Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 135.33. Refusal of board to enforce rules

If any local board shall fail to enforce the rules of the state department or carry out its lawful directions, the department may enforce the same within the territorial jurisdiction of such local board, and for that purpose it may exercise all of the powers given by statute to the local board, and may employ the necessary assistants to carry out its lawful directions.