231B.11 - NOTICE -- APPEAL -- EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.

        231B.11  NOTICE -- APPEAL -- EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.
         1.  The denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate shall
      be effected by delivering to the applicant or certificate holder by
      restricted certified mail or by personal service a notice setting
      forth the particular reasons for such action.  Such denial,
      suspension, or revocation shall become effective thirty days after
      the mailing or service of the notice, unless the applicant or
      certificate holder, within such thirty-day period, requests a
      hearing, in writing, of the department, in which case the notice
      shall be deemed to be suspended.
         2.  The denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate may be
      appealed in accordance with rules adopted by the department in
      accordance with chapter 17A.
         3.  When the department finds that an imminent danger to the
      health or safety of a tenant of an elder group home exists which
      requires action on an emergency basis, the department may direct
      removal of all tenants of the elder group home and suspend the
      certificate prior to a hearing.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 62, §11; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §152