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Iowa

Region
Iowa
Required to Report
Yes
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health Services
Phone 1
800-972-2026 (work days) or 800-362-2736 after hours/weekends/holidays
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
Seven days
Reporting Notes

Reporting can be done by phone or by email/fax. If by email or fax, use the Environmental and Occupational Illness Reporting Form found here: www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/reportable_diseases.asp

Mandated to report
PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals
WPS Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Pesticide Bureau: http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/Pesticide/pdf/2015/Enforcement2014_06FINAL.pdf

Coverage for Farmworkers
Required (with limitations)
Limitations
Workers' compensation is only required where the employer's total cash wage payments in the previous year (excluding family members) were at least $2,500. If not required, an employer may elect to provide workers' comp.
Statute
Iowa Code Ann. § 85.1(3), (6) (2009)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Not Defined in Statue or Case Law
Case Law
Neither statute nor case law answers this question.
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
There is no case law answering this question