Iowa Code 135H.8 – Denial, suspension, or revocation of license
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The department may deny an application or suspend or revoke a license if the department finds that an applicant or licensee has failed or is unable to comply with this chapter or the rules establishing minimum standards pursuant to this chapter or if any of the following conditions apply:
1. It is shown that a resident is a victim of cruelty or neglect due to the acts or omissions of the licensee.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 135H.8
- Department: means the department of inspections and appeals. See Iowa Code 135H.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- Licensee: means the holder of a license issued to operate a psychiatric medical institution for children. See Iowa Code 135H.1
- Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
- psychiatric institution: means an institution providing more than twenty-four hours of continuous care involving long-term psychiatric services to three or more children in residence for expected periods of fourteen or more days for diagnosis and evaluation or for expected periods of ninety days or more for treatment. See Iowa Code 135H.1
- Resident: means a person who is less than twenty-one years of age and has been admitted by a physician to a psychiatric medical institution for children. See Iowa Code 135H.1
2. The licensee has permitted, aided, or abetted in the commission of an illegal act in the psychiatric institution.
3. An applicant or licensee acted to obtain or to retain a license by fraudulent means, misrepresentation, or submitting false information.
4. The licensee has willfully failed or neglected to maintain a continuing in-service education and training program for persons employed by the psychiatric institution.
5. The application involves a person who has failed to operate a psychiatric institution in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.