85A.22 EXAMINATION OF EMPLOYEE BY PHYSICIANS.
The physicians designated in section 85A.20, upon reference to
them by the workers' compensation commissioner of a claim for
occupational disease, shall notify the claimant or claimants and the
employer or the employer's insurance carrier to appear before the
physicians at a time and place stated in the notice. If the employee
is alive, the employee shall appear before the physicians at the time
and place specified to submit to such clinical and x-ray examinations
as the physicians may require. The claimant and the employer shall
each be entitled, at the claimant's or employer's own expense, to
have present at all examinations conducted by the physicians, a
physician admitted to practice in the state, who shall be given every
reasonable opportunity for participating in all examinations. If a
physician admitted to practice in the state certifies that the
employee is physically unable to appear at the time and place
specified, the physicians shall, on notice to the parties, change the
time and place of examination to another time and place as may
reasonably facilitate the examination of the employee. Proceedings
shall be suspended and no compensation shall be payable for any
period during which the employee refuses to submit to such
examination.
85A.22 EXAMINATION OF EMPLOYEE BY PHYSICIANS.
The physicians designated in section 85A.20, upon reference to
them by the workers' compensation commissioner of a claim for
occupational disease, shall notify the claimant or claimants and the
employer or the employer's insurance carrier to appear before the
physicians at a time and place stated in the notice. If the employee
is alive, the employee shall appear before the physicians at the time
and place specified to submit to such clinical and x-ray examinations
as the physicians may require. The claimant and the employer shall
each be entitled, at the claimant's or employer's own expense, to
have present at all examinations conducted by the physicians, a
physician admitted to practice in the state, who shall be given every
reasonable opportunity for participating in all examinations. If a
physician admitted to practice in the state certifies that the
employee is physically unable to appear at the time and place
specified, the physicians shall, on notice to the parties, change the
time and place of examination to another time and place as may
reasonably facilitate the examination of the employee. Proceedings
shall be suspended and no compensation shall be payable for any
period during which the employee refuses to submit to such
examination.
85A.22 EXAMINATION OF EMPLOYEE BY PHYSICIANS.
The physicians designated in section 85A.20, upon reference to
them by the workers' compensation commissioner of a claim for
occupational disease, shall notify the claimant or claimants and the
employer or the employer's insurance carrier to appear before the
physicians at a time and place stated in the notice. If the employee
is alive, the employee shall appear before the physicians at the time
and place specified to submit to such clinical and x-ray examinations
as the physicians may require. The claimant and the employer shall
each be entitled, at the claimant's or employer's own expense, to
have present at all examinations conducted by the physicians, a
physician admitted to practice in the state, who shall be given every
reasonable opportunity for participating in all examinations. If a
physician admitted to practice in the state certifies that the
employee is physically unable to appear at the time and place
specified, the physicians shall, on notice to the parties, change the
time and place of examination to another time and place as may
reasonably facilitate the examination of the employee. Proceedings
shall be suspended and no compensation shall be payable for any
period during which the employee refuses to submit to such
examination.
