§ 515A.18 — Hearing procedure and judicial review

Iowa § 515A.18

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 515A: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LIABILITY INSURANCE RATES

Text

1. Any person, insurer, or rating organization to which the commissioner has directed an
order made without a hearing may, within thirty days after receipt of the notice of the order,
make writtenrequestto the commissionerfor a hearing on the order. The commissionershall
conduct a hearing within twenty days after receipt of the request and shall give not less than
ten days’ written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Within fifteen days after the
hearing the commissioner shall affirm, reverse, or modify the previous action, specifying the
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commissioner’s reasons therefor. The commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective
date of the commissioner’s previous action until after the hearing and decision.
2. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require the observance at any hearing of formal
rules of pleading or evidence.
3. a. Judicialreviewoftheactionsofthecommissionermaybesoughtinaccordancewith
the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A.
b. The court shall determine whether the filing of the petition for such writ shall operate
as a stay of any such order or decision of the commissioner. The court may, in disposing
of the issue before it, modify, affirm or reverse the order or decision of the commissioner in
whole or in part.

Legislative History

[C50, 54, 58, 62, §515A.18, 515B.17; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §515A.18]