§576E-10 Hearings officers. (a) The attorney general shall establish the office of child support hearings, and shall appoint and commission, without regard to chapter 76, such hearings officers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Hearings officers shall exercise all of the powers granted to the attorney general under this chapter, but shall not be considered deputy attorneys general and shall not exercise the powers or discharge the duties conferred upon the attorney general or the attorney general's deputies by chapter 28.
(c) In exercising the powers conferred upon the attorney general in section 576E-2, the hearings officers shall have the authority to conduct hearings and enter the following orders:
(d) Hearings officers shall have further authority to:
(e) Hearings officers shall be entitled to immunity from liability while acting in their official capacity. [L 1988, c 154, pt of §2; am L 1989, c 61, §3; am L 1990, c 176, §16; am L 1993, c 251, §5; am L 1994, c 105, §11; am L 1997, c 293, §35; am L 1998, c 11, §30 and c 83, §9; am L 1999, c 300, §4; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L 2002, c 31, §2]