Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:
"Board" means the board of educational
examiners.
"Complainant" means any qualified party who
files a complaint with the board.
"Contested case" means a proceeding defined by
Iowa Code section 17A.2(5) and
includes any matter defined as a no factual dispute contested case under Iowa
Code section 17A.10A.
"In-person hearing" means an appeal hearing
where the administrative law judge and appellant are physically present in the
same location but witnesses are not required to be physically present.
"Issuance" means the date of mailing of a
decision or order or date of delivery if service is by other means unless
another date is specified in the order.
"Party" means each person or agency named or
admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted
as a party.
"Presiding officer" means an administrative
law judge from the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing or the
full board or a three-member panel of the board.
"Proposed decision" means the presiding
officer's recommended findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision, and order
in a contested case in which the full board did not preside.
"Respondent" means any individual who is
charged in a complaint with violating the criteria of professional practices or
the criteria of competent performance.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 282-11.2
ARC 0026C, lAB 3/7/12,
effective 4/11/12
Adopted by
IAB
January 22, 2025/Volume XLVII, Number 15, effective
2/26/2025
