Hunter08/05/26The Iowa Board of Physician Associates have issued an emergency order suspending the license of a physician associate who allegedly had sex with a prison inmate-patient while working for the Iowa Department of Corrections. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports Kyle Parks has been charged with unethical conduct, an offense the board describes as including verbally or physically abusing a patient and improper sexual contact with a patient. The board said they concluded Parks had a sexual relationship with a patient who was an inmate at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center where Parks worked at the time. Although the board has not opted to publicly disclose when the incident took place, State employment records show Parks worked for the Iowa Department of Corrections from 2008 to sometime in 2025. A board hearing is scheduled for September 9th.