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911 Communications Council Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management §34A.2A, §34A.15
Access to Justice Commission, Iowa Judicial Branch
Accountancy Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §542.4
Accreditation Quality Faculty Plan Protocol Committee, Ad Hoc Department of Education §260C.36(4)(a)
Adult Offender Supervision, Interstate Compact for Department of Corrections §907B.2(1, 2)
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Board of Nursing §152E.2, §152E.3
Agricultural Development Board Iowa Finance Authority §16.2C
Agricultural Education, Advisory Council for Department of Education §256.32
Alcoholic Beverages Commission Department of Revenue §123.5
Appeal Board, State Department of Management §24.26
Architectural Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §544A.1
Armory Board Department of Public Defense §29A.57
Arts Council, Iowa Economic Development Authority §15.465
Athletic Training, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §152D
Attorney Disciplinary Board Judicial Branch Court Rule 34.6
Banking Council, State Banking Division §524.205
Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §157
Beef Cattle Producers Association Executive Committee, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §181.3
Behavioral Health Professions, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Benefits Advisory Committee Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System §97B.8B
Bioscience Development Corporation Board Economic Development Authority §15.107
Blind, Commission for the Department for the Blind §216B.2
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §89.14
Brownfield Redevelopment Advisory Council Economic Development Authority §15.294
Building Code Advisory Council, State Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §103A.14
Building Code Board of Review, State Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §103A.15
Capital Investment Board, Iowa Executive Branch §15E.63
Capitol Planning Commission Department of Administrative Services §8A.371
Career and Technical Education, State Board for Department of Education §256.127
Centennial Memorial Foundation, Iowa Office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor Executive Order (January 5, 1949)
Child Abuse Prevention Program Advisory Committee Department of Health and Human Services §217.3A(2)
Child Advocacy Board Department of Health and Human Services §237.16
Child Development Coordinating Council Department of Education §256A.2
Child Fatality Review Committee State Medical Examiner §135.43(4)
Chiropractic, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
City Development Board Economic Development Authority §368.9
City Finance Committee Department of Management §384.13
Civil Rights Commission, Iowa Office of Civil Rights Ch 216
Client Security Commission Judicial Branch Court Rule 39.1
College Student Aid Commission Higher Education Division §256.176
Communications System Board, Statewide Interoperable Department of Public Safety §80.28
Connecting Rural Iowa Task Force Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative Executive Comittee Executive Order 3 (July 18, 2018)
Conservation Education Program Board Department of Natural Resources §455A.21
Continuing Legal Education, Commission on Judicial Branch Court Rule 41.2
Corn Promotion Board, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §185C.3
Corrections, Board of Department of Corrections §904.104
County Finance Committee Department of Management §333A.2
Credit Union Review Board Credit Union Division §533.107
Crime Victim Assistance Board Attorney General (Department of Justice) §915.82
Criminal Detainers Compact Department of Corrections §821.7
Crop Improvement Association Board, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations Ch 177
Customer Council for Services Department of Administrative Services §8.6(15), IAC 541-12.5
Dairy Association, Iowa State Iowa Agricultural Organizations Ch 178
Dairy Industry Commission, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations Ch 179
Deaf Services, Commission of Department of Health and Human Services §216A.113
Dental Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14, §153.33B
Dental Hygiene Committee Department of Health and Human Services §153.33A
Developmental Disabilities Council, Iowa Executive Branch Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, Public Law No. 106-402
Dietetics, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Domestic Abuse Death Review Team, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services §135.109
Dyslexia Board, Iowa Department of Education §256.32A
Early Access, Iowa Council for Department of Education 20 U.S.C. §1441
Early Childhood Iowa State Board Department of Health and Human Services §256I.3
Economic Development Authority Board Economic Development Authority §15.105
Education Commission of the States Iowa Educational Organizations §272B.1, §272B.2
Education, State Board of Department of Education §256.3, §256.9(12)
Educational Examiners, Board of Higher Education Division Ch 256, §Subch. VII, §Part 3
Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Council on Department of Education §256H.2
Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Interstate Compact on Department of Education §256H.3
Egg Council, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §184.2
Electrical Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §103.2
Elevator Safety Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §89A.13
Employment Appeal Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §10A.601
Empower Rural Iowa Initiative Executive Committee, Governor’s Economic Development Authority Executive Order 3 (July 18, 2018)
Energy Center Governing Board, Iowa Iowa Energy Center §15.120
Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §542B.3
Environmental Protection Commission Department of Natural Resources §455A.6
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board §68B.32
Executive Council Executive Council Ch 7D
Fair Board, Iowa State Executive Branch §173.1, §173.9
Finance Authority, Iowa Iowa Finance Authority Ch 16
Fire Service and Emergency Response Council, State Department of Public Safety §100B.1
Fire and Police Retirement System Board of Trustees, Statewide Executive Branch §411.36
Flood Mitigation Board Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management §418.5
Flood Recovery Advisory Board Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Executive Order 4 (April 15, 2019)
Grain Indemnity Fund Board, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §203D.4
Grievance Commission of the Supreme Court Judicial Branch Court Rule 35.1
Growing Rural Iowa Task Force Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative Executive Comittee Executive Order 3 (July 18, 2018)
Health Facilities Council Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §10A.712
Health Insurance Association Board, Iowa Comprehensive Insurance Division §514E.2
Health and Human Services, Council on Department of Health and Human Services §217.2
Health, State Board of Department of Public Health Ch 136
Hearing Aid Specialists, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Higher Education Loan Authority Iowa Educational Organizations §12.30, §261A.5, §261A.6
Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees, State Department of Administrative Services §8A.703
Horticultural Society, State Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §186.1
Human Rights Board Department of Health and Human Services §216A.3
Humanities Iowa Executive Branch 20 U.S.C. §9151
Independent Living Council, Statewide Executive Branch §84H.1; Section 705 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended
Innovation Corporation Board, Iowa Economic Development Authority §15.107
Innovation Council, Iowa Economic Development Authority §15.117A
Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Integrated Justice Advisory Committee, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Judicial Branch and DOM
Interior Design Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §544C.2
Investing in Rural Iowa Task Force Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative Executive Comittee Executive Order 3 (July 18, 2018)
Investment Board of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System §97B.8A
Iowa Wine and Beer Promotion Board Economic Development Authority §15E.116
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Eighth Community Based Corrections District 8 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Fifth Community Based Corrections District 5 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services First Community Based Corrections District 1 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Fourth Community Based Corrections District 4 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Second Community Based Corrections District 2 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Seventh Community Based Corrections District 7 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Sixth Community Based Corrections District 6 §905.3
Judicial District Board, Department of Correctional Services Third Community Based Corrections District 3 §905.3
Judicial Nominating Commission, State Judicial Branch §46.1, §46.2, §46.6
Judicial Nominating Commissions, District Judicial Branch §46.3, §46.4, §46.6
Judicial Qualifications, Commission on Judicial Branch §602.2102
Judicial Technology, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Branch
Juvenile Justice Advisory Council Department of Health and Human Services 34 U.S.C. §11133
Juvenile Supervision, State Council for Interstate Department of Health and Human Services §232.173(9)
Juveniles, Interstate Commission for Department of Health and Human Services §232.173(3)
Landscape Architectural Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §544B.3
Law Enforcement Academy Council, Iowa Law Enforcement Academy §80B.6
Law Enforcement Administrator's Telecommunications Advisory Committee Law Enforcement Academy IAC 661-15.2
Law Examiners, Board of Judicial Branch §602.10103, §602.10107
Lawyer Trust Account Commission Judicial Branch Court Rule 43.1
Legal Services Advisory Council 42 U.S.C. §2996c(f)
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Board Board of Regents §266.39
Libraries, Commission of Department of Administrative Services §8A.203
Livestock Health Advisory Council Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §267.2
Local Food and Farm Program Council Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §267A.3
Lottery Division, Iowa Department of Revenue §12.30, Ch 99G
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, Midwest Interstate Department of Natural Resources §457B.1(3)
Magistrate Appointing Commission Judicial Branch §602.6501
Massage Therapy, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Medical Assistance Advisory Council Department of Health and Human Services §249A.4B
Medical Assistance Drug Utilization Review Commission, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services §249A.24
Medical Assistance Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee Department of Health and Human Services §249A.20A
Medical Cannabidiol Board Department of Health and Human Services §124E.5
Medicine, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Mental Health and Disability Services Commission Department of Health and Human Services §225C.5
Mid-America Port Commission Executive Branch §28K.1
Midwestern Higher Education Compact Iowa Educational Organizations Ch 261D
Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission Department of Transportation §308.1
Mortality Review Committee, State Department of Health and Human Services §135.43
Mortuary Science, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Natural Resource Commission Department of Natural Resources §455A.5
Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators, Interstate Commission of Board of Nursing §152E.1, §152E.2
Nursing Home Administrators, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Nursing, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14, §152.2
Optometry, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Parole, Board of Board of Parole Ch 904A
Pesticide Advisory Committee Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §206.23, IAC 21-48
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board, Iowa Comprehensive Underground Storage Tanks §455G.4
Pharmacy, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14, Ch 155A
Physical Therapy Compact Commission Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147C.1
Physical and Occupational Therapy, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Physician Assistants, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Plumbing and Mechanical Systems Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §105.3
Podiatry, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Pork Producers Council, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §183A.2
Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council Board of Pharmacy §124.555
Preserves, State Advisory Board for Department of Natural Resources §465C.2, §465C.3
Propane Education and Research Council Executive Branch §101C.3
Property Assessment Appeal Board Department of Revenue §421.1A
Prosecuting Attorneys Training Coordination Council Attorney General (Department of Justice) §13A.3
Public Broadcasting Board, Iowa Department of Education §256.81, §256.82
Public Employment Relations Board Public Employment Relations Board §20.5
Public Information Board, Iowa Public Information Board, Iowa Ch 23
Public Safety Peace Officers’ Retirement, Accident, and Disability System, Board of Trustees of the Iowa Department of Department of Public Safety §97A.5
Racing and Gaming Commission Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §99D.5, §99D.6
Real Estate Appraiser Examining Board Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §543D.4
Real Estate Commission Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §543B.8
Records Commission, State Department of Administrative Services §8A.603
Regents, Board of Board of Regents Ch 262
Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Board Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §159A.13
Respiratory Care and Polysomnography, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Rules of Civil Procedure, Advisory Committee on Judicial Branch
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Advisory Committee on Judicial Branch
Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Advisory Committee on Judicial Branch
STEM Advisory Council Executive Committee, Governor's Department of Education Executive Order 81 (May 15, 2013)
STEM Advisory Council, Governor's Department of Education Executive Order 81 (May 15, 2013)
School Budget Review Committee Department of Education §257.30
Sheep and Wool Promotion Board, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §182.4
Shorthand Reporters, Board of Examiners of Judicial Branch §602.3101
Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14
Soil Conservation and Water Quality Committee, State Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §161A.4A
Soybean Association Board, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §185.3
Special Education Council, Iowa Department of Education §256.35B
Speech Pathology and Audiology, Board of Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing §147.13, §147.14, Ch 154F
State Rehabilitation Council Department of Workforce Development §84H.1; Section 105 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992; U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement Governing Board Department of Revenue §423.9
Student Loan Liquidity Corporation Iowa Educational Organizations §7C.4, §256.198
Technology Commercialization Committee Economic Development Authority §15.116
Telecommunications and Technology Commission, Iowa Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission §8D.3
Terrace Hill Commission Department of Administrative Services §8A.326
Title Guaranty Board, Iowa Iowa Finance Authority §16.2A
Tobacco Settlement Authority Board Office of the Treasurer of State §12E.5
Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Advisory Council Department of Health and Human Services §142A.3(10)
Tobacco Use Prevention and Control, Commission on Department of Health and Human Services §142A.3
Transportation Commission Department of Transportation Ch 307A
Turkey Marketing Council, Iowa Iowa Agricultural Organizations §184A.1A
Unauthorized Practice of Law Commission Judicial Branch Court Rule 37.1
Uniform State Laws, Commission on Executive Branch §5.1
Upper Mississippi River Basin Association Executive Branch Executive Order 6 (November 23, 1983)
Utilities Commission Executive Branch Ch 474
Veterans Affairs, Commission of Department of Veterans Affairs §35A.2
Veterinary Medicine, Iowa Board of Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §169.5
Volunteer Service, Iowa Commission on Department of Health and Human Services §15H.2
Voter Registration Commission Office of the Secretary of State §47.8
Voting Systems, Board of Examiners for Office of the Secretary of State §52.4
Water Resources Coordinating Council Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship §466B.3
Workforce Development Board, State Department of Workforce Development §84A.1A
Workforce Development Boards, Local Department of Workforce Development §84A.4
Youth Advisory Council, State of Iowa Department of Health and Human Services §216A.140