Terms Used In Iowa Code 552.2

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Physical exercise club: means a person offering services or facilities, or both, for the preservation, maintenance, encouragement, or development of physical fitness or well-being in return for the payment of a fee entitling the buyer to the use of the services or facilities. See Iowa Code 552.1
 The purpose of this chapter is to safeguard the public against fraud, deceit, and financial hardship and to foster and encourage competition, fair dealing, and prosperity in the field of physical exercise club operations and services by prohibiting or restricting practices by which the public has been injured in connection with contracts for and the marketing of physical exercise club services.