Iowa § 522D.9 Injunctive relief

Iowa Statutes

§ 522D.9 — Injunctive relief

Iowa § 522D.9

Title XIIICOMMERCE

Ch. 522DLICENSING OF HEALTH PLAN NAVIGATORS

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Iowa Code § 522D.9 (2026).

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1.A person may bring an action in district court to enjoin another person from acting as a navigator in violation of section 522D.2. However, before bringing an action in district court toenjoinapersonpursuanttothissection, thepersonshallfileacomplaintwiththeinsurance division alleging that another person is acting as a navigator in violation of section 522D.2.

2.Ifthedivisionmakesadeterminationtoproceedadministrativelyagainstthepersonfor aviolationofsection522D.2,thecomplainantshallnotbringanactionindistrictcourtagainst the person pursuant to this section based upon the allegations contained in the complaint filed with the division.

3.If the division does not make a determination to proceed administratively against the person for a violation of section 522D.2, the division shall issue,

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1. A person may bring an action in district court to enjoin another person from acting as a
navigator in violation of section 522D.2. However, before bringing an action in district court
toenjoinapersonpursuanttothissection, thepersonshallfileacomplaintwiththeinsurance
division alleging that another person is acting as a navigator in violation of section 522D.2.
2. Ifthedivisionmakesadeterminationtoproceedadministrativelyagainstthepersonfor
aviolationofsection522D.2,thecomplainantshallnotbringanactionindistrictcourtagainst
the person pursuant to this section based upon the allegations contained in the complaint
filed with the division.
3. If the division does not make a determination to proceed administratively against the
person for a violation of section 522D.2, the division shall issue, by ninety days from the date
of filing of the complaint, a release to the complainant that permits the complainant to bring
an action in district court pursuant to this section.
4. The filing of a complaint with the division pursuant to this section tolls the statute of
limitations pursuant to section 614.1 as to the alleged violation for a period of one hundred
twenty days from the date of filing the complaint.
5. Any action brought in district court by a complainant against a person pursuant to this
section, based upon the allegations contained in the complaint filed with the division, shall
be brought within one year after the ninety-day period following the filing of the complaint
with the division, or the date of the issuance of a release by the division, whichever is earlier.
6. If the court finds that the person is in violation of section 522D.2 and enjoins the person
from acting as a navigator in violation of that section, the court’s findings of fact and law,
and the judgment and decree, when final, shall be admissible in any proceeding initiated
pursuant to section 522D.8 by the commissioner against the person enjoined and the person
enjoined shall be precluded from contesting in that proceeding the court’s determination that
the person acted as a navigator in violation of section 522D.2.