1. This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner. The deputy administrator appointed pursuant to section 502.601 shall be the principal operations officer responsible to the commissioner for the routine administration of this chapter and management of the administrative staff. In the absence of the commissioner, whether because of vacancy in the office due to absence, physical disability, or other cause, the deputy administrator shall, for the time being, have and exercise the authority conferred upon the commissioner. The commissioner may by order from time to time delegate to the deputy administrator any or all of the functions assigned to the commissioner in this chapter. The deputy administrator shall employ officers, attorneys, accountants, and other employees as needed for administering this 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 not made public. This chapter does not authorize the commissioner or any such staff member to disclose any such information except among themselves or to other cemetery and funeral administrators, regulatory authorities, or governmental agencies, or when necessary and appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter or as required by chapter 22. This chapter neither creates nor derogates any privileges that exist at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the commissioner or any administrative staff.
2001 Acts, ch 118, §41
Referred to in § 523A.102
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