TERNUS, Justice.
Iowa's workers' compensation statute requires an employer to reimburse an employee for the costs of an independent medical examination (IME) when "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." Iowa Code § 85.39 (1997). In this case, the industrial commissioner ruled that the employer was required to pay for its employee's IME, even though the...
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