The department may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license if any of the following applies:

1. 1. The licensee violates any provision of this chapter.
2. 2. 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.
3. 3. 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.
4. 4. The agency is operated by a person of ill repute or bad moral character.
5. 5. The agency operates in persistent violation of the regulations governing such agencies.

[S13, §3260-k; C24, §3663; C27, 31, 35, §3661-a67; C39, §3661.081; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.10] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §765

Referred to in §238.9