105.22 Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of license.
A license to practice as a contractor or as a plumbing, mechanical, HVAC-refrigeration, sheet metal, or hydronic professional may be revoked or suspended, or an application for licensure may be denied pursuant to procedures established pursuant to chapter 272C by the board, or the licensee may be otherwise disciplined in accordance with that chapter, when the licensee commits any of the following acts or offenses:
1. Fraud in procuring a license.
2. Professional incompetence.
3. Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent misrepresentations in the practice of the profession or engaging in unethical conduct or practice harmful or detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be established.
4. Fraud in representations as to skill or ability.
5. Use of untruthful or improbable statements in advertisements.
6. Willful or repeated violations of this chapter.
7. Aiding and abetting a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter in that person’s pursuit of an unauthorized and unlicensed plumbing, mechanical, HVAC, refrigeration, sheet metal, or hydronic professional practice.
8. Failure to meet the commonly accepted standards of professional competence.
9. Any other such grounds as established by rule by the board.
2007 Acts, ch 198, §22; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2009 Acts, ch 151, §23, 34; 2013 Acts, ch 77, §27, 28, 36; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §37; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §11; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §9, 31
Referred to in §272C.3, 272C.4
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 105 - PLUMBERS, MECHANICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND CONTRACTORS
Section 105.3 - Plumbing and mechanical systems board.
Section 105.4 - Plumbing installation code — rules.
Section 105.10 - License or certification required — exceptions.
Section 105.11 - Chapter inapplicability.
Section 105.12 - Form of license.
Section 105.13 - License presumptive evidence.
Section 105.14 - Display of contractor license.
Section 105.15 - Registry of licenses.
Section 105.16 - Change of residence.
Section 105.17 - Preemption of local licensing requirements.
Section 105.18 - Qualifications and types of licenses issued.
Section 105.19 - Insurance and surety bond requirements.
Section 105.20 - Renewal and reinstatement of licenses — fees and penalties — continuing education.
Section 105.21 - Reciprocal licenses.
Section 105.22 - Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of license.
Section 105.23 - Jurisdiction of revocation and suspension proceedings.
Section 105.24 - Notice and default.
Section 105.25 - Advertising — violations — penalties.
Section 105.27 - Civil penalty.
Section 105.29 - Report of violators.
Section 105.30 - Attorney general.
Section 105.31 - License renewal and reissuance — transition provisions.