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 […]
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] […]
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]
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
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, […]
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 […]
Section 85B.1 – Citation.
85B.1 Citation. This chapter shall be known as the “Iowa Occupational Hearing Loss Act”. [C81, §85B.1]
Section 85B.2 – Workers’ compensation — employers subject.
85B.2 Workers’ compensation — employers subject. All employers as defined in chapter 85 are subject to this chapter. [C81, §85B.2]
Section 85B.3 – Loss in course of employment.
85B.3 Loss in course of employment. All employees as defined in chapter 85 who incur an occupational hearing loss arising out of and in the course of employment, are subject to this chapter. [C81, §85B.3]
Section 85B.4 – Definitions.
85B.4 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise provides: 1. “Excessive noise exposure” means exposure to sound capable of producing occupational hearing loss. 2. “Hearing level” means the measured threshold of hearing sensitivity using audiometric instruments properly calibrated to the American national standards institute audiometric zero reference level. 3. “Occupational hearing loss” […]