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Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 50-6-101. Short Title — Controlling Law - This chapter shall be cited to as the “Workers' Compensation...
§ 50-6-101. Short Title. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 50-6-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 50-6-102. Chapter Definitions. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 50-6-105. Relief Associations or Funds for Benefit of Employees, Spouses and Dependents Unaffected - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as amending or...
§ 50-6-106. Employments Not Covered - This chapter shall not apply to:
§ 50-6-106. Employments Not Covered. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - This chapter shall not apply to:
§ 50-6-107. Application to Coal Mine Operators and Employees - This chapter shall apply to coal mine operators and to...
§ 50-6-109. Nonperformance of Statutory Duty Not Relieved - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any...
§ 50-6-111. Defenses Not Available to Employer Failing to Secure Payment of Compensation. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - No employer who fails to secure payment of compensation as...
§ 50-6-116. Construction of Chapter - For any claim for workers' compensation benefits for an injury,...
§ 50-6-116. Construction of Chapter. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - The rule of common law requiring strict construction of statutes...
§ 50-6-117. Suits by Corporation Officer Against Employer. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - Every employee who is a corporate officer and who elects...
§ 50-6-118. Penalties - The bureau of workers' compensation shall, by rule promulgated pursuant...
§ 50-6-126. Medical Director - The administrator shall appoint a medical director who shall be...
§ 50-6-126. Medical Director. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - The commissioner shall appoint a medical director who shall be...
§ 50-6-128. Penalty for Employer Causing Compensable Claim to Be Paid by Health Insurance or Failing to Provide Necessary Medical Treatment - If any employer knowingly, willfully, and intentionally causes a medical...
§ 50-6-128. Penalty for Employer Causing Compensable Claim to Be Paid by Health Insurance or Failing to Provide Necessary Medical Treatment. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - If any employer knowingly, willfully, and intentionally causes a medical...
§ 50-6-131. Confidentiality of Medical Records - Medical records provided to the bureau of workers' compensation in...
§ 50-6-131. Confidentiality of Medical Records. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - Medical records provided to the division of workers' compensation in...
§ 50-6-132. Report of Employers Who Fail to Provide Coverage - No later than December 31 of each year, the bureau...
§ 50-6-133. Continuing Education Programs on Workers' Compensation. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - It is the duty of the administrative office of the...
§ 50-6-134. Annual Review - The bureau shall, on or before July 1, 2015, and...
§ 50-6-134. Annual Review. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall, on or before...
§ 50-6-135. Medical Advisory Committee - (1) The administrator shall appoint a medical advisory committee comprised...
Part 2 - Claims and Payment of Compensation
§ 50-6-204. Medical Treatment, Attendance and Hospitalization — Release of Medical Records — Reports — Disputes — Reimbursement or Payment of Expenses — Burial Expenses — Physical Examinations — Pain Management. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prio... - THIS MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION FORM ONLY PERMITS THE EMPLOYER OR THE...
§ 50-6-207. Schedule of Compensation - The following is the schedule of compensation to be allowed...
§ 50-6-207. Schedule of Compensation. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - The following is the schedule of compensation to be allowed...
§ 50-6-219. Education and Training Program for Workers' Compensation Mediators, Judges, Chief Judge, Ombudsman and Judges of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board - The administrator shall institute and maintain an education and training...
§ 50-6-222. Preference or Priority of Rights of Compensation - All rights of compensation granted by this chapter shall have...
§ 50-6-228. Copies of Settlements and Releases — Filing. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - Copies of all settlements and releases shall be filed by...
§ 50-6-230. Awards and Agreed Settlements — Finality. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - All settlements of compensation by agreement of the parties and...
§ 50-6-231. Lump Sum Payments Final — Modification of Periodic Payments for More Than Six Months. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - All amounts paid by the employer and received by the...
§ 50-6-237. Court of Workers' Compensation Claims - There is created the court of workers' compensation claims in...
§ 50-6-238. Assistance of Workers' Compensation Specialist in Determining Award of Benefits — Authority of Specialist — Refunds — Specialist's Determination as Evidence — Penalty for Noncompliance With Specialist's Order. [Applicable to Injuries... - [See the Compiler's Notes.]
§ 50-6-246. Rules and Regulations Governing Medical Impairment Rating. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - To assure employees, employers and the department have the information...
Part 3 - Occupational Diseases
§ 50-6-304. Last Employer Liable - When an employee has an occupational disease, the employer in...
Part 4 - Insurance
§ 50-6-406. Evidence of Compliance to Be Filed — Penalty for Failing to Comply — Liability to Employee in Damages — Defenses - Every employer, or the employer's insurance carrier unless the employer...
§ 50-6-407. Certificate of Compliance With Insurance Provisions - Every individual, firm, association, or corporation using the services of...
§ 50-6-407. Certificate of Compliance With Insurance Provisions. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - Every individual, firm, association, or corporation using the services of...
§ 50-6-408. Mandatory Policy Provisions - All policies insuring the payment of compensation under this chapter,...
§ 50-6-410. Violations of § 50-6-405 - The grand jury of every county in the state is...
§ 50-6-417. Dispute of Experience Modification Factor - In cases where an employer disputes an experience modification factor...
§ 50-6-420. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the general assembly that upon...
§ 50-6-421. Requesting and Obtaining Information on Employer Workers’ Compensation Insurance Policies to Ensure Compliance With Law — Confidentiality — What Constitutes Public Record - The administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation may request...
Part 5 - Safe Employment Practices
§ 50-6-505. Civil Liability of Labor Organization - When an employee incurs an injury compensable under this chapter,...
Part 6 - Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Act of 1992
§ 50-6-602. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 50-6-603. Purpose and Organization of Fund - The fund shall be created as a nonprofit independent public...
§ 50-6-605. Management of Fund - The management and control of the fund is vested solely...
§ 50-6-608. Nonliability of Board Members, Officers or Employees - The members of the board and officers or employees of...
§ 50-6-609. Scope of Insurance by Fund - The fund shall insure an employer against any workers' compensation...
§ 50-6-609. Scope of Insurance by Fund. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - The fund shall insure an employer against any workers' compensation...
§ 50-6-610. Powers of Fund - For purposes of exercising the specific powers granted in this...
§ 50-6-615. Property of Fund — Fund Employees - All premiums and other money paid to the fund, all...
§ 50-6-616. Appropriations Prohibited Except as Provided in § 50-6-621 - The fund shall not receive any state appropriation at any...
§ 50-6-617. Fund Not a State Agency - The fund shall not be considered a state agency for...
§ 50-6-618. Rules for Sale of Coverage by Agents - Private independent insurance agents licensed to sell workers' compensation insurance...
§ 50-6-619. Annual Report Required - The board shall submit an annual report to the governor...
§ 50-6-620. Contents of Annual Report - The board shall annually report to the general assembly, governor,...
§ 50-6-621. Bonds, Appropriation for Start-Up Costs - The state is authorized to issue bonds in accordance with...
§ 50-6-622. Start-Up of Operations - The fund shall begin providing workers' compensation insurance coverage when...
§ 50-6-623. Submission and Review of Organizational and Operating Plans - Before the fund established by this part shall enter into...
§ 50-6-623. Submission and Review of Organizational and Operating Plans. [Applicable to Injuries Occurring Prior to July 1, 2014.] - Before the fund established by this part shall enter into...
Part 7 - Interlocal Agreements by Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Utilities
§ 50-6-701. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 50-6-703. Association Captive Insurance Companies as Administrators for Certain Entities - An association captive insurance company may, directly or through an...
§ 50-6-705. Liberal Construction - This part shall be liberally construed to permit electric cooperatives...
Part 8 - Uninsured Employers Fund -
Part 9 - Construction Services Providers
§ 50-6-901. Part Definitions - For purposes of this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 50-6-905. Filing of Application — Issuance of Notice — Publication on Registry — Correction of Documents Filed With Secretary of State — Address and Change of Address — Fine - If a construction services provider's application delivered to the secretary...
§ 50-6-907. Term of Validity of Exemption — Renewal - The exemption obtained pursuant to this part shall be valid...
§ 50-6-908. Revocation of Exemption by Provider or Secretary of State - (1) Any construction services provider who obtains an exemption and...
§ 50-6-910. Action to Recover Damages - Any action to recover damages for injury, as defined by...
§ 50-6-912. Fees - The secretary of state may charge the following maximum fees...
§ 50-6-915. Records Not Open — Exception for Registry - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, records maintained by the...
§ 50-6-916. Contractor May Require a Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance - Nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing or...
§ 50-6-917. Coverage by a Policy of Workers' Compensation Issued Through Assigned Risk Plan - A policy of workers' compensation insurance issued through the assigned...
§ 50-6-918. Annual Recommendations Regarding Programs and Services Funded Through the Employee Misclassification Education and Enforcement Fund - Beginning with fiscal year 2012-2013, and each fiscal year thereafter,...
§ 50-6-921. Effective Date of Exemption — Maintaining Exemption Under Prior Law - The construction services provider workers' compensation exemption for any provider...