2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 523I - IOWA CEMETERY ACT
523I.201 - ADMINISTRATION.

        523I.201  ADMINISTRATION.
         1.  This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner.  The
      commissioner may employ officers, attorneys, accountants, and other
      employees as needed for administering this chapter.
         2.  It is unlawful for the commissioner or any administrative
      staff to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with
      or obtained by the commissioner and which is not made public.  This
      chapter does not authorize the commissioner or any staff member to
      disclose any such information except among themselves or to other
      cemetery and funeral administrators, regulatory authorities, or
      governmental agencies, or when necessary and appropriate in a
      proceeding or investigation under this chapter or as required by
      chapter 22.  This chapter neither creates nor derogates any
      privileges that exist at common law or otherwise when documentary or
      other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the
      commissioner or any administrative staff.
         3.  The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the general
      assembly's standing committees on government oversight by October 1
      of each year reporting on the administration of this chapter.  The
      report shall set forth any recommendations for changes in the law
      that the commissioner deems necessary or desirable to prevent abuses
      or evasions of this chapter or rules implementing this chapter or to
      rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the administration
      of this chapter or rules implementing this chapter.  

         2005 Acts, ch 128, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §64; 2006 Acts, ch
      1117, §120; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §36, 37; 2008 Acts, ch 1123, §55; 2009
      Acts, ch 86, §6