CHIAVETTA v. IOWA BD. OF NURSING

No. 97-1976.

595 N.W.2d 799 (1999)

Frank S. CHIAVETTA, Appellant, v. IOWA BOARD OF NURSING and State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Diaz of Martin A. Diaz Law Firm, Iowa City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Linny Emrich, Grant K. Dugdale, and Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and CADY, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Appellant, Frank Chiavetta, claims he suffered gender discrimination at the hands of the Iowa Board of Nursing. The principal question on appeal is whether his suit for damages may be brought under Iowa Code chapter 216—the Iowa Civil Rights Act—or whether Iowa Code chapter 17A furnishes the exclusive means of remedying discrimination alleged to have been committed by a state licensing board...

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