The commissioner may, for the purpose of discovering or investigating violations of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter do any or all of the following:
 1. Investigate the business and examine the books, accounts, records, and files used by a provider. With the exception of an examination involving new construction, an examination involving a complaint by a resident or a prospective resident or where good cause exists for the lack of prior notice, as determined by the commissioner, the division of insurance shall provide at least seven days’ prior notice to the facility before conducting an on-site examination.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 523D.12

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance or the deputy appointed under section 502. See Iowa Code 523D.1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Facility: means the place or places in which a provider undertakes to provide continuing care or senior adult congregate living services to an individual. See Iowa Code 523D.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
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • New construction: means construction of a new facility or the expansion of an existing facility if the expansion involves an increase in the number of living units in excess of twenty-five percent. See Iowa Code 523D.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Provider: means a person undertaking through a lease or other type of agreement to provide care in a continuing care retirement community or senior adult congregate living facility, even if that person does not own the facility. See Iowa Code 523D.1
  • Resident: means an individual, sixty years of age or older, entitled to receive care in a continuing care retirement community or a senior adult congregate living facility. See Iowa Code 523D.1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
 2. Administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, receive evidence, and require the production of documents and records in connection with an investigation or proceeding being conducted pursuant to this chapter.
 3. Apply to the district court for issuance of an order requiring a person‘s appearance before the commissioner. The person may also be required to produce documentary evidence germane to the subject of the investigation. Failure to obey a court order under this section constitutes contempt of court.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 523D Contents