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IA Code § 85.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.37 - Compensation schedule.

85.37 Compensation schedule.   1. If an employee receives a personal injury causing temporary total disability, or causing a permanent partial disability for which compensation is payable during a healing period, compensation for the temporary total disability or for the healing period shall be upon the basis provided in this section. The weekly benefit amount payable to any employee for any one week shall be upon the basis of eighty percent of the employee’s weekly spendable earnings, but shall not exceed an amount, rounded to the nearest dollar, equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the statewide average weekly wage paid employees as determined by the department of workforce development under section 96.1A, subsection 35, and in effect at the time of the injury. However, as of July 1, 1981, the maximum weekly benefit amount rounded to the nearest dollar shall be increased so that it equals two hundred percent of the statewide average weekly wage as determined in this section. Total weekly compensation for any employee shall not exceed eighty percent per week of the employee’s weekly spendable earnings. The minimum weekly benefit amount shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount of a person whose gross weekly earnings are thirty-five percent of the statewide average weekly wage, or to the spendable weekly earnings of the employee, whichever are less.   2. Such compensation shall be in addition to the benefits provided by sections 85.27 and 85.28.  [S13, §2477-m9; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1390; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.37; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §14]  87 Acts, ch 111, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §35; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §80  Referred to in §85.33, 85.34  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 85.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.39 - Examination of injured employees.

85.39 Examination of injured employees.   1. After an injury, the employee, if requested by the employer, shall submit for examination at some reasonable time and place and as often as reasonably requested, to a physician or physicians authorized to practice under the laws of this state or another state, without cost to the employee; but if the employee requests, the employee, at the employee’s own cost, is entitled to have a physician or physicians of the employee’s own selection present to participate in the examination. If an employee is required to leave work for which the employee is being paid wages to attend the requested examination, the employee shall be compensated at the employee’s regular rate for the time the employee is required to leave work, and the employee shall be furnished transportation to and from the place of examination, or the employer may elect to pay the employee the reasonable cost of the transportation. The refusal of the employee to submit to the examination shall forfeit the employee’s right to any compensation for the period of the refusal. Compensation shall not be payable for the period of refusal.   2. If an evaluation of permanent disability has been made by a physician retained by the employer and the employee believes this evaluation to be too low, the employee shall, upon application to the commissioner and upon delivery of a copy of the application to the employer and its insurance carrier, be reimbursed by the employer the reasonable fee for a subsequent examination by a physician of the employee’s own choice, and reasonably necessary transportation expenses incurred for the examination. The physician chosen by the employee has the right to confer with and obtain from the employer-retained physician sufficient history of the injury to make a proper examination. An employer is only liable to reimburse an employee for the cost of an examination conducted pursuant to this subsection if the injury for which the employee is being examined is determined to be compensable under this chapter or chapter 85A or 85B. An employer is not liable for the cost of such an examination if the injury for which the employee is being examined is determined not to be a compensable injury. A determination of the reasonableness of a fee for an examination made pursuant to this subsection, shall be based on the typical fee charged by a medical provider to perform an impairment rating in the local area where the examination is conducted.  [S13, §2477-m11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1399; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §85.39; C66, 71, 73, 75, §85.34(2), 85.39; C77, 79, 81, §85.39; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §15]  2017 Acts, ch 23, §15, 24  2017 amendment applies to injuries occurring on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 23, §24
IA Code § 85.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.40 - Statement of earnings.

85.40 Statement of earnings.   The employer shall furnish, upon request of an injured employee or dependent or any legal representative acting for such person, a statement of the earnings, wages, or salary and other matters relating thereto during the year or part of the year that such employee was in the employment of such employer for the year preceding the injury; but not more than one report shall be required on account of any one injury.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1400; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.40]
IA Code § 85.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.41 - Refusal to furnish statement.

85.41 Refusal to furnish statement.   On failure of the employer to furnish such statement of earnings for thirty days after receiving written request therefor from an injured employee, the employee’s agent, attorney, dependent, or legal representative, such employer shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1401; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.41]
IA Code § 85.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.42 - Conclusively presumed dependent.

85.42 Conclusively presumed dependent.   The following shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent upon the deceased employee:   1. The surviving spouse, with the following exceptions:   a. When it is shown that at the time of the injury the surviving spouse had willfully deserted the deceased without fault of the deceased, then the surviving spouse shall not be considered as dependent in any degree.   b. When the surviving spouse was not married to the deceased at the time of the injury.   2. A child or children under eighteen years of age, and over said age if physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, whether actually dependent for support or not upon the parent at the time of the parent’s death. An adopted child or children shall be regarded the same as issue of the body. A child or children, as used herein, shall also include any child or children conceived but not born at the time of the employee’s injury, and any compensation payable on account of any such child or children shall be paid from the date of their birth. A stepchild or stepchildren shall be regarded the same as issue of the body only when the stepparent has actually provided the principal support for such child or children.  [S13, §2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1402; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.42]  2020 Acts, ch 1062, §21; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §43  Referred to in §85.43  See Code editor’s note on simple harmonization at the beginning of this Code volume  Subsection 1, paragraph a amended
IA Code § 85.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.43 - Payment to spouse.

85.43 Payment to spouse.   1. If the deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse qualified under the provisions of section 85.42, the full compensation shall be paid to the surviving spouse, as provided in section 85.31; provided that where a deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse and a dependent child or children the workers’ compensation commissioner may make an order of record for an equitable apportionment of the compensation payments.   2. If the spouse dies, the benefits shall be paid to the person or persons wholly dependent on deceased, if any, share and share alike. If there are none wholly dependent, then such benefits shall be paid to partial dependents, if any, in proportion to their dependency for the periods provided in section 85.31.   3. If the deceased leaves a dependent child or children who was or were such at the time of the injury, and the surviving spouse remarries, then and in such case, the payments shall be paid to the proper compensation trustee for the use and benefit of such dependent child or children for the period provided in section 85.31.  [S13, §2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1403; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.43]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §29
IA Code § 85.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.44 - Payment to actual dependents.

85.44 Payment to actual dependents.   In all other cases, a dependent shall be one actually dependent or mentally or physically incapacitated from earning. Such status shall be determined in accordance with the facts as of the date of the injury. In such cases if there is more than one person, the compensation benefit shall be equally divided among them. If there is no one wholly dependent and more than one person partially dependent, the compensation benefit shall be divided among them in the proportion each dependency bears to their aggregate dependency.  [S13, §2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1404; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.44]  Referred to in §85.31
IA Code § 85.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.45 - Commutation.

85.45 Commutation.   1. Future payments of compensation may be commuted to a present worth lump sum payment only upon application of a party to the commissioner and upon written consent of all parties to the proposed commutation or partial commutation, and on the following conditions:   a. When the period during which compensation is payable can be definitely determined.   b. When it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the workers’ compensation commissioner that such commutation will be for the best interest of the person or persons entitled to the compensation, or that periodical payments as compared with a lump sum payment will entail undue expense, hardship, or inconvenience upon the employer liable therefor.   c. When the recipient of commuted benefits is a minor employee, the workers’ compensation commissioner may order that such benefits be paid to a trustee as provided in section 85.49.   d. When a person seeking a commutation is a surviving spouse, an employee with a permanent and total disability, or a dependent who is entitled to benefits as provided in section 85.31, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (3) and (4), the future payments which may be commuted shall not exceed the number of weeks which shall be indicated by probability tables designated by the workers’ compensation commissioner for death and remarriage, subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.   2. Future payments of compensation shall not be commuted to a present worth lump sum payment when the employee is an inmate as set forth in section 85.59.   3. The parties to any commutation or partial commutation of future payments agreed to and ordered pursuant to this section may agree that the employee has the right to benefits pursuant to section 85.27 under such terms and conditions as agreed to by the parties, for a specified period of time after the commutation or partial commutation agreement has been ordered by the workers’ compensation commissioner. During that specified period of time, the commissioner shall have jurisdiction of the commutation or partial commutation agreement for the purpose of adjudicating the employee’s entitlement to benefits provided for in section 85.27 as provided in the agreement.  [S13, §2477-m14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1405; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.45]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §19; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §171; 2017 Acts, ch 23, §16, 17, 24  Referred to in §87.11, 515B.5  2017 amendments to subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, and subsection 3 apply to commutations for which applications are filed on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 23, §24
IA Code § 85.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.47 - Basis of commutation.

85.47 Basis of commutation.   When the commutation is ordered, the workers’ compensation commissioner shall fix the lump sum to be paid at an amount which will equal the total sum of the probable future payments capitalized at their present value and upon the basis of interest at the rate provided in section 535.3 for court judgments and decrees. Upon the payment of such amount, the employer shall be discharged from all further liability on account of the injury or death, and be entitled to a duly executed release. Upon the filing of the release, the liability of the employer under any agreement, award, finding, or judgment shall be discharged of record.  [S13, §2477-m14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1407; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.47; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §16]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §30
IA Code § 85.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.48 - Partial commutation.

85.48 Partial commutation.   When partial commutation is ordered, the workers’ compensation commissioner shall fix the lump sum to be paid at an amount which will equal the future payments for the period commuted, capitalized at their present value upon the basis of interest at the rate provided in section 535.3 for court judgments and decrees. Provisions shall be made for the payment of weekly compensation not included in the commutation with all remaining payments to be paid over the same period of time as though the commutation had not been made by either eliminating weekly payments from the first or last part of the payment period or by a pro rata reduction in the weekly benefit amount over the entire payment period.  [S13, §2477-m15; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1408; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.48; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §17]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2003 Acts, ch 140, §2
IA Code § 85.49 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.49 - Trustees for minors and dependents.

85.49 Trustees for minors and dependents.   1. When a minor or a dependent who is mentally incompetent is entitled to weekly benefits under this chapter or chapter 85A or 85B, payment shall be made to the parent, guardian, or conservator, who shall act as trustee, and the money coming into the trustee’s hands shall be expended for the use and benefit of the person entitled to it under the direction and orders of a district judge. The trustee shall qualify and give bond in an amount as the district judge directs, which may be increased or diminished from time to time.   2. If the domicile or residence of the minor or dependent who is mentally incompetent is outside the state of Iowa, the workers’ compensation commissioner may order and direct that benefits to the minor or dependent be paid to a guardian, conservator, or legal representative duly qualified under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the minor or dependent shall be domiciled or reside. Proof of the identity and qualification of the guardian, conservator, or other legal representative shall be furnished to the workers’ compensation commissioner.  [S13, §2477-m13; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1409; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.49]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10039, 10201; 93 Acts, ch 70, §5; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §20; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §30  Referred to in §85.45
IA Code § 85.50 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.50 - Report of trustee.

85.50 Report of trustee.   The trustee shall, on or before September 30 of each year, make reports, at such times as designated by the court, to the court of all money or property received or expended for the person for whom the parent, guardian, or conservator is acting as trustee.  [S13, §2477-m13; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1410; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.50]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10040, 10201; 93 Acts, ch 70, §6
IA Code § 85.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.51 - Alien dependents in foreign country.

85.51 Alien dependents in foreign country.   In case a deceased employee for whose injury or death compensation is payable leaves surviving an alien dependent or dependents residing outside the United States, the consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the nation of which the said dependent or dependents are citizens, or the duly appointed representative of such consular official resident in the state of Iowa, shall be regarded as the exclusive representative of such dependent or dependents, and said consular officials or their representatives shall have the same rights and powers in all matters of compensation which said nonresident aliens would have if resident in the state of Iowa.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1411; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.51]
IA Code § 85.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.52 - Consular officer as trustee.

85.52 Consular officer as trustee.   Such consular officer or the officer’s duly appointed representative resident in the state of Iowa shall file in the district court of the county in which the accident occurred resulting in the death of said employee evidence of the officer’s or representative’s authority, and thereupon the court shall appoint the officer or representative a trustee for such nonresident alien dependents, and thereafter the officer or representative shall be subject to the jurisdiction of said court until the final report of distribution and payment has been filed and approved. Such consular official or said representative shall qualify as such trustee by giving bond with approved sureties in a sum to be fixed by said court, and the amount of said bond may be increased or decreased from time to time as said court may direct.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1412; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.52]
IA Code § 85.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.53 - Notice to consular officer.

85.53 Notice to consular officer.   If such consular officer, or the officer’s duly appointed representative, shall file with the workers’ compensation commissioner evidence of the officer’s or representative’s authority, the workers’ compensation commissioner shall notify such consular officer or representative of the death of all employees leaving an alien dependent or dependents residing in the country of said consular officer that shall come to the commissioner’s knowledge.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.53]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §31
IA Code § 85.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.54 - Contracts to avoid compensation.

85.54 Contracts to avoid compensation.   Any contract of employment, relief benefit, or insurance, or other device whereby the employee is required to pay any premium or premiums for insurance against the compensation provided for in this chapter, shall be null and void; and any employer withholding from the wages of any employee any amount for the purpose of paying any such premium shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [S13, §2477-m17; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1414; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.54]
IA Code § 85.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.55 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship.

85.55 Franchisor-franchisee relationship.   1. For purposes of this section, franchisee and franchisor mean the same as defined in section 523H.1.   2. For purposes of this chapter and chapters 86 and 87, a franchisor shall not be considered to be an employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee unless any of the following conditions apply:   a. The franchisor has agreed in writing to be considered to be the employer of the franchisee or of the employees of the franchisee.   b. The franchisor has been found by the workers’ compensation commissioner to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee’s employees that is not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor’s trademarks and brand.  2019 Acts, ch 21, §1, 6  Section applies to work performed on or after July 1, 2019;  2019 Acts, ch 21, §6
IA Code § 85.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.56 - Employees in interstate commerce.

85.56 Employees in interstate commerce.   So far as permitted, or not forbidden, by any Act of Congress, employers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce and their employees working only in this state shall be bound by the provisions of this chapter in like manner and with the same force and effect in every respect as by this chapter provided for other employers and employees.  [S13, §2477-m21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1417; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §85.57; C79, 81, §85.56]
IA Code § 85.60 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 85.60 - Injuries while in work-based learning opportunity, employment training, or evaluation.

85.60 Injuries while in work-based learning opportunity, employment training, or evaluation.   A person participating in a work-based learning opportunity referred to in section 85.61, or receiving earnings while engaged in employment training or while undergoing an employment evaluation under the direction of a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase-of-service contracts or for referrals by the department of human services or the department of education, who sustains an injury arising out of and in the course of the work-based learning opportunity participation, employment training, or employment evaluation is entitled to benefits as provided in this chapter, chapter 85A, chapter 85B, and chapter 86. Notwithstanding the minimum benefit provisions of this chapter, a person referred to in this section and entitled to benefits under this chapter is entitled to receive a minimum weekly benefit amount for a permanent partial disability under section 85.34, subsection 2, or for a permanent total disability under section 85.34, subsection 3, equal to the weekly benefit amount of a person whose gross weekly earnings are thirty-five percent of the statewide average weekly wage computed pursuant to section 96.3 and in effect at the time of the injury.  86 Acts, ch 1104, §1; 97 Acts, ch 37, §2; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §14  Referred to in §85.61