Iowa Code & Administrative Rules

Here you can find links to the sections of Iowa Code and Administrative Rules specifically relevant to the Department of Inspections and Appeals.

Chapter 10A - Department of Inspections and Appeals
Chapter 17A - Iowa Administrative Procedure Act
Chapter 22 - Examination of Public Records (Open Records)
Chapter 73 - Preferences (Iowa Products/Minority Businesses/Targeted Small Business Procurement)
Chapter 99B - Games of Skill or Chance, and Raffles
Chapter 135B - Licensure and Regulation of Hospitals
Chapter 135C - Health Care Facilities
Chapter 135G - Subacute Mental Health Care Facilities
Chapter 135H - Psychiatric Medical Institutions for Children
Chapter 135J - Licensed Hospice Programs
Chapter 135O - Boarding Homes
Chapter 135Q - Health Care Employment Agencies and Workers - NEW
Chapter 137C - Hotel Sanitation Code
Chapter 137D - Home Food Processing Establishments
Chapter 137F - Food Establishments and Food Processing Plants
Chapter 231C - Assisted Living Programs
Chapter 231D - Adult Day Services
Chapter 235E - Dependent Adult Abuse in Facilities and Programs

Iowa Adminstrative Code (IAC, also referred to as "administrative rules") are the rules an agency uses to carry out Iowa Code (law).

All Department of Inspections and Appeals Rules
Chapter 1 - Administration
Chapter 2 - Petitions for Rule Making
Chapter 3 - Declaratory Orders
Chapter 4 - Agency Procedure for Rule Making
Chapter 5 - Public Records and Fair Information Practices
Chapter 6 - Uniform Waiver and Variance Rules
Chapter 7 - Consent for the Sale of Goods and Services
Chapter 8 - Licensing Action for Nonpayment of Child Support and Prohibition of Licensing Action for Student Loan Default/Noncompliance with Agreement for Payment of Obligation
Chapter 9 - Contested Cases
Chapter 10 - Rules of Procedure and Practice Before the Administrative Hearings Division
Chapter 11 - Procedure for Contested Cases Involving Permits to Carry Weapons and Acquire Firearms
Chapter 15 - Iowa Code of Administrative Judicial Conduct
Chapter 16 - Administrative Electronic Document Management System
Chapter 22 - Health Care Facility Audits
Chapter 30 - Food and Consumer Safety
Chapter 31 - Food Establishment and Food Processing Plant Inspections
Chapter 32 - Consumable Hemp Products
Chapter 34 - Home Food Processing Establishments
Chapter 35 - Contractor Requirements
Chapter 37 - Hotel and Motel Inspections
Chapter 40 - Foster Care Facility Inspections
Chapter 41 - Psychiatric Medical Institutions for Children (PMIC)
Chapter 50 - Health Care Facilities Administration
Chapter 51 - Hospitals
Chapter 52 - Dependent Adult Abuse in Facilities and Programs
Chapter 53 - Hospice License Standards
Chapter 54 - Governor's Award for Quality Care
Chapter 55 - Health Care Employment Agencies - NEW
Chapter 56 - Fining and Citations
Chapter 57 - Residential Care Facilities
- Rule 57.14 - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer from Residential Care Facility
Chapter 58 - Nursing Facilities
- Rule 58.40 - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer from Nursing Facility
Chapter 59 - Tuberculosis (TB) Screening
Chapter 60 - Minimum Physical Standards for Residential Care Facilities
Chapter 61 - Minimum Physical Standards for Nursing Facilities
Chapter 62 - Residential Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Illness (RCFs/PMI)
Chapter 63 - Residential Care Facility - Three- to Five-Bed Specialized License
Chapter 64 - Intermediate Care Facilities for the Intellectually Disabled
Chapter 65 - Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Illness (ICF/PMI)
Chapter 66 - Boarding Homes
Chapter 67 - General Provisions for Elder Group Homes, Assisted Living Programs, and Adult Day Services
Chapter 68 - Elder Group Homes
Chapter 69 - Assisted Living Programs
Chapter 70 - Adult Day Services
Chapter 71 - Subacute Mental Health Care Facilities
Chapter 72 - Economic Fraud Control Bureau
Chapter 73 - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Chapter 90 - Public Assistance Debt Recovery Unit
Chapter 100 - General Provisions for Social and Charitable Gambling
Chapter 101 - Amusement Concessions
Chapter 103 - Bingo
Chapter 104 - General Provisions for All Amusement Devices
Chapter 105 - Registered Amusement Devices
Chapter 106 - Card Game Tournaments by Veterans Organizations

Additional Information Regarding Rules & Waivers

Iowans interested in the administrative rules promulgated and administered by the department may access DIA's Rules Docket. The docket shows all administrative rules currently in process by the department from the time rules are noticed until their effective date.

Waiver Requests

A waiver from rules administered by the department may be granted by the director for good and sufficient reason when the need for a waiver has been established. View a sample petition for waiver.