Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-506.2 - Definitions
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions apply:
"Attached units" includes the employment appeal board, office of civil rights, racing and gaming commission, and state public defender's office as described in Iowa Code chapter 10A.
"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.
"Department" means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.
"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.
"Licensing board" or "board" includes any licensing board set forth in Iowa Code section 272C.1(6) that is under the administrative authority of the department pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 10A, with the exception of the director or the department as referenced in Iowa Code section 272C.1(6) "ad" and "ae," and also includes any other licensing board under the administrative authority of the department pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 10A that has expressly adopted this chapter.
"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, including the state of Iowa as represented by the assistant attorney general assigned to prosecute the case on behalf of the public interest, the respondent or applicant, or an intervenor.
"Presiding officer" includes the licensing board, administrative law judge, or panel of not less than three board members who are licensed in the profession as described in Iowa Code section 272C.6(1).
"Probable cause" means a reasonable ground for belief in the existence of facts warranting the specified proceeding.
"Quorum" means a majority of the members of the board unless otherwise defined by the board's authorizing statute.
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