Bill Text: IA HF92 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the investigation of complaints concerning veterinarians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF92 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF92-Introduced.html
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BY
HANSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
investigation
of
complaints
concerning
1
veterinarians.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
169.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
The
board,
upon
its
own
motion
or
upon
a
verified
3
complaint
in
writing,
may
request
the
department
of
inspections
4
and
appeals
to
conduct
an
investigation
of
the
charges
5
contained
in
the
complaint.
The
department
of
inspections
and
6
appeals
shall
report
its
findings
to
the
board,
and
the
board
7
may
issue
an
order
fixing
the
time
and
place
for
hearing
if
a
8
hearing
is
deemed
warranted.
A
written
notice
of
the
time
and
9
place
of
the
hearing,
together
with
a
statement
of
the
charges,
10
shall
be
served
upon
the
licensee
at
least
ten
days
before
the
11
hearing
in
the
manner
required
for
the
service
of
notice
of
the
12
commencement
of
an
ordinary
action.
13
b.
If
the
board
receives
a
verified
complaint
in
writing
14
and
determines
not
to
request
an
investigation,
the
board
15
shall
promptly
notify
the
person
making
such
complaint
of
its
16
decision.
The
person
making
such
complaint
may
petition
the
17
board
in
writing
to
reconsider
its
decision
within
ten
days
of
18
receiving
that
notice.
The
board
shall
consider
and
respond
to
19
a
petition
for
reconsideration
within
twenty
days.
A
decision
20
not
to
request
an
investigation
following
a
petition
for
21
reconsideration
shall
constitute
final
agency
action.
22
EXPLANATION
23
This
bill
creates
a
review
process
when
the
board
of
24
veterinary
medicine
decides
not
to
investigate
a
veterinarian
25
after
receiving
a
written
complaint.
Currently,
animal
26
owners
have
no
recourse
with
the
board
when
it
decides
not
27
to
investigate.
Under
this
bill,
aggrieved
animal
owners
28
may
request
reconsideration
of
the
board’s
decision
not
to
29
investigate
a
veterinarian.
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