2C.6  Deputy — assistant for penal agencies.
  1.  The ombudsman shall designate one of the members of the staff as the deputy ombudsman, with authority to act as ombudsman when the ombudsman is absent from the state or becomes disabled. The ombudsman may delegate to members of the staff any of the authority or duties of the office except the duty of formally making recommendations to agencies or reports to the governor or the general assembly.
  2.  The ombudsman shall appoint an assistant who shall be primarily responsible for investigating complaints relating to penal or correctional agencies.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §601G.6]
84 Acts, ch 1046, §1
C93, §2C.6
2013 Acts, ch 10, §7