85A.21 Controversial medical questions.
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 award shall be made in any case where controversial medical questions have been referred to the physicians until the physicians have duly investigated the case and made a report with respect to all such medical questions. The date of disablement, if in dispute, shall be deemed a medical question.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85A.21]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §906; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 85A - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE COMPENSATION
Section 85A.2 - Employers included.
Section 85A.3 - Employees covered.
Section 85A.4 - Disablement defined.
Section 85A.5 - Compensation payable.
Section 85A.6 - Dependents — defined.
Section 85A.7 - Limitations and exceptions.
Section 85A.8 - Occupational disease defined.
Section 85A.10 - Last exposure — employer liable.
Section 85A.11 - Diagnosis for brucellosis.
Section 85A.12 - Disablement or death following exposure — limitations.
Section 85A.13 - Provisions relating to pneumoconiosis.
Section 85A.14 - Restriction on liability.
Section 85A.15 - Employers limit of liability.
Section 85A.16 - Reference to compensation law.
Section 85A.17 - Disability — compensation.
Section 85A.18 - Notice of disability or death — filing of claims.
Section 85A.20 - Investigation.
Section 85A.21 - Controversial medical questions.
Section 85A.22 - Examination of employee by physicians.
Section 85A.23 - Report — date of disablement.
Section 85A.24 - Findings and report.
Section 85A.25 - Existing diseases barred.