A proprietor or partner who is actively engaged in the proprietor's or partner's business on a substantially full- time basis, may elect to be covered by the workers' compensa- tion law of this state by purchasing valid workers' compensa- tion insurance specifically including the proprietor or partner. The election constitutes an assumption by the em- ployer of workers' compensation liability for the proprietor or partner for the time period in which the insurance contract is in force. The proprietor or partner shall accept compensation in the manner provided by the workers' compenation law and the employer is relieved from any other li- ability for recovery of damages, or other compensation for injury.
86 Acts, ch 1074, §1
Referred to in § 85.61
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