193E—21.6(17A,543B) Requests for hearings.
	21.6(1) Unlicensed persons request a hearing within 30 days of the date the notice is received if served through certified mail, or within 30 days of the date of service if service is accepted or made in accordance with Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.305. A request for hearing is in writing and is deemed made on the date of the nonmetered United States Postal Service postmark or the date of personal service.
	21.6(2) If a request for hearing is not timely made, the commission chair or the chair’s designee may issue an order imposing a civil penalty and compliance with Iowa Code chapter 543B, as described in the notice. The order may be mailed by regular first-class mail or served in the same manner as the notice of intent to impose civil penalty.
	21.6(3) If a request for hearing is timely made, the commission issues a notice of hearing and conducts a contested case hearing in the same manner as applicable to disciplinary cases against licensees. Rules governing such hearings may be found in 193—Chapter 7 and 193E—Chapter 18.
	21.6(4) An unlicensed person who fails to timely request a contested case hearing has failed to exhaust “adequate administrative remedies” as that term is used in Iowa Code section 17A.19(1).
	21.6(5) An unlicensed person who is aggrieved or adversely affected by the commission’s final decision following a contested case hearing may seek judicial review as provided in Iowa Code section 17A.19.
	21.6(6) An unlicensed person may waive the right to hearing and all attendant rights and enter into a consent order imposing a civil penalty and compliance with Iowa Code chapter 543B at any stage of the proceeding upon mutual consent of the commission.
	21.6(7) The notice of intent to issue an order and the order are public records available for inspection and copying in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 22. Copies may be published as provided in 193—subrule 7.30(2). Hearings are open to the public.
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