Section 272C.4 - Duties of boardEach licensing board shall have the following duties in addition to other duties specified by this chapter or elsewhere in the Code:
1. Establish procedures by which complaints which relate to licensure or to licensee discipline shall be received and reviewed by the board.2. Establish procedures by which disputes between licensees and clients which result in judgments or settlements in or of malpractice claims or actions shall be investigated by the board.3. Establish procedures by which any recommendation taken by a peer review committee shall be reported to and reviewed by the board if a peer review committee is established.4. Establish procedures for registration with the board of peer review committees if a peer review committee is established.5. Define by rule those recommendations of peer review committees which shall constitute disciplinary recommendations which must be reported to the board if a peer review committee is established.6. Define by rule acts or omissions that are grounds for revocation or suspension of a license under section 100D.5, 105.22, 147.55, 148.6, 148B.7, 152.10, 153.34, 154A.24, 169.13, 455B.219, 542.10, 542B.21, 543B.29, 544A.13, 544B.15, or 602.3203 or chapter 148I, 151, or 155, as applicable, and to define by rule acts or omissions that constitute negligence, careless acts, or omissions within the meaning of section 272C.3, subsection 2, paragraph "b", which licensees are required to report to the board pursuant to section 272C.9, subsection 2.7. Establish the procedures by which licensees shall report those acts or omissions specified by the board pursuant to subsection 6.8. Give written notice to another licensing board or to a hospital licensing agency if evidence received by the board either alleges or constitutes reasonable cause to believe the existence of an act or omission which is subject to discipline by that other board or agency.9. Require each health care licensing board to file with the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing a copy of each decision of the board imposing licensee discipline. Each non-health care board shall have on file a copy of each decision of the board imposing licensee discipline which copy shall be properly dated and shall be in simple language and in the most concise form consistent with clearness and comprehensiveness of subject matter.10. Adopt rules under chapter 17A to prohibit the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the board to a person who is in default or is delinquent on repayment or a service obligation under federal or state postsecondary educational loans or public or private services-conditional postsecondary tuition assistance solely on the basis of such default or delinquency.Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 127, s 11, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 1654, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2022 Iowa, ch 1134, s 17, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2020 Iowa, ch 1103, s 24, eff. 1/1/2021.Amended by 2019 Iowa, ch 13, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2019 Iowa HF 288, s 4, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2014 Iowa, ch 1116,s 34, eff. 7/1/2014.C79, 81, § 258A.4
83 Acts, ch 186, §10065, 10201; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §28; 90 Acts, ch 1086, §17
C93, § 272C.4
97 Acts, ch 203, §16; 98 Acts, ch 1119, §8; 2000 Acts, ch 1008, §11; 2001 Acts, ch 16, §3, 37; 2001 Acts, ch 55, §27, 38; 2002 Acts, ch 1057, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1111, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §150; 2004 Acts, ch 1110, §3; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §35; 2007 Acts, ch 198, §33; 2008 Acts, ch 1089, §10, 12; 2008 Acts, ch 1094, §16, 18; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §37Referred to in §272C.9
Subsections 6 and 9 amended