135B.14  Judicial review.
  Judicial review of the action of the department may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the terms of chapter 17A, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the hospital or rural emergency hospital is located or to be located, and the status quo of the petitioner or licensee shall be preserved pending final disposition of the matter in the courts.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.14]
90 Acts, ch 1204, §12; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §13, 20, 21; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §22
Referred to in §135B.6
2023 amendment applies to a facility or, due to change in ownership, a successor facility that was, on or before December 27, 2020, a general hospital with no more than fifty licensed beds, located in a county in a rural area as specified in section 135B.3A with a specified population, and operating on and prior to a specified date under a valid certificate of need; 2023 Acts, ch 16, §20
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