135C.10 - DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
135C.10 DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
The department shall have the authority to deny, suspend, or
revoke a license in any case where the department finds that there
has been repeated failure on the part of the facility to comply with
the provisions of this chapter or the rules or minimum standards
promulgated hereunder, or for any of the following reasons:
1. Cruelty or indifference to health care facility residents.
2. Appropriation or conversion of the property of a health care
facility resident without the resident's written consent or the
written consent of the resident's legal guardian.
3. Permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of any illegal
act in the health care facility.
4. Inability or failure to operate and conduct the health care
facility in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the
minimum standards and rules issued pursuant thereto.
5. Obtaining or attempting to obtain or retain a license by
fraudulent means, misrepresentation, or by submitting false
information.
6. Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of drugs by the
applicant, manager or supervisor of the health care facility.
7. Securing the devise or bequest of the property of a resident
of a health care facility by undue influence.
8. Willful failure or neglect to maintain a continuing in-service
education and training program for all personnel employed in the
facility.
9. In the case of an application by an existing licensee for a
new or newly acquired facility, continuing or repeated failure of the
licensee to operate any previously licensed facility or facilities in
compliance with the provisions of this chapter or of the rules
adopted pursuant to it.
10. In the case of a license applicant or existing licensee which
is an entity other than an individual, the department may deny,
suspend, or revoke a license if any individual, who is in a position
of control or is an officer of the entity, engages in any act or
omission proscribed by this section. Section History: Early Form
[C50, 54, § 135C.6; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
135C.10] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1204, §13
Referred to in § 135C.12