Smith v. Iowa Board of Medical Examiners

WIGGINS, Justice.

The Iowa Board of Medical Examiners appeals from a district court decision ordering the Board to cease dissemination of its denial of a physician’s license. On appeal the Board argues the district court should not have heard this case because the physician failed to timely file his petition for judicial review. The Board further argues if the petition was timely filed, the denial of the physician’s license was a public record that the Board was entitled to disseminate. On appeal we find if the Board disseminated the denial of the physician’s license as alleged by the…