{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.10","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 238.10","heading":"Revocation of license.","body":"The department may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license if any of the following applies:\n1. The licensee violates any provision of this chapter.\n2. When the agency is maintained in such a way as to waste or misuse funds contributed by the public or without due regard to sanitation or hygiene or to the health, comfort, or well-being of the child cared for or placed by the agency.\n3. The licensee or the licensee’s agents violate any law of the state in a manner disclosing moral turpitude or unfitness to maintain the agency.\n4. The agency is operated by a person of ill repute or bad moral character.\n5. The agency operates in persistent violation of the regulations governing such agencies.","path":["Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)","Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/238.10.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:06Z","sha256":"c8be410ec3fee404b6ec650bd88eae4e1fd908db1846b19a70a8d2239c97cd68","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.9","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-238.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}