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Iowa Code § 147.76 (2026)

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The boards for the various professions shall adopt all necessary and proper rules to administer and interpret this chapter and chapters 148 through 157, except chapter 148D. [C77, 79, 81, §147.76] 89 Acts, ch 83, §28; 92 Acts, ch 1097, §4; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §62; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §32; 2023 Acts, ch 99, §6

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Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2008–2022 · leading case: Iowa Med. Soc'y & Iowa Soc'y of Anesthesiologists v. Iowa Bd. of Nursing, 831 N.W.2d 826 (Iowa 2013).
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Iowa Med. Soc'y & Iowa Soc'y of Anesthesiologists v. Iowa Bd. of Nursing, 831 N.W.2d 826 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 12× “See Iowa Code § 147.76 . In Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission, we recognized that such a grant of interpretive authority requires deferential review of the agency’s interpretation of the statute and its application of law to fact.”
Houck v. Iowa Bd. of Pharmacy Examiners, 752 N.W.2d 14 (Iowa 2008). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 147.76 . The board is the agency charged with administering Iowa Code chapter 124 (“Controlled Substances”) and Iowa Code chapter 126 (“Iowa Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act”).”
City of Des Moines v. Iowa Dep't of Transp. & Iowa Transp. Comm'n, 911 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “2d 826 , 827, 829-30, 841 (Iowa 2013) (noting that Iowa Code section 147.76 expressly grants the nursing board interpretive authority and applying a deferential standard in determining that the board had authority to issue certain rules).”
Ass'n of Oriental Med. v. Bd. of Physical Therapy (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “” Iowa Code § 147.76 . Thus, there is no question the legislature has granted the Board interpretive authority as to chapter 148A.”
Polk Cnty. Assessor Randy Ripperger v. Iowa Pub. Info. Bd. (Iowa 2021). · cites it 4× “, Iowa Code § 147.76 (“The boards for the various [health-related] professions shall adopt all necessary and proper rules to administer and interpret this chapter and chapters 148 through 158, except chapter 148D.”
Garvis G. Houck Vs. Iowa Bd. Of Pharmacy Examiners (Iowa 2008). · cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 147.76 . The board is the agency charged with administering Iowa Code chapter 124 (“Controlled Substances”) and Iowa Code chapter 126 (“Iowa Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Act”).”
City of Des Moines v. Iowa DOT (Iowa 2018). · cites it 2× “As justification for the rules, the IDOT relies in part on general provisions.”
Dawn Marie Leach v. Iowa Bd. of Nursing (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Accessing the unneeded confidential information is a violation of hospital policies put in place to protect patient confidentiality, which Leach knew or should have known about.”
Leroy Yates, Jr. v. Iowa Bd. of Med. (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 147.76 . 14 (Iowa 2002). That deference is especially apt for “regulations entrusted to agencies responsible for licensing professionals.”
John Allen Christensen & Lila Christensen v. Iowa Dep't of Revenue (Iowa 2020). “§ 147.76 (giving boards for health-related professions authority to adopt rules “to implement and interpret this chapter” and other specific chapters of the Iowa Code (emphasis added)).”
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