235E.7 Appeal process — dependent adult abuse.
1. If a request for an appeal is filed within fifteen days of the issuance of the written notification of a finding of dependent adult abuse, the department shall not place the caretaker on the central abuse registry until final agency action is taken. For a request for an appeal filed within fifteen days of the issuance of the written notification of the finding, the contested case hearing shall be held within sixty days of the request. The caretaker may extend the hearing timeframe by thirty days one time. Additional requests for an extension must be agreed upon by all parties or for good cause. The administrative law judge’s proposed decision shall be issued within thirty days of the contested case hearing. If further review of the decision is not requested before the proposed decision becomes final, the proposed decision shall be deemed final agency action. If further review is requested, the department’s final agency action shall occur within thirty days of the issuance of the administrative law judge’s proposed decision. Upon final agency action, further appeal rights shall be governed by chapter 17A.
2. If a caretaker fails to request an appeal within fifteen days, the caretaker shall have sixty days from the issuance of the written notification of the abuse findings to file an appeal pursuant to chapter 17A. However, the caretaker’s name shall be placed on the central abuse registry pending the outcome of the appeal.
3. If the caretaker requests an appeal within fifteen days, the caretaker may waive the expedited hearing under subsection 1 to proceed under chapter 17A, but the caretaker’s name shall be placed on the central abuse registry pending the outcome of the appeal.
2010 Acts, ch 1177, §6
Referred to in §235E.2
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