Iowa Admin. Code r. 201-12.23 - Ex parte communications-bias
Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters, specifically authorized by statute, no party to a contested case or person with a personal interest in that case may communicate directly or indirectly with the administrative law judge, nor shall the presiding officer communicate directly or indirectly with that party or person, concerning any issues of fact or law in that case. When such a communication occurs, each party shall be given written notice of the communication, containing either the text of a written communication or a summary of an oral communication, and the time, place and means of the communication. After the notice all parties have the right, upon written demand, to respond to the communication at a hearing convened especially for that purpose.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.