§ 523D.13 — Compliance — summary orders

Iowa § 523D.13

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 523D: RETIREMENT FACILITIES

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1. Upon the commissioner’s determination that a provider has engaged, is engaging, or is
about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted
pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may issue a summary order directing the provider
to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice resulting in the violation or to take
other affirmative action as in the judgment of the commissioner is necessary to comply with
the requirements of this chapter.
2. If a hearing is not timely requested, the summary order becomes final by operation
of law. The order shall remain effective from the date of issuance until the date the order
becomes final by operation of law or is overturned by a presiding officer or court following
a request for hearing. A person who has been issued a summary order under this section
may contest it by filing a request for a contested case proceeding as provided in chapter 17A
and in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner. However, the person shall have
at least thirty days from the date that the order is issued in order to file the request. Section
17A.18A is inapplicable to a summary order issued under this section.
3. A person violating a summary order issued under this section shall be deemed in
contempt of that order. The commissioner may petition the district court to enforce the order
as certified by the commissioner. The district court shall adjudge the person in contempt of
the order if the court finds after hearing that the person is not in compliance with the order.
The court shall assess a civil penalty against the person in an amount not less than three
thousand dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars per violation, and may issue
further orders as it deems appropriate.