A claim for occupational hearing loss due to excessive noise exposure may be filed beginning one month after separation from the employment in which the employee was subjected to excessive noise exposure. The date of the injury shall be the date of occurrence of any one of the following events:
1. Transfer from excessive noise exposure employment by an employer.
2. Retirement.
3. Termination of the employer-employee relationship.
The date of injury for a layoff which continues for a period longer than one year shall be six months after the date of the layoff. However, the date of the injury for any loss of hearing incurred prior to January 1, 1981 shall not be earlier than the occurrence of any one of the above events.
[C81, § 85B.8]
98 Acts, ch 1160, § 4, 5
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