Doe v. Iowa Board of Medical Examiners

LARSON, Justice.

John Doe appeals the district court’s ruling on judicial review affirming the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners’ disclosure of complaints pending investigation to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine upon Doe’s application for a medical license in Massachusetts. Doe contends Iowa Code section 272C.6(4) (1999) does not permit such disclosure. On appeal, we affirm the ruling of the district court.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

John Doe was licensed by the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners (board) to practice medicine in Iowa in 1979 and did so until December 2000,…