135I.6  Enforcement.

If the department or a local board of health acting pursuant to agreement with the department determines that a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter has been or is being violated, the department or the local board of health may order that a facility or item of equipment not be used until the necessary corrective action has been taken. The department or the local board of health may request the county attorney to bring appropriate legal proceedings to enforce this chapter, including an action to enjoin violations. The attorney general may also institute appropriate legal proceedings at the request of the department. This remedy is in addition to any other legal remedy available to the department or a local board of health.

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 291, § 6; 92 Acts, ch 1194, § 4; 92 Acts, ch 1237, § 10


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