Iowa Admin. Code r. 650-51.2
Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:
"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 1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1202, section 14.
"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 the state or the respondent.
"Presiding officer" means the board of dental examiners or a panel of the board. In a disciplinary contested case proceeding, the board may request that an administrative law judge make initial rulings on prehearing matters, and assist and advise the board in presiding at the disciplinary contested case hearing.
"Proposed decision" means the hearing panel's recommended findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision, and order in a contested case in which the full board did not preside.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 650-51.2