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IA Code § 85B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.8 - Date of occurrence.

85B.8 Date of occurrence.   1. A claim for occupational hearing loss due to excessive noise exposure may be filed beginning one month after separation from the employment in which the employee was subjected to excessive noise exposure. The date of the injury shall be the date of occurrence of any one of the following events:   a. Transfer from excessive noise exposure employment by an employer.   b. Retirement.   c. Termination of the employer-employee relationship.   2. The date of injury for a layoff which continues for a period longer than one year shall be six months after the date of the layoff. However, the date of the injury for any loss of hearing incurred prior to January 1, 1981, shall not be earlier than the occurrence of any one of the above events.  [C81, §85B.8]  98 Acts, ch 1160, §4, 5; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
IA Code § 85B.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.9 - Measuring hearing loss.

85B.9 Measuring hearing loss.   1. Audiometric instruments, properly calibrated to the American national standards institute specifications, shall be used for measuring hearing levels and in such tests necessary to establish total hearing loss, if any. The hearing tests and examinations shall be conducted in environments which comply with accepted national standards.   2. Audiometric examinations shall be administered by persons who are certified by the council for accreditation in occupational hearing conservation or by persons licensed as audiologists under chapter 154F, or as physicians or osteopathic physicians and surgeons under chapter 148, provided the licensed persons are trained in audiometry.   3. In calculating the total amount of hearing loss, the hearing levels at each of the four frequencies, five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, and three thousand Hertz, shall be added together and divided by four to determine the average decibel hearing level for each ear. If the resulting average decibel hearing level in either ear is twenty-five decibels or less, the percentage hearing loss for that ear shall be zero. For each resulting average decibel hearing level exceeding twenty-five decibels, an allowance of one and one-half percent shall be made up to the maximum of one hundred percent which is reached at an average decibel hearing level of ninety-two decibels. In determining the total binaural percentage hearing loss, the percentage hearing loss for the ear with better hearing shall be multiplied by five and added to the percentage hearing loss for the ear with worse hearing and the sum of the two divided by six.   4. a. The assessment of the proportion of the total binaural percentage hearing loss that is due to occupational noise exposure shall be made by the employer’s regular or consulting physician or licensed audiologist who is trained and has had experience with such assessment. If several audiometric examinations are available for assessment, the physician or audiologist shall determine which examinations shall be used in the final assessment of occupational hearing loss.   b. If the employee disputes the assessment, the employee may select a physician or licensed audiologist similarly trained and experienced to give an assessment of the audiometric examinations.   5. This section is applicable in the event of partial permanent or total permanent occupational hearing loss in one or both ears.  [C81, §85B.9; 81 Acts, ch 42, §1]  98 Acts, ch 1160, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §81  Referred to in §85B.9A
IA Code § 85B.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.9A - Apportionment of occupational hearing loss.

85B.9A Apportionment of occupational hearing loss.   Apportionment of the total hearing loss between occupational and nonoccupational loss, for purposes of determining occupational hearing loss, may be made by an audiologist or physician with qualifications set forth in section 85B.9. In determining occupational hearing loss, consideration shall be given to all probable employment and nonemployment sources of loss. The apportionment of age-related loss shall be made by reducing the total binaural percentage hearing loss as calculated pursuant to section 85B.9, subsection 3, by the same percentage as the decibels of age-related loss occurring during the period of employment bears to the total decibel hearing level in each ear. The decibels of age-related loss shall be calculated according to tables adopted by the workers’ compensation commissioner consistent with tables of the national institute for occupational safety and health existing on July 1, 1998, and consistent with section 85B.9, subsection 3.  98 Acts, ch 1160, §7
IA Code § 85B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.10 - Employer’s notice of results of test.

85B.10 Employer’s notice of results of test.   The employer shall communicate to the employee, in writing, the results of an audiometric examination or physical examination of an employee which reflects an average hearing level in one or both ears in excess of twenty-five decibels for the test frequencies of five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, and three thousand Hertz, as soon as practicable after the examination. The communication shall include the name and qualifications of the person conducting the audiometric examination or physical examination, the site of the examination, the kind or type of test or examinations given, the results of each and the average decibel hearing level, for the four frequencies, in each ear, and, if known to the employer, whether the hearing loss is sensorineural and, if the hearing loss resulted from another cause, the cause.  [C81, §85B.10]  98 Acts, ch 1160, §8
IA Code § 85B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.11 - Previous hearing loss excluded.

85B.11 Previous hearing loss excluded.   An employer is liable, as provided in this chapter and subject to the provisions of chapter 85, for an occupational hearing loss to which the employment has contributed, but if previous hearing loss, whether occupational or not, is established by an audiometric examination or other competent evidence, whether or not the employee was subjected to excessive noise exposure within six months preceding the test, the employer is not liable for the previous loss, nor is the employer liable for a loss for which compensation has previously been paid or awarded. The employer is liable only for the difference between the percent of occupational hearing loss determined as of the date of the audiometric examination used to determine occupational hearing loss and the percentage of loss established by the preemployment audiometric examination. An amount paid to an employee for occupational hearing loss by any other employer shall be credited against compensation payable by an employer for the hearing loss. An employee shall not receive in the aggregate greater compensation from all employers for occupational hearing loss than that provided in this section for total occupational hearing loss. A payment shall not be made to an employee unless the employee has worked in excessive noise exposure employment for a total period of at least ninety days for the employer from whom compensation is claimed.  [C81, §85B.11]  98 Acts, ch 1160, §9; 99 Acts, ch 96, §7
IA Code § 85B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.12 - Hearing aid provided.

85B.12 Hearing aid provided.   A reduction of the compensation payable to an employee for occupational hearing loss shall not be made because the employee’s ability to communicate may be improved by the use of a hearing aid. An employer who is liable for occupational hearing loss of an employee is required to provide the employee with a hearing aid for each affected ear unless it will not materially improve the employee’s ability to communicate.  [C81, §85B.12]  98 Acts, ch 1160, §10
IA Code § 85B.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.13 - Payment of compensation discharges employer.

85B.13 Payment of compensation discharges employer.   Payments of compensation and compliance with other provisions of this chapter by the employer or the employer’s insurance carrier in accordance with the findings and orders of the workers’ compensation commissioner or a court making a final adjudication in appealed cases, discharges the employer from further obligation.  [C81, §85B.13]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
IA Code § 85B.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.14 - Applicable chapters.

85B.14 Applicable chapters.   Chapters 17A, 85, and 86, so far as applicable, and not inconsistent with this chapter, apply in cases of compensable occupational hearing loss.  [C81, §85B.14]
IA Code § 85B.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 85B - OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS|Section 85B.15 - Workers’ compensation commissioner to enforce.

85B.15 Workers’ compensation commissioner to enforce.   The workers’ compensation commissioner has jurisdiction over the operation and administration of the compensation provisions of this chapter.  [C81, §85B.15]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
IA Code § 86.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.1 - Workers’ compensation commissioner — term.

86.1 Workers’ compensation commissioner — term.   The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate, a workers’ compensation commissioner whose term of office shall be six years beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19. The workers’ compensation commissioner shall maintain an office at the seat of government. The workers’ compensation commissioner must be a lawyer admitted to practice in this state.  [S13, §2477-m22; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1423; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.1]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11  Referred to in §84A.5  Confirmation, see §2.32
IA Code § 86.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.2 - Appointment of deputies.

86.2 Appointment of deputies.   1. The commissioner may appoint:   a. Chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioners for whose acts the commissioner is responsible, who are exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.   b. Deputy workers’ compensation commissioners for whose acts the commissioner is responsible and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.   2. All chief deputies and deputies must be lawyers admitted to practice in this state.   3. The commissioner may appoint one or more chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioners and one or more deputy workers’ compensation commissioners. A chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioner or a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner shall perform such additional administrative responsibilities as are deemed reasonably necessary and assigned by the commissioner.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1424; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.2]  89 Acts, ch 60, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §26; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §158; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §26
IA Code § 86.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.3 - Duties of deputies.

86.3 Duties of deputies.   Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A, in the absence or disability of the workers’ compensation commissioner, or when written delegation of authority to perform specified functions is made by the commissioner, the deputies shall have any necessary specified powers to perform any necessary or specified duties of the workers’ compensation commissioner pertaining to the commissioner’s office. Notwithstanding the definitions and terms of chapter 17A, pertaining to the issuance of final decisions, when the above circumstances exist a deputy commissioner shall have the power to issue a final decision as if issued by the agency.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1425; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.3]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
IA Code § 86.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.4 - Political activity and contributions.

86.4 Political activity and contributions.   It shall be unlawful for the commissioner, or a chief deputy workers’ compensation commissioner while in office, to espouse the election or appointment of any candidate to any political office, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [S13, §2477-m23, -m37; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1427; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.4]  90 Acts, ch 1261, §27; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
IA Code § 86.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.5 - Political promises.

86.5 Political promises.   Any person who is a candidate for appointment as commissioner who makes any promise to another, express or implied, in consideration of any assistance or influence given or recommendation made that the candidate will, if appointed as a commissioner, appoint such person or one whom the person may recommend to any office within the power of the commissioner to appoint, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [S13, §2477-m38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1428; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.5]
IA Code § 86.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.6 - Recommendations of commissioner.

86.6 Recommendations of commissioner.   All recommendations to the governor of any person asking the appointment of another as commissioner shall be reduced to writing, signed by the person presenting the same, which shall be filed by the governor in the governor’s office and open at all reasonable times for public inspection, and all recommendations made by any person to the commissioner for the appointment of another within the power of the commissioner to appoint, shall be reduced to writing, signed by the person presenting the same, and filed by the commissioner and open for public inspection at all reasonable times. If any person recommending the appointment of another within the contemplation of this section refuses to reduce the same to writing, it shall be the duty of the person to whom the recommendation is made, to make a memorandum thereof, stating the name of the person recommended and the name of the person who made the same, which shall be filed in the office of the governor or the commissioner as the case may be.  [S13, §2477-m39; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1429; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.6]
IA Code § 86.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.7 - Interest in affected business.

86.7 Interest in affected business.   It shall be unlawful for the commissioner to be financially interested in any business enterprise coming under or affected by this chapter during the commissioner’s term of office, and if the commissioner violates this statute, it shall be sufficient grounds for removal from office, and in such case the governor shall at once declare the office vacant and appoint another to fill the vacancy.  [S13, §2477-m39; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.7]
IA Code § 86.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.8 - Duties.

86.8 Duties.   1. The commissioner shall:   a. Adopt and enforce rules necessary to implement this chapter and chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and 87.   b. Prepare and distribute the necessary blanks relating to computation, adjustment, and settlement of compensation.   c. Prepare and publish statistical reports and analyses regarding the cost, occurrence, and sources of employment injuries.   d. Administer oaths and examine books and records of parties subject to the workers’ compensation laws.   e. Provide a seal for the authentication of orders and records and for other purposes as required.   2. Subject to the approval of the director of the department of workforce development, the commissioner may enter into contracts with any state agency, with or without reimbursement, for the purpose of obtaining the services, facilities, and personnel of the agency and with the consent of any state agency or political subdivision of the state, accept and use the services, facilities, and personnel of the agency or political subdivision, and employ experts and consultants or organizations in order to expeditiously, efficiently, and economically effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The agreements under this subsection are subject to approval by the executive council if approval is required by law.  [S13, §2477-m24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1431; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.8]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §911; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §172
IA Code § 86.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.9 - Reports.

86.9 Reports.   1. The director of the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commissioner, shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business and expense of the division of workers’ compensation for the preceding year, the number of claims processed by the division and the disposition of the claims, and other matters pertaining to the division which are of public interest, together with recommendations for change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and 87, and the recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted by the governor to the first general assembly in session after the report is filed.   2. The commissioner, after consultation with the director of the department of workforce development, may compile an annual report setting forth the final decisions, rulings, and orders of the division for the preceding year and setting forth other matters or information which the commissioner considers desirable for publication.   3. These annual reports may be distributed by the state on request to public officials as set forth in chapter 7A. Members of the public may obtain an annual report upon payment of its cost as set by the commissioner.  [S13, §2477-m24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1432; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.9; 81 Acts, ch 6, §13]  84 Acts, ch 1067, §16; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §912; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §32
IA Code § 86.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.10 - Records of employer — right to inspect.

86.10 Records of employer — right to inspect.   1. All books, records, and payrolls of the employers, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of such employers, shall always be open for inspection by the workers’ compensation commissioner or any of the commissioner’s representatives presenting a certificate of authority from said commissioner for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the wage expenditure, the number of persons employed, and such other information as may be necessary for the uses and purposes of the commissioner in the administration of the law.   2. Information so obtained shall be used for no other purpose than to advise the commissioner or insurance association with reference to such matters.   3. Upon a refusal on the part of the employer to submit the employer’s books, records, or payrolls for the inspection of the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representatives presenting written authority from the commissioner, the commissioner may enter an order requiring the employer to do so.  [S13, §2477-m36; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1433; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.10]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §86.12
IA Code § 86.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION|Chapter 86 - DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION|Section 86.11 - Reports of injuries.

86.11 Reports of injuries.   Every employer shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, alleged by an employee to have been sustained in the course of the employee’s employment and resulting in incapacity for a longer period than one day. If the injury results only in temporary disability, causing incapacity for a longer period than three days, then within four days thereafter, not counting Sundays and legal holidays, the employer or insurance carrier having had notice or knowledge of the occurrence of such injury and resulting disability shall file a report with the workers’ compensation commissioner in the form and manner required by the commissioner. If such injury to the employee results in permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, or death, then the employer or insurance carrier, upon notice or knowledge of the occurrence of the employment injury, shall file a report with the workers’ compensation commissioner within four days after having notice or knowledge of the permanent injury to the employee or the employee’s death. The report to the workers’ compensation commissioner of injury shall be without prejudice to the employer or insurance carrier and shall not be admitted in evidence or used in any trial or hearing before any court, the workers’ compensation commissioner, or a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner except as to the notice under section 85.23.  [S13, §2477-m36; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1434; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §86.11]  98 Acts, ch 1061, §6, 11; 2000 Acts, ch 1007, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §37  Referred to in §86.12