282—11.2(17A) Definitions.

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.

[ARC 8810C, IAB 1/22/25, effective 2/26/25]