Iowa Code § 10A.304: Appointment of deputies.

1. The commissioner may appoint:

a. Chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioners for whose acts the commissioner is responsible, who are exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.

b. Deputy workers’ compensation commissioners for whose acts the commissioner is responsible and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.

2. All chief deputies and deputies must be lawyers admitted to practice in this state.

3. The commissioner may appoint one or more chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioners and one or more deputy workers’ compensation commissioners. A chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioner or a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner shall perform such additional administrative responsibilities as are deemed reasonably necessary and assigned by the commissioner.