523D.4  False information.
  1.  A provider shall not make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio or television station, or in any other way, an advertisement, announcement, or statement of any sort containing any assertion, representation, or statement which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
  2.  A provider shall not publish, disseminate, circulate, or deliver to any person or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be published, disseminated, circulated, or delivered to any person or placed before the public, a financial statement which does not meet generally accepted accounting principles.
89 Acts, ch 217, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1104, §36