85.70 - ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR ATTENDANCE.
85.70 ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR ATTENDANCE.
An employee who has sustained an injury resulting in permanent
partial or permanent total disability, for which compensation is
payable under this chapter, and who cannot return to gainful
employment because of such disability, shall upon application to and
approval by the workers' compensation commissioner be entitled to a
one hundred dollar weekly payment from the employer in addition to
any other benefit payments, during each full week in which the
employee is actively participating in a vocational rehabilitation
program recognized by the vocational rehabilitation services division
of the department of education. The workers' compensation
commissioner's approval of such application for payment may be given
only after a careful evaluation of available facts, and after
consultation with the employer or the employer's representative.
Judicial review of the decision of the workers' compensation
commissioner may be obtained in accordance with the terms of the Iowa
administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, and in section 86.26.
Such additional benefit payment shall be paid for a period not to
exceed thirteen consecutive weeks except that the workers'
compensation commissioner may extend the period of payment not to
exceed an additional thirteen weeks if the circumstances indicate
that a continuation of training will in fact accomplish
rehabilitation. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.70] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1127, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1061, § 11; 2003 Acts, ch 44,
§114; 2004 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1001, §13, 18