Section 135C.7 - Application - fees1. Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon such forms and shall include such information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of compliance with such other statutes and local ordinances as may be applicable. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the annual license fee prescribed by this section, subject to refund to the applicant if the license is denied, which fee shall be paid over into the state treasury and credited to the general fund if the license is issued. There shall be an annual license fee based upon the bed capacity of the health care facility, as follows:a. Ten beds or less, twenty dollars.b. More than ten and not more than twenty-five beds, forty dollars.c. More than twenty-five and not more than seventy-five beds, sixty dollars.d. More than seventy-five and not more than one hundred fifty beds, eighty dollars.e. More than one hundred fifty beds, one hundred dollars.2. In addition to the license fees listed in this section, there shall be an annual assessment assessed to each licensee in an amount to cover the cost of independent reviewers provided pursuant to section 135C.42. The department shall, in consultation with licensees, establish the assessment amount by rule based on the award of a request for proposals. The assessment shall be retained by the department as appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and used for the purpose of paying the cost of the independent reviewers.Amended by 2024 Iowa, ch Chapter 1185,s 139, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2013 Iowa, ch 140, s 16, eff. 7/1/2013.C50, 54, § 135C.3, 135C.4; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.7 .Referred to in §135C.2, 135C.7A, 135C.8