Bearinger v. Iowa Dep’t of Transp.
Annotate this CaseAfter Appellant drove her car off the road and destroyed a mailbox, Appellant gave a urine sample that tested positive for controlled substances. Based on the test results, the Iowa Department of Transportation revoked Appellant’s license for 180 days. Appellant contested her revocation, asserting that the prescription-drug defense under Iowa Code 321J.2(11) applied in her case. An administrative law judge denied the appeal, finding that the evidence in this case established the elements of the statutory prescription-drug defense but that the prescription-drug defense did not apply in administrative license revocation proceedings. The district court affirmed. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the prescription-drug defense is available in license revocation proceedings.
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