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85A.13 PROVISIONS RELATING TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
1. Pneumoconiosis defined. Whenever used in this chapter,
"pneumoconiosis" shall mean the characteristic fibrotic condition
of the lungs caused by the inhalation of dust particles.
2. Presumptions. In the absence of conclusive evidence in
favor of the claim, disability or death from pneumoconiosis shall be
presumed not to be due to the nature of any occupation within the
provisions of this chapter unless during the ten years immediately
preceding the disablement of the employee who has been exposed to the
inhalation of dust particles over a period of not less than five
years, two years of which shall have been in employment in this
state.
3. Pneumoconiosis complicated with other diseases. In case
of disability or death from pneumoconiosis complicated with
tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation shall be payable as for
uncomplicated pneumoconiosis, provided, however, that the
pneumoconiosis was an essential factor in causing such disability or
death. In case of disability or death from pneumoconiosis
complicated with any other disease, or from any other disease
complicated with pneumoconiosis, the compensation shall be reduced as
herein provided. Section History: Early Form
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85A.13] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1053, § 1
