Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024
(1) Within ten days following the decision of an administrative law judge, and in the absence of a filing of a notice of appeal to the appeal board by any of the parties from a decision of the administrative law judge, the appeal board on its own motion may order the parties to appear before the board for a hearing on the claim or any issue involved therein.(2) Such hearings shall be held only after notice, mailed to the parties ten days from the date of the removal of the case to the appeal board.(3) The proceedings on any claim before an administrative law judge ordered by the appeal board to be removed to itself shall be presented, heard, and decided by the appeal board in the manner prescribed for the hearing of appeals before an administrative law judge. The appeal board may review the evidence already contained in the record, giving the parties time to file written briefs and arguments, and issue a decision based upon that evidence.Iowa Admin. Code r. 486-3.2