Title III, PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION (Ch. 80 - 122C)

1. Pneumoconiosis defined. Whenever used in this chapter , “pneumoconiosis” shall mean the characteristic fibrotic condition of the lungs caused by the inhalation of dust particles. 2. Presumptions. In the absence of conclusive evidence in favor of the claim, disability or death …

No compensation shall be payable under this chapter for any condition of physical or mental ill-being, disability, disablement, or death for which compensation is recoverable on account of injury under the workers’ compensation law. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §…

Payments of compensation and compliance with other provisions herein by the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier in accordance with the findings and orders of the workers’ compensation commissioner or the court in judicial review proceedings shall discharge such employer …

The provisions of the workers’ compensation law, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with this chapter , shall apply in cases of compensable occupational diseases as specified and defined in this chapter . [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.16 ] 2020 Acts, …

Compensation payable under this chapter for temporary disability, permanent total disability, or permanent partial disability shall be such amounts as are provided under the workers’ compensation law. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.17 ] Referred to in §96.7(2)…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter , procedure with respect to notice of disability or death, as to the filing of claims and determination of claims shall be the same as in cases of injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment under the workers’ compen…

1. Upon the filing of a claim for compensation for death from an occupational disease where an autopsy is necessary in order to accurately and scientifically ascertain and determine the cause of death, such autopsy shall be ordered by the workers’ compensation commissioner and sh…

All employers as defined by the workers’ compensation law of Iowa and who are engaged in any business or industrial process designated and described in this chapter are employers within the provisions of and shall be subject to this chapter . [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,…

The workers’ compensation commissioner may designate the medical director of the department of health and human services and two physicians selected by the dean of the university of Iowa college of medicine, from the staff of the college, who shall be qualified to diagnose and re…

Controversial medical questions may be referred by the workers’ compensation commissioner to the physicians designated in section 85A.20 for investigation and report to the workers’ compensation commissioner when agreed to by the parties or on the commissioner’s own motion. No aw…

The physicians designated in section 85A.20 , upon reference to them by the workers’ compensation commissioner of a claim for occupational disease, shall notify the claimant or claimants and the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier to appear before the physicians at a tim…

The physicians designated in section 85A.20 shall, as soon as practicable after the physicians have completed consideration of the case, report in writing the findings and conclusions on every medical question in controversy. If the date of disablement is controverted and cannot …

The physicians designated in section 85A.20 shall file the report in triplicate with the workers’ compensation commissioner who shall mail or deliver a certified copy of the report to the claimant and to the employer. The report shall become a part of the record of the case. The …

1. There shall be no liability for the payment of compensation under the provisions of this chapter to any person who on October 1, 1947, is suffering with an occupational disease. An employer may at the employer’s own expense require the employer’s employees to submit to a physi…

No policy of insurance in effect on October 1, 1947, covering the liability of an employer under the workers’ compensation law, shall be construed to cover the liability of such employer under this chapter for any occupational disease unless such liability is expressly accepted b…

The workers’ compensation commissioner shall have jurisdiction over the operation and administration of the compensation provisions of this chapter and said commissioner shall perform all of the duties imposed upon the commissioner by this chapter and such further duties as may h…

All employees as defined by the workers’ compensation law of Iowa employed in any business or industrial process designated and described in this chapter and who in the course of their employment are exposed to an occupational disease as defined in this chapter are subject to the…

As used in this chapter , “disablement” means the event or condition where an employee becomes actually incapacitated from performing the employee’s work or from earning equal wages in other suitable employment because of an occupational disease as defined in this chapter in the …

1. All employees subject to the provisions of this chapter who shall become disabled from injurious exposure to an occupational disease designated and defined in this chapter and within the conditions, limitations, and requirements provided in this chapter , shall receive compens…

Dependents of a deceased employee whose death has been caused by an occupational disease as defined in this chapter and under the provisions, conditions, and limitations of this chapter shall be those persons defined as dependents under the workers’ compensation law of Iowa and s…

The provisions of this chapter providing payment of workers’ compensation on account of occupational disease as defined and set out in this chapter , shall be subject to the following limitations and exceptions: 1. No compensation shall be payable if the employee, at the time of …

“Occupational disease” is limited to only those diseases which arise out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. The diseases shall have a direct causal connection with the employment and must have followed as a natural incident thereto from injurious exposure occasion…