523A.801 Administration. 1. This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner may employ officers, attorneys, accountants, and other employees as needed for administeringthis chapter. 2. It is unlawful for the commissioner or any administrative staff to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the commissioner and which is notmade public. This chapter does not authorize the commissioner or any such staff memberto disclose any such information except among themselves or to other cemetery and funeraladministrators, regulatory authorities, or governmental agencies, or when necessary andappropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter or as required by chapter22. This chapter neither creates nor derogates any privileges that exist at common law orotherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to thecommissioner or any administrative staff. 3. The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight by October 1 of each year reporting on theadministration of this chapter. taff. 3. The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight by October 1 of each year reporting on theadministration of this chapter. The report shall set forth any recommendations for changesin the law that the commissioner deems necessary or desirable to prevent abuses or evasionsof this chapter or rules implementing this chapter or to rectify undesirable conditions inconnection with the administration of this chapter or rules implementing this chapter. 2001 Acts, ch 118, §41; 2007 Acts, ch 175, §27, 28; 2009 Acts, ch 86, §5 Sat Dec 23 01:01:05 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 523A.801 (19, 0)
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