272.13 - HEARING PROCEDURES -- CONFIDENTIALITY.

        272.13  HEARING PROCEDURES -- CONFIDENTIALITY.
         Hearings before the board shall be conducted in the same manner as
      contested cases under chapter 17A.  The board may subpoena books,
      papers, records, and any other real evidence necessary for the board
      to decide whether it should institute a contested case hearing.  At
      the hearing the board may administer oaths and issue subpoenas to
      compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of other
      evidence.  Subpoenas may be issued by the board to a party to a
      hearing, if the party demonstrates that the evidence or witnesses'
      testimony is relevant and material to the hearing.  Service of
      process and subpoenas for board hearings shall be conducted in
      accordance with the law applicable to the service of process and
      subpoenas in civil actions.
         Witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the board shall be
      reimbursed for mileage and necessary expenses and shall receive per
      diem compensation by the board, unless the witness is an employee of
      the state or a political subdivision, in which case the witness shall
      receive reimbursement only for mileage and necessary expenses.
         All complaint files, investigation files, other investigation
      reports, and other investigative information in the possession of the
      board or its employees or agents, which relate to licensee
      discipline, are privileged and confidential, and are not subject to
      discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their
      release to a person other than the respondent and the board and its
      employees and agents involved in licensee discipline, and are not
      admissible in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding
      other than the proceeding involving licensee discipline.  However,
      investigative information in the possession of the board or its
      employees or agents which relates to licensee discipline may be
      disclosed to appropriate licensing authorities within this state, the
      appropriate licensing authority in another state, the District of
      Columbia, or a territory or country in which the licensee is licensed
      or has applied for a license.  A final written decision and finding
      of fact of the board in a disciplinary proceeding is a public record.
      
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 265, § 13
         CS89, § 260.13
         C93, § 272.13
         2000 Acts, ch 1199, §1
         Referred to in § 272.15