Iowa Code
Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS

Section 135B.1 - Definitions. - 135B.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: 1. “Department” means...

Section 135B.2 - Purpose. - 135B.2 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide...

Section 135B.3 - Licensure. - 135B.3 Licensure. No person or governmental unit, acting severally or...

Section 135B.4 - Application for license. - 135B.4 Application for license. Licenses shall be obtained from the...

Section 135B.5 - Issuance and renewal of license. - 135B.5 Issuance and renewal of license. 1. Upon receipt of...

Section 135B.5A - Conversion of a hospital. - 135B.5A Conversion of a hospital. A conversion of a long-term...

Section 135B.6 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and review. - 135B.6 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and...

Section 135B.7 - Rules and enforcement. - 135B.7 Rules and enforcement. 1. a. The department, with the...

Section 135B.7A - Procedures — orders. - 135B.7A Procedures — orders. The department shall adopt rules that...

Section 135B.8 - Effective date of rules. - 135B.8 Effective date of rules. Any hospital which is in...

Section 135B.9 - Inspections and qualifications for hospital inspectors — protection and advocacy agency investigations. - 135B.9 Inspections and qualifications for hospital inspectors — protection and...

Section 135B.10 - Hospital licensing board. - 135B.10 Hospital licensing board. Repealed by 2020 Acts, ch 1103,...

Section 135B.11 - Functions of hospital licensing board — compensation. - 135B.11 Functions of hospital licensing board — compensation. Repealed by...

Section 135B.12 - Confidentiality. - 135B.12 Confidentiality. The department’s final findings or the final survey...

Section 135B.13 - Annual report of department. - 135B.13 Annual report of department. The department shall prepare and...

Section 135B.14 - Judicial review. - 135B.14 Judicial review. Judicial review of the action of the...

Section 135B.15 - Penalties. - 135B.15 Penalties. Any person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any...

Section 135B.16 - Injunction. - 135B.16 Injunction. Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other...

Section 135B.17 - Construction. - 135B.17 Construction. 1. This chapter is in addition to and...

Section 135B.18 - County care facilities exempted. - 135B.18 County care facilities exempted. The provisions of this chapter...

Section 135B.18A - Universal newborn and infant hearing screening. - 135B.18A Universal newborn and infant hearing screening. Beginning January 1,...

Section 135B.19 - Title of subchapter. - 135B.19 Title of subchapter. This subchapter may be cited as...

Section 135B.20 - Definitions. - 135B.20 Definitions. As used in this subchapter, unless the context...

Section 135B.21 - Functions of hospital. - 135B.21 Functions of hospital. The ownership, maintenance, and operation of...

Section 135B.22 - Character of services. - 135B.22 Character of services. Pathology and radiology services performed in...

Section 135B.23 - Agreement with doctor. - 135B.23 Agreement with doctor. Each hospital shall arrange for such...

Section 135B.24 - Employees. - 135B.24 Employees. Unless the department is leased or unless the...

Section 135B.25 - Hiring and dismissal of technicians. - 135B.25 Hiring and dismissal of technicians. The doctor and hospital...

Section 135B.26 - Compensation. - 135B.26 Compensation. The contract between the hospital and doctor in...

Section 135B.27 - Admission agreement. - 135B.27 Admission agreement. The hospital admission agreement signed by the...

Section 135B.28 - Hospital bill. - 135B.28 Hospital bill. 1. The hospital bill shall properly include...

Section 135B.29 - Fees. - 135B.29 Fees. All fees to be charged by the doctors...

Section 135B.30 - Radiology and pathology fees. - 135B.30 Radiology and pathology fees. Fees for radiology and pathology...

Section 135B.31 - Exceptions. - 135B.31 Exceptions. This subchapter is not intended and shall not...

Section 135B.32 - Construction. - 135B.32 Construction. Nothing in this subchapter shall deprive any hospital...

Section 135B.33 - Technical assistance — plan — grants. - 135B.33 Technical assistance — plan — grants. 1. Subject to...

Section 135B.34 - Hospital employees — criminal history and abuse record checks — penalty. - 135B.34 Hospital employees — criminal history and abuse record checks...

Section 135B.35 - Pediatric congenital heart surgery — public reporting of data — patient education. - 135B.35 Pediatric congenital heart surgery — public reporting of data...