right to refuse or deny the use of a room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel to any of the following: a. An individual unwilling or unable to pay for the room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the …

The hotel operator has the right to require a person seeking the use of a room, accommodations, facilities, or other privileges of the hotel to demonstrate the ability to pay for such use by cash, credit card, or approved check. The hotel operator may require the parent or guardi…

In addition to any other applicable penalties, a court may order a person to pay restitution for any damages caused by such person which are suffered by the owner or operator of the hotel. Damages for which restitution may be ordered, in addition to physical damages, may include …

An owner or operator of a hotel may eject a person from the hotel for any of the following reasons: 1. Nonpayment of charges incurred by the individual renting or leasing a room, accommodations, or facilities of the hotel when the charges are due and owing. 2. The individual rent…

An owner or operator of a hotel shall post a copy of sections 137C.25 through 137C.25C , in addition to any rules established by the owner or operator of the hotel, in a conspicuous place at or near the guest registration desk and in each room of the hotel. 94 Acts, ch 1032, §5 R…

1. A hotel shall keep and maintain for a period of three years, a guest register which shall show the name, residence, date of arrival, and date of departure of each individual renting or leasing a room, accommodations, or facilities of the hotel. 2. Each individual renting or le…

A person who violates a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate violation. [C79, 81, §170B.16 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66 C91, §137C.28 Referred to in §137C.35

A person conducting a hotel in violation of a provision of the Iowa hotel sanitation code may be restrained by injunction from operating that hotel. If an imminent health hazard exists, the hotel, or as much of the hotel as is necessary, must cease operation. Operation shall not …

The county attorney in each county shall assist in the enforcement of the Iowa hotel sanitation code. [C79, 81, §170B.18 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §66 C91, §137C.30 Referred to in §331.756(28)

Provisions of the Iowa hotel sanitation code in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7 , shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state building code applies throughout the state. [C79, 81, §170B.19 ] 90 Acts…

1. This chapter does not apply to bed and breakfast homes as defined in section 137F.1 . However, a bed and breakfast home shall have a smoke detector in proper working order in each sleeping room and a fire extinguisher in proper working order on each floor. A bed and breakfast …

1. The director shall regulate, license, and inspect hotels and enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation code in Iowa. Municipal corporations shall not regulate, license, inspect, or collect license fees from hotels except as provided for in the Iowa hotel sanitation code. 2. If a munic…

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 l…

Every application for a license under the Iowa hotel sanitation code shall be made upon a blank furnished by the regulatory authority and shall contain the items required by the department as to ownership, management, location, buildings, equipment, rates, and other data concerni…

1. Either the department or the municipal corporation shall collect the following annual license fees: a. For a hotel containing thirty guest rooms or less, fifty dollars. b. For a hotel containing more than thirty but less than one hundred one guest rooms, one hundred dollars. c…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 2. “Food” means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use or sale in whole or …

1. A person shall not open or operate a home food processing establishment until a license has been obtained from the department. The department shall collect a fee of fifty dollars for a license. After collection, the fees shall be deposited in a special fund in the state treasu…

A home food processing establishment shall not advertise for sale, offer for sale, sell or otherwise distribute, or use raw milk, or a manufactured raw milk product or raw milk dairy product, as provided in chapter 195 . 2023 Acts, ch 75, §3

A person who violates a provision of this chapter , including a standard adopted by departmental rule, relating to home food processing establishments or homemade food items produced in a home food processing establishment shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of one …

A person operating a home food processing establishment or selling homemade food items created at a home food processing establishment in violation of a provision of this chapter may be restrained by injunction from further operating that home food processing establishment. If an…

The county attorney in each county shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter . 88 Acts, ch 1220, §11 C89, §170C.5 C91, §137D.5

Provisions of this chapter , including standards for home food processing establishments adopted by the department, in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7 , shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state b…

The department may suspend or revoke a license issued to a person under this chapter if any of the following occurs: 1. The person’s home food processing establishment does not conform to a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter . 2. The person viola…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agricultural food animal” means a domesticated animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; or live domestic fowl limited to chickens or turkeys. 2. “Cultivated-protein food product” means…

1. In conducting a routine inspection of the premises of a food processing plant licensed under chapter 137F , a regulatory authority is not required to determine if any food product located on the premises is misbranded as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 . 2. A regu…

A food product is misbranded as a meat product if all of the following apply: 1. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b” , the food product is a manufactured-protein food product or the food product contains a manufactured-protein food product. b. The food product is not misbrande…

A food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell a food product that is misbranded as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 . 2024 Acts, ch 1158, §5 Referred to in §137E.5 , 137F.4

1. If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as a meat product in violation of section 137E.4 , the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the st…

1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 as determined by the department. 2. A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten t…