Iowa § 135B.4 - 135B.4 Application for license.
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§ 135B.4. 135B.4 Application for license.
Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon forms and shall contain information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and rules prescribed under this chapter. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the license fee, which shall be refunded to the applicant if the license is denied and which shall be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the general fund if the license is issued. Hospitals and rural emergency hospitals having fifty beds or less shall pay an initial license fee of fifteen dollars; hospitals of more than fifty beds and not more than one hundred beds shall pay an initial license fee of twenty-five dollars; all other hospitals shall pay an initial license fee of fifty dollars. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.4] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §5, 20, 21 2023 amendment applies to a facility or, due to change in ownership, a successor facility that was, on or before December 27, 2020, a general hospital with no more than fifty licensed beds, located in a county in a rural area as specified in section 135B.3A with a specified population, and operating on and prior to a specified date under a valid certificate of need; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §20 Wed Dec 10 22:52:41 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 135B.4 (28, 2)
Frequently Asked Questions About Iowa § 135B.4
What does Iowa Code § 135B.4 cover?
Section 135B.4 ("135B.4 Application for license.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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