455B.388  Injunctions and emergency orders.

1.  If it is determined by the director that an emergency exists respecting any matter affecting or likely to affect the public health, the director may issue any order necessary to terminate the emergency without notice and without hearing. Any such order shall be binding and effective immediately and until such order is modified or vacated at a contested case hearing before the commission or by a court.

2.  The director may request that the attorney general institute legal proceedings for a temporary or permanent injunction pursuant to section 455B.391 for purposes of enforcing an emergency order.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 455B.117]

Section History: Recent form

  C83, § 455B.388

  86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1899

Internal References

  Referred to in §455J.7


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