DOE v. IOWA STATE BD. OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

No. 67300.

320 N.W.2d 557 (1982)

Jane DOE, Appellant, v. The IOWA STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS; and Richard Davison, Sharon Simmons, Deborah Green, Kristi Livingston, Ferol Menzel, and Jean Linder, as members of the Iowa State Board of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Lenihan of Marks, Marks & Marks, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Susan Barnes Brammer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here concerns the confidentiality of the identity of persons who make licensee misconduct complaints to professional and occupational licensing boards. Petitioner, a licensed physical therapist using the pseudonym Jane Doe to protect her own identity, contends she has a right to know the name of a person who complained about her to respondent Iowa State Board of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners. The board investigated...

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