516E.19  Administration.
  1.  This chapter shall be administered by the commissioner. The deputy administrator appointed pursuant to section 502.601 shall be the principal operations officer responsible to the commissioner for the routine administration of this chapter and management of the administrative staff. In the absence of the commissioner, whether because of vacancy in the office, by reason of absence, physical disability, or other cause, the deputy administrator shall be the acting administrator and shall, for the time being, have and exercise the authority conferred upon the commissioner. The commissioner may from time to time delegate to the deputy administrator any or all of the functions assigned to the commissioner in this chapter. The deputy administrator shall employ officers, attorneys, accountants, auditors, investigators, and other employees as shall be needed for the administration of this chapter.
  2.  Upon request, the commissioner may honor requests from interested persons for interpretive opinions.
2005 Acts, ch 70, §44