148.2A - BOARD OF MEDICINE -- ALTERNATE MEMBERS.
148.2A BOARD OF MEDICINE -- ALTERNATE MEMBERS.
1. As used in this chapter, "board" means the board of
medicine established in chapter 147.
2. Notwithstanding sections 17A.11, 69.16, 69.16A, 147.12,
147.14, and 147.19, the board may have a pool of up to ten alternate
members, including members licensed to practice under this chapter
and members not licensed to practice under this chapter, to
substitute for board members who are disqualified or become
unavailable for any other reason for contested case hearings.
a. The board may recommend, subject to approval by the
governor, up to ten people to serve in a pool of alternate members.
b. A person serves in the pool of alternate members at the
discretion of the board; however, the length of time an alternate
member may serve in the pool shall not exceed nine years. A person
who serves as an alternate member may later be appointed to the board
and may serve nine years, in accordance with sections 147.12 and
147.19. A former board member may serve in the pool of alternate
members.
c. An alternate member licensed under this chapter shall hold
an active license and shall have been actively engaged in the
practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery
in the preceding three years, with the two most recent years of
practice being in Iowa.
d. When a sufficient number of board members are unavailable
to hear a contested case, the board may request alternate members to
serve.
e. Notwithstanding section 17A.11, section 147.14, subsection
2, and section 272C.6, subsection 5:
(1) An alternate member is deemed a member of the board only for
the hearing panel for which the alternate member serves.
(2) A hearing panel containing alternate members must include at
least six people.
(3) The majority of a hearing panel containing alternate members
shall be members of the board.
(4) The majority of a hearing panel containing alternate members
shall be licensed to practice under this chapter.
(5) A decision of a hearing panel containing alternate members is
considered a final decision of the board.
f. An alternate member shall not receive compensation in
excess of that authorized by law for a board member. Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1183, § 11; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §87; 2008 Acts, ch 1088,
§46; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §52
Referred to in § 148.7