The state board or a member of the state board may issue preliminary orders regarding procedural matters. The secretary for the state board shall immediately mail a copy of any such preliminary order entered under this rule to the two members of the board who did not participate in the order All orders entered under this rule shall become the action of the board unless the members of the board who did not participate in the order notify the secretary of their objection within five days of their receipt of the order If the members of the board who did not participate in the order timely object, then the order shall be null and void. The secretary shall notify the parties of the order entered under this rule, when it becomes the order of the board. The chairperson, or other member designated by the chairperson, may grant a continuance of the hearing on appeal for "good cause" even though there is insufficient time before the scheduled hearing for other members of the board to object to the continuance.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 701-2.11