Workers Compensation - Iowa Code (2025-26 compilation): Iowa Code Chapter 85

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Iowa Code Chapter 85 - Workers Compensation - Iowa Code (2025-26 compilation) is a state statute published by Iowa General Assembly / Legislative Services Agency (legis.iowa.gov). It is one of the Iowa documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including iowa property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• Iowa Code § 85.1A (Proprietors, members, partners, election of coverage)

  “A proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner who is actively engaged in the proprietor’s, limited liability company member’s, limited liability partner’s, or partner’s business on a substantially full-time basis may elect to be covered by the workers’...”

• Iowa Code § 85.61(8)(c) (Definitions, idiopathic or unexplained falls)

  “Personal injuries due to idiopathic or unexplained falls from a level surface onto the same level surface do not arise out of and in the course of employment and are not compensable under this chapter.”

• Iowa Code § 85.20(2) (Rights of employee exclusive, other employees)

  “Against any other employee of such employer, provided that such injury, occupational disease, or occupational hearing loss arises out of and in the course of such employment and is not caused by the other employee’s gross negligence amounting to such lack of care as to amount to wanton neglect for...”

• Iowa Code § 85.27(1)(c) (Services, replacement prosthetic device)

  “Paragraph “b” shall not apply if a permanent prosthetic device is a replacement of a permanent prosthetic device that is medically necessary as a result of a compensable injury that occurred while the employee was employed by the employer and the replacement of the prosthetic device would be...”

• Iowa Code § 85.34(2)(l) (Permanent disabilities, scheduled loss of a hand)

  “l. For the loss of a hand, weekly compensation during one hundred ninety weeks.”

• Iowa Code § 85.23 (Workers compensation, notice of injury)

  “Unless the employer or the employer’s representative shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of an injury received within ninety days from the date of the occurrence of the injury, or unless the employee or someone on the employee’s behalf or a dependent or someone on the dependent’s behalf...”

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