137C.6 AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE.
1. The director shall regulate, license, and inspect hotels and
enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation code in Iowa. Municipal
corporations shall not regulate, license, inspect, or collect license
fees from hotels except as provided for in the Iowa hotel sanitation
code.
2. If a municipal corporation wants its local board of health to
license, inspect, and otherwise enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation
code within its jurisdiction, the municipal corporation may enter
into an agreement to do so with the director. The director may enter
into the agreement if the director finds that the local board of
health has adequate resources to perform the required functions. A
municipal corporation may only enter into an agreement to enforce the
Iowa hotel sanitation code if it also agrees to enforce the rules
setting minimum standards to protect consumers from foodborne illness
adopted pursuant to section 137F.2.
3. A local board of health that is responsible for enforcing the
Iowa hotel sanitation code within its jurisdiction pursuant to an
agreement shall make an annual report to the director providing the
following information:
a. The total number of hotel licenses granted or renewed
during the year.
b. The number of hotel licenses granted or renewed during the
year broken down into the following categories:
(1) Hotels containing fifteen guest rooms or less.
(2) Hotels containing more than fifteen but less than thirty-one
guest rooms.
(3) Hotels containing more than thirty but less than seventy-six
guest rooms.
(4) Hotels containing more than seventy-five but less than one
hundred fifty guest rooms.
(5) Hotels containing one hundred fifty or more guest rooms.
c. The amount of money collected in license fees during the
year.
d. Other information the director requests.
4. The director shall monitor local boards of health to determine
if they are enforcing the Iowa hotel sanitation code within their
respective jurisdictions. If the director determines that the Iowa
hotel sanitation code is enforced by a local board of health, such
enforcement shall be accepted in lieu of enforcement by the
department in that jurisdiction. If the director determines that the
Iowa hotel sanitation code is not enforced by a local board of
health, the director may rescind the agreement after reasonable
notice and an opportunity for a hearing. If the agreement is
rescinded, the director shall assume responsibility for enforcement
in the jurisdiction involved.
137C.6 AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE.
1. The director shall regulate, license, and inspect hotels and
enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation code in Iowa. Municipal
corporations shall not regulate, license, inspect, or collect license
fees from hotels except as provided for in the Iowa hotel sanitation
code.
2. If a municipal corporation wants its local board of health to
license, inspect, and otherwise enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation
code within its jurisdiction, the municipal corporation may enter
into an agreement to do so with the director. The director may enter
into the agreement if the director finds that the local board of
health has adequate resources to perform the required functions. A
municipal corporation may only enter into an agreement to enforce the
Iowa hotel sanitation code if it also agrees to enforce the rules
setting minimum standards to protect consumers from foodborne illness
adopted pursuant to section 137F.2.
3. A local board of health that is responsible for enforcing the
Iowa hotel sanitation code within its jurisdiction pursuant to an
agreement shall make an annual report to the director providing the
following information:
a. The total number of hotel licenses granted or renewed
during the year.
b. The number of hotel licenses granted or renewed during the
year broken down into the following categories:
(1) Hotels containing fifteen guest rooms or less.
(2) Hotels containing more than fifteen but less than thirty-one
guest rooms.
(3) Hotels containing more than thirty but less than seventy-six
guest rooms.
(4) Hotels containing more than seventy-five but less than one
hundred fifty guest rooms.
(5) Hotels containing one hundred fifty or more guest rooms.
c. The amount of money collected in license fees during the
year.
d. Other information the director requests.
4. The director shall monitor local boards of health to determine
if they are enforcing the Iowa hotel sanitation code within their
respective jurisdictions. If the director determines that the Iowa
hotel sanitation code is enforced by a local board of health, such
enforcement shall be accepted in lieu of enforcement by the
department in that jurisdiction. If the director determines that the
Iowa hotel sanitation code is not enforced by a local board of
health, the director may rescind the agreement after reasonable
notice and an opportunity for a hearing. If the agreement is
rescinded, the director shall assume responsibility for enforcement
in the jurisdiction involved.
137C.6 AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE.
1. The director shall regulate, license, and inspect hotels and
enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation code in Iowa. Municipal
corporations shall not regulate, license, inspect, or collect license
fees from hotels except as provided for in the Iowa hotel sanitation
code.
2. If a municipal corporation wants its local board of health to
license, inspect, and otherwise enforce the Iowa hotel sanitation
code within its jurisdiction, the municipal corporation may enter
into an agreement to do so with the director. The director may enter
into the agreement if the director finds that the local board of
health has adequate resources to perform the required functions. A
municipal corporation may only enter into an agreement to enforce the
Iowa hotel sanitation code if it also agrees to enforce the rules
setting minimum standards to protect consumers from foodborne illness
adopted pursuant to section 137F.2.
3. A local board of health that is responsible for enforcing the
Iowa hotel sanitation code within its jurisdiction pursuant to an
agreement shall make an annual report to the director providing the
following information:
a. The total number of hotel licenses granted or renewed
during the year.
b. The number of hotel licenses granted or renewed during the
year broken down into the following categories:
(1) Hotels containing fifteen guest rooms or less.
(2) Hotels containing more than fifteen but less than thirty-one
guest rooms.
(3) Hotels containing more than thirty but less than seventy-six
guest rooms.
(4) Hotels containing more than seventy-five but less than one
hundred fifty guest rooms.
(5) Hotels containing one hundred fifty or more guest rooms.
c. The amount of money collected in license fees during the
year.
d. Other information the director requests.
4. The director shall monitor local boards of health to determine
if they are enforcing the Iowa hotel sanitation code within their
respective jurisdictions. If the director determines that the Iowa
hotel sanitation code is enforced by a local board of health, such
enforcement shall be accepted in lieu of enforcement by the
department in that jurisdiction. If the director determines that the
Iowa hotel sanitation code is not enforced by a local board of
health, the director may rescind the agreement after reasonable
notice and an opportunity for a hearing. If the agreement is
rescinded, the director shall assume responsibility for enforcement
in the jurisdiction involved.
