85.39 EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEES.
After an injury, the employee, if requested by the employer, shall
submit for examination at some reasonable time and place and as often
as reasonably requested, to a physician or physicians authorized to
practice under the laws of this state or another state, without cost
to the employee; but if the employee requests, the employee, at the
employee's own cost, is entitled to have a physician or physicians of
the employee's own selection present to participate in the
examination. If an employee is required to leave work for which the
employee is being paid wages to attend the requested examination, the
employee shall be compensated at the employee's regular rate for the
time the employee is required to leave work, and the employee shall
be furnished transportation to and from the place of examination, or
the employer may elect to pay the employee the reasonable cost of the
transportation. The refusal of the employee to submit to the
examination shall suspend the employee's right to any compensation
for the period of the refusal. Compensation shall not be payable for
the period of suspension.
If an evaluation of permanent disability has been made by a
physician retained by the employer and the employee believes this
evaluation to be too low, the employee shall, upon application to the
commissioner and upon delivery of a copy of the application to the
employer and its insurance carrier, be reimbursed by the employer the
reasonable fee for a subsequent examination by a physician of the
employee's own choice, and reasonably necessary transportation
expenses incurred for the examination. The physician chosen by the
employee has the right to confer with and obtain from the
employer-retained physician sufficient history of the injury to make
a proper examination.
85.39 EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEES.
After an injury, the employee, if requested by the employer, shall
submit for examination at some reasonable time and place and as often
as reasonably requested, to a physician or physicians authorized to
practice under the laws of this state or another state, without cost
to the employee; but if the employee requests, the employee, at the
employee's own cost, is entitled to have a physician or physicians of
the employee's own selection present to participate in the
examination. If an employee is required to leave work for which the
employee is being paid wages to attend the requested examination, the
employee shall be compensated at the employee's regular rate for the
time the employee is required to leave work, and the employee shall
be furnished transportation to and from the place of examination, or
the employer may elect to pay the employee the reasonable cost of the
transportation. The refusal of the employee to submit to the
examination shall suspend the employee's right to any compensation
for the period of the refusal. Compensation shall not be payable for
the period of suspension.
If an evaluation of permanent disability has been made by a
physician retained by the employer and the employee believes this
evaluation to be too low, the employee shall, upon application to the
commissioner and upon delivery of a copy of the application to the
employer and its insurance carrier, be reimbursed by the employer the
reasonable fee for a subsequent examination by a physician of the
employee's own choice, and reasonably necessary transportation
expenses incurred for the examination. The physician chosen by the
employee has the right to confer with and obtain from the
employer-retained physician sufficient history of the injury to make
a proper examination.
85.39 EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEES.
After an injury, the employee, if requested by the employer, shall
submit for examination at some reasonable time and place and as often
as reasonably requested, to a physician or physicians authorized to
practice under the laws of this state or another state, without cost
to the employee; but if the employee requests, the employee, at the
employee's own cost, is entitled to have a physician or physicians of
the employee's own selection present to participate in the
examination. If an employee is required to leave work for which the
employee is being paid wages to attend the requested examination, the
employee shall be compensated at the employee's regular rate for the
time the employee is required to leave work, and the employee shall
be furnished transportation to and from the place of examination, or
the employer may elect to pay the employee the reasonable cost of the
transportation. The refusal of the employee to submit to the
examination shall suspend the employee's right to any compensation
for the period of the refusal. Compensation shall not be payable for
the period of suspension.
If an evaluation of permanent disability has been made by a
physician retained by the employer and the employee believes this
evaluation to be too low, the employee shall, upon application to the
commissioner and upon delivery of a copy of the application to the
employer and its insurance carrier, be reimbursed by the employer the
reasonable fee for a subsequent examination by a physician of the
employee's own choice, and reasonably necessary transportation
expenses incurred for the examination. The physician chosen by the
employee has the right to confer with and obtain from the
employer-retained physician sufficient history of the injury to make
a proper examination.
