A license to practice as a contractor or as a plumbing, mechanical, HVAC-refrigeration, sheet metal, or hydronic professional may be revoked or suspended, or an application for licensure may be denied pursuant to procedures established pursuant to chapter 272C by the board, or the licensee may be otherwise disciplined in accordance with that chapter, when the licensee commits any of the following acts or offenses:

1. 1. Fraud in procuring a license.
2. 2. Professional incompetence.
3. 3. Knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent misrepresentations in the practice of the profession or engaging in unethical conduct or practice harmful or detrimental to the public. Proof of actual injury need not be established.
4. 4. Conviction of a felony in Iowa that is sexual abuse in violation of section 709.4, a sexually violent offense as defined in section 229A.2, the offense of dependent adult abuse in violation of section 235B.20, a forcible felony as defined in section 702.11, or the offense of domestic abuse assault in violation of section 708.2A, shall be grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of a license. Conviction for any other felony shall not be grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension. A conviction of a crime in violation of federal law or in violation of the law of another state shall be given the same effect as it would if such conviction had been under Iowa law. If federal law or the laws of another state do not provide for offenses or violations denominated or described in precisely the same words as Iowa law, the department shall determine whether those offenses or violations are substantially similar in nature to Iowa law and apply those offenses or violations accordingly. A copy of the record of conviction or plea of guilty shall be conclusive evidence of such conviction.
5. 5. Fraud in representations as to skill or ability.
6. 6. Use of untruthful or improbable statements in advertisements.
7. 7. Willful or repeated violations of this chapter.
8. 8. Aiding and abetting a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter in that person’s pursuit of an unauthorized and unlicensed plumbing, mechanical, HVAC, refrigeration, sheet metal, or hydronic professional practice.
9. 9. Failure to meet the commonly accepted standards of professional competence.
10. 10. Any other such grounds as established by rule by the board.

Subsection 4 stricken and rewritten

2007 Acts, ch 198, §22; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2009 Acts, ch 151, §23, 34; 2013 Acts, ch 77, §27, 28, 36; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §37; 2019 Acts, ch 99, §11

Referred to in §272C.3, 272C.4