2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 507E - INSURANCE FRAUD
507E.5 - CONFIDENTIALITY.

        507E.5  CONFIDENTIALITY.
         1.  All investigation files, investigation reports, and all other
      investigative information in the possession of the bureau are
      confidential records under chapter 22 except as specifically provided
      in this section and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other
      means of legal compulsion for their release until opened for public
      inspection by the bureau, or upon the consent of the bureau, or until
      a court of competent jurisdiction determines, after notice to the
      bureau and hearing, that the bureau will not be unnecessarily
      hindered in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter by their
      opening for public inspection.  However, investigative information in
      the possession of the bureau may be disclosed, in the commissioner's
      discretion, to appropriate licensing authorities within this state,
      another state or the District of Columbia, or a territory or country
      in which a licensee is licensed or has applied for a license.
         2.  The commissioner may share documents, materials, or other
      information, including confidential and privileged documents,
      materials, or other information, with other state, federal, and
      international regulatory agencies, with the national association of
      insurance commissioners and its affiliates or subsidiaries, and with
      state, federal, and international law enforcement authorities,
      provided that the recipient agrees to maintain the confidential and
      privileged status of the document, material, or other information,
      pursuant to Iowa law.
         3.  The commissioner may receive documents, materials, or other
      information, including otherwise confidential and privileged
      documents, materials, or other information, from other local, state,
      federal, and international regulatory agencies, the national
      association of insurance commissioners and its affiliates or
      subsidiaries, and local, state, federal, and international law
      enforcement authorities, and shall maintain as confidential and
      privileged any document, material, or other information received with
      notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged
      under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the
      document, material, or other information.
         4.  The commissioner may enter into agreements governing the
      sharing and use of documents, materials, or other information
      consistent with this section.
         5.  An investigator or other staff member of the bureau is not
      subject to subpoena in a civil action concerning any matter of which
      the investigator or other staff member has knowledge pursuant to a
      pending or continuing investigation being conducted by the bureau
      pursuant to this chapter.  

         94 Acts, ch 1072, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §30
         Referred to in § 22.7