Iowa Code » Chapter 139A — COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS
Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 139A.25 (2026)

Penalties

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, or of the rules of the department or a local board, or any lawful order, written or oral, of the department or board, or of their officers or authorized agents, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, an individual who repeatedly fails to file any mandatory report specified in this chapter is subject to a report being made to the licensing board governing the professional activities of the individual. The department shall notify the \n Tue Dec 09 22:26:48 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 139A (29, 1) §139A.25, COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS 12\n\nindividual each time that the department determines that the individual has failed to file a required report. The department shall inform the individual in the notification that the individual may provide information to the department to explain or dispute the failure to report.

3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory that repeatedly fails to file a mandatory report specified in this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per occurrence. The department shall not impose the penalty under this subsection without prior written notice and opportunity for hearing. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §25 Referred to in §139A.40 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Sanon v. City of Pella, 865 N.W.2d 506 (Iowa 2015).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Sanon v. City of Pella, 865 N.W.2d 506 (Iowa 2015). “§ 139A.25(1). Those provisions become *521 surplusage under the majority’s interpretation of section 135.”
Roselene Sanon & Nemi Sanon, Individually & as Administrators of the Est. of Nehmson D. Sanon, & Paulette Cezil Pogue, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Gael Cezil Hrispin v. City of Pella (Iowa 2015). “§ 139A.25(1). Those provisions become surplusage under the majority’s interpretation of section 135.”
— Iowa Code § 139A.25(1) — 2 cases
Sanon v. City of Pella, 865 N.W.2d 506 (Iowa 2015). “§ 139A.25(1). Those provisions become *521 surplusage under the majority’s interpretation of section 135.”
Roselene Sanon & Nemi Sanon, Individually & as Administrators of the Est. of Nehmson D. Sanon, & Paulette Cezil Pogue, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Gael Cezil Hrispin v. City of Pella (Iowa 2015). “§ 139A.25(1). Those provisions become surplusage under the majority’s interpretation of section 135.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.