Iowa Admin. Code r. 681-20.7
Unless otherwise precluded by law, the parties in a contested case proceeding may waive any provision of this chapter However, the board of regents, in its discretion may refuse to give effect to such a waiver when it deems the waiver to be inconsistent with the public interest. When a regent institution provides for procedures for handling contested case matters in any handbook or policy guide, the board of regents and the regent institutions consent to the use of the procedures therein and waive these rules. If a party does not consent to the use of the institutional procedures, or has elected use of formal proceedings under the Iowa administrative procedure Act (Iowa Code chapter 17A) instead of institutional procedures, the board of regents will normally not waive the provisions of this chapter
Iowa Admin. Code r. 681-20.7