Hotel Sanitation Code, Iowa Code ch. 137C; DIAL licenses hotels statewide (or delegates to local boards of health by agreement). Enforced by DIAL (Dept. of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing) licenses and inspects hotels; municipal boards of health may take over by agreement if they also enforce food-safety rules. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Annual license required, fee scaled to room count ($50-$150). A 2024 amendment repealed the prior routine biennial inspection; hotels are now inspected mainly on verified complaints. Hotel fire-safety rules are adopted under Code sec. 10A.523.
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In force; the 2024 inspection-frequency amendment is already effective, no further change pending as of this research
Hotel Sanitation Code, Iowa Code ch. 137C; DIAL licenses hotels statewide (or delegates to local boards of health by agreement). Annual license required, fee scaled to room count ($50-$150). A 2024 amendment repealed the prior routine biennial inspection; hotels are now inspected mainly on verified complaints. Hotel fire-safety rules are adopted under Code sec. 10A.523.
DIAL (Dept. of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing) licenses and inspects hotels; municipal boards of health may take over by agreement if they also enforce food-safety rules.
Nothing is scheduled. The rule above stays in force until the state adopts a newer edition or amends the program; AHJ Radar re-checks the source weekly.
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