85A.3 Employees covered. 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 provisions of this chapter. [C50, […]
85A.4 Disablement defined. 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 last occupation in which such employee is injuriously exposed […]
85A.5 Compensation payable. 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 compensation, reasonable surgical, medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, physical rehabilitation, nursing, and hospital services […]
85A.6 Dependents — defined. 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 such dependents shall receive compensation benefits as […]
85A.7 Limitations and exceptions. 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 entering the employment of the employer […]
85A.8 Occupational disease defined. Occupational diseases shall be only those diseases which arise out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. Such diseases shall have a direct causal connection with the employment and must have followed as a natural incident thereto from injurious exposure occasioned by the nature of the employment. Such disease […]
