{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 135B.3","heading":"Licensure.","body":"No person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or rural emergency hospital in this state without a license.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/135B.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:02Z","sha256":"ef244b83c1dd17293f143586d5d67f65a9ace91721237b789a2f61d0ad51d2ad","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-135b.3a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}