1. 1. The director shall supervise the board and manage the board’s budget and retained fees. The director may exercise all authority conferred upon the board under this chapter and shall have access to all records and information to which the board has access. In supervising the board, the director shall independently evaluate the substantive merits of actions recommended or proposed by the board which may be anticompetitive and shall have the authority to review, approve, modify, or reject all board actions including but not limited to those taken in connection with any of the following:

   1. a. Initial or reciprocal certification of real estate appraisers, registration of associate real estate appraisers, and temporary practice permits.
   2. b. Disciplinary investigations and proceedings.
   3. c. Investigations and proceedings under section 543D.21.
   4. d. Rulemaking under chapter 17A, including orders on petitions for rulemaking.
   5. e. Orders on petitions for declaratory orders or waivers.
2. 2. A person aggrieved by any final action of the board taken under this chapter shall not have exhausted administrative remedies until the person has appealed the action to the director and the director has issued a final decision or order.
3. 3. The director shall adopt rules to implement this section.

2016 Acts, ch 1124, §28, 32; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §344; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1675

Referred to in §543D.5