Iowa Code 85B.3 – Loss in course of employment
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 85B.3
- Occupational hearing loss: means that portion of a permanent sensorineural loss of hearing in one or both ears that exceeds an average hearing level of twenty-five decibels for the frequencies five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, and three thousand Hertz, arising out of and in the course of employment caused by excessive noise exposure. See Iowa Code 85B.4
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.