§ 507e-5

507E.5 Confidentiality. 1. All investigation files, investigation reports, and all other investigative information in the possession of the bureau are confidential records under chapter 22 except as specificallyprovided in this section and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legalcompulsion for their release until opened for public inspection by the bureau, or upon theconsent of the bureau, or until a court of competent jurisdiction determines, after notice tothe bureau and hearing, that the bureau will not be unnecessarily hindered in accomplishingthe purposes of this chapter by their opening for public inspection. However, investigativeinformation in the possession of the bureau may be disclosed, in the commissioner’sdiscretion, to appropriate licensing authorities within this state, another state or the Districtof Columbia, or a territory or country in which a licensee is licensed or has applied for alicense. 2. The commissioner may share documents, materials, or other information, including confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, with other state,federal, and international regulatory agencies, with the national association

or other information, including confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, with other state,federal, and international regulatory agencies, with the national association of insurancecommissioners and its affiliates or subsidiaries, and with state, federal, and internationallaw enforcement authorities, provided that the recipient agrees to maintain the confidentialand privileged status of the document, material, or other information, pursuant to Iowa law. 3. The commissioner may receive documents, materials, or other information, including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, fromother local, state, federal, and international regulatory agencies, the national associationof insurance commissioners and its affiliates or subsidiaries, and local, state, federal, andinternational law enforcement authorities, and shall maintain as confidential and privilegedany document, material, or other information received with notice or the understanding thatit is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of thedocument, material, or other information. 4.

her information received with notice or the understanding thatit is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of thedocument, material, or other information. 4. The commissioner may enter into agreements governing the sharing and use of documents, materials, or other information consistent with this section. 5. An insurance fraud bureau investigator or other staff member of the bureau is not subject to subpoena in a civil action concerning any matter of which the bureau investigatoror other staff member has knowledge pursuant to a pending or continuing investigation beingconducted by the bureau pursuant to this chapter. 94 Acts, ch 1072, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §30; 2020 Acts, ch 1016, §3Referred to in §22.7(54) Sat Dec 23 00:40:12 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 507E.5 (20, 0)