Any party may file an application for rehearing of a proposed decision in any contested case by a deputy workers' compensation commissioner or a decision in any contested case by the workers' compensation commissioner within 20 days after the issuance of the decision in WCES. If a party has been granted a waiver of the mandatory use of WCES, the party shall file the application for rehearing with the division of workers' compensation and serve a copy on the other parties. An application for rehearing shall be deemed denied unless the deputy workers' compensation commissioner or workers' compensation commissioner rendering the decision grants the application within 20 days after its filing. For purposes of this rule, motions or requests for reconsideration or new trial or retrial or any reexamination of any decision, ruling, or order shall be treated the same as an application for rehearing.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapters 17A, 85, 85A, 85B and 86.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 876-4.24