Mosher v. Department of Inspections & Appeals, Health Facilities Division

TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant, Department of Inspections and Appeals, found that the appellee, Tiffany Mosher, committed dependent adult abuse through the financial exploitation of an elderly person, J.B. See Iowa Code § 235B.2(5)(a)(l)(c) (1999). As a result of this administrative decision, Mosher was placed on the dependent adult abuse registry. See generally id. § 235B.5 (creating registry). Mosher successfully sought judicial review in the district court, which held in a thorough and considered decision that (1) the department incorrectly interpreted the term “dependent adult” as used in…