1.Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, each licensing board shall have
the powers to:
a.Administer and enforce the laws and administrative rules provided for in this chapter
and any other statute to which the licensing board is subject.
b.Adopt and enforce administrative rules which provide for the partial reexamination of
the professional licensing examinations given by each licensing board.
c.Revieworinvestigate, orboth, uponwrittencomplaintoruponitsownmotionpursuant
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tootherevidencereceivedbytheboard, allegedactsoromissionswhichtheboardreasonably
believes constitute cause under applicable law or administrative rule for licensee discipline.
d.Determine in any case whether an investigation, or further invest
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1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, each licensing board shall have
the powers to:
a. Administer and enforce the laws and administrative rules provided for in this chapter
and any other statute to which the licensing board is subject.
b. Adopt and enforce administrative rules which provide for the partial reexamination of
the professional licensing examinations given by each licensing board.
c. Revieworinvestigate, orboth, uponwrittencomplaintoruponitsownmotionpursuant
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tootherevidencereceivedbytheboard, allegedactsoromissionswhichtheboardreasonably
believes constitute cause under applicable law or administrative rule for licensee discipline.
d. Determine in any case whether an investigation, or further investigation, or a
disciplinary proceeding is warranted. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A,
a determination by a licensing board that an investigation is not warranted or that an
investigation should be closed without initiating a disciplinary proceeding is not subject to
judicial review pursuant to section 17A.19.
e. Initiate and prosecute disciplinary proceedings.
f. Impose licensee discipline.
g. Petition the district court for enforcement of its authority with respect to licensees
or with respect to other persons violating the laws which the board is charged with
administering.
h. Register or establish and register peer review committees.
i. Refer to a registered peer review committee for investigation, review, and report to the
board, any complaint or other evidence of an act or omission which the board reasonably
believes to constitute cause for licensee discipline. However, the referral of any matter shall
not relieve the board of any of its duties and shall not divest the board of any authority or
jurisdiction.
j. Determineandadministertherenewaloflicensesforperiodsnotexceedingthreeyears.
k. Establish a licensee review committee for the purpose of evaluating and monitoring
licensees who are impaired as a result of substance use disorder, dependency, or addiction,
or by any mental or physical disorder or disability, and who self-report the impairment
to the committee, or who are referred by the board to the committee. Members of the
committee shall receive actual expenses for the performance of their duties and shall be
eligible to receive per diem compensation pursuant to section 7E.6. The board shall adopt
rules for the establishment and administration of the committee, including but not limited
to establishment of the criteria for eligibility for referral to the committee and the grounds
for disciplinary action for noncompliance with committee decisions. Information in the
possession of the board or the licensee review committee, under this paragraph, shall be
subject to the confidentiality requirements of section 272C.6. Referral of a licensee by the
board to a licensee review committee shall not relieve the board of any duties of the board
and shall not divest the board of any authority or jurisdiction otherwise provided. A licensee
who violates section 272C.10 or the rules of the board while under review by the licensee
review committee shall be referred to the board for appropriate action.
2. Each licensing board may impose one or more of the following as licensee discipline:
a. Revoke a license, or suspend a license either until further order of the board or for
a specified period, upon any of the grounds specified in section 100D.5, 105.22, 147.55,
148.6, 148B.7, 152.10, 153.34, 154A.24, 169.13, 455B.219, 542.10, 542B.21, 543B.29, 544A.13,
544B.15, or 602.3203 or chapter 151 or 155, as applicable, or upon any other grounds
specifically provided for in this chapter for revocation of the license of a licensee subject to
the jurisdiction of that board, or upon failure of the licensee to comply with a decision of
the board imposing licensee discipline.
b. Revoke, or suspend either until further order of the board or for a specified period,
the privilege of a licensee to engage in one or more specified procedures, methods, or acts
incident to the practice of the profession, if pursuant to hearing or stipulated or agreed
settlement the board finds that because of a lack of education or experience, or because
of negligence, or careless acts or omissions, or because of one or more intentional acts or
omissions, the licensee has demonstrated a lack of qualifications which are necessary to
assure the residents of this state a high standard of professional and occupational care.
c. Impose a period of probation under specified conditions, whether or not in conjunction
with other sanctions.
d. Require additional professional education or training, or reexamination, or any
combination, as a condition precedent to the reinstatement of a license or of any privilege
incident thereto, or as a condition precedent to the termination of any suspension.
e. Impose civil penalties by rule, if the rule specifies which offenses or acts are subject to
civil penalties. The amount of civil penalty shall be in the discretion of the board, but shall
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not exceed one thousand dollars. Failure to comply with the imposition of a civil penalty may
be grounds for further license discipline.
f. Issue a citation and warning respecting licensee behavior which is subject to the
imposition of other sanctions by the board.
3. The powers conferred by this section upon a licensing board shall be in addition to
powers specified elsewhere in the Code. The powers of any other person specified elsewhere
in the Code shall not limit the powers of a licensing board conferred by this section, nor shall
the powers of such other person be deemed limited by the provisions of this section.
4. a. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit informal stipulation
andsettlementbyaboardandalicenseeofanymatterinvolvinglicenseediscipline. However,
licensee discipline shall not be agreed to or imposed except pursuant to a written decision
which specifies the sanction and which is entered by the board and filed.
b. All health care boards shall file written decisions which specify the sanction entered by
the board with the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing which shall be available
to the public upon request. All non-health care boards shall have on file the written and
specified decisions and sanctions entered by the board and shall be available to the public
upon request.