California Code
Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE

PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 3200. - 3200. The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term...

Section 3201. - 3201. This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300)...

Section 3201.5. - 3201.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 3201.7. - 3201.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department...

Section 3201.81. - 3201.81. In the horse racing industry, the organization certified by...

Section 3201.9. - 3201.9. (a) On or before June 30, 2004, and biannually...

Section 3202. - 3202. This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300)...

Section 3202.5. - 3202.5. All parties and lien claimants shall meet the evidentiary...

Section 3203. - 3203. This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300)...

Section 3204. - 3204. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set...

Section 3205. - 3205. “Division” means the Division of Workers’ Compensation. (Amended by...

Section 3205.5. - 3205.5. “Appeals board” means the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of...

Section 3206. - 3206. “Administrative director” means the Director of the Division of...

Section 3207. - 3207. “Compensation” means compensation under this division and includes every...

Section 3208. - 3208. “Injury” includes any injury or disease arising out of...

Section 3208.05. - 3208.05. (a) “Injury” includes a reaction to or a side...

Section 3208.1. - 3208.1. An injury may be either: (a) “specific,” occurring as...

Section 3208.2. - 3208.2. When disability, need for medical treatment, or death results...

Section 3208.3. - 3208.3. (a) A psychiatric injury shall be compensable if it...

Section 3208.4. - 3208.4. In any proceeding under this division involving an injury...

Section 3209. - 3209. “Damages” means the recovery allowed in an action at...

Section 3209.3. - 3209.3. (a) “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons holding an M.D....

Section 3209.4. - 3209.4. The inclusion of optometrists in Section 3209.3 does not...

Section 3209.5. - 3209.5. Medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical...

Section 3209.6. - 3209.6. The inclusion of chiropractors in Sections 3209.3 and 3209.5...

Section 3209.7. - 3209.7. Treatment of injuries at the expense of the employer...

Section 3209.8. - 3209.8. Treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve from the...

Section 3209.9. - 3209.9. The inclusion of acupuncturists in Section 3209.3 does not...

Section 3209.10. - 3209.10. (a) Medical treatment of a work-related injury required to...

Section 3209.11. - 3209.11. (a) An employer, workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or...

Section 3210. - 3210. “Person” includes an individual, firm, voluntary association, or a...

Section 3211. - 3211. “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any...

Section 3211.5. - 3211.5. For purposes of this division, whenever the term “firefighter,”...

Section 3211.9. - 3211.9. “Disaster council” means a public agency established by ordinance...

Section 3211.91. - 3211.91. “Accredited disaster council” means a disaster council that is...

Section 3211.92. - 3211.92. (a) “Disaster service worker” means any natural person who...

Section 3211.93. - 3211.93. “Disaster service” means all activities authorized by and carried...

Section 3211.93a. - 3211.93a. “Disaster service” does not include any activities or functions...

Section 3212. - 3212. In the case of members of a sheriff’s office...

Section 3212.1. - 3212.1. (a) This section applies to all of the following:...

Section 3212.15. - 3212.15. (a) This section applies to all of the following:...

Section 3212.2. - 3212.2. In the case of officers and employees in the...

Section 3212.3. - 3212.3. In the case of a peace officer who is...

Section 3212.4. - 3212.4. In the case of a member of a University...

Section 3212.5. - 3212.5. In the case of a member of a police...

Section 3212.6. - 3212.6. In the case of a member of a police...

Section 3212.7. - 3212.7. In the case of an employee in the Department...

Section 3212.8. - 3212.8. (a) In the case of members of a sheriff’s...

Section 3212.85. - 3212.85. (a) This section applies to peace officers described in...

Section 3212.86. - 3212.86. (a) This section applies to any employee with a...

Section 3212.87. - 3212.87. (a) This section applies to the following employees: (1)...

Section 3212.88. - 3212.88. (a) This section applies to employees who are not...

Section 3212.9. - 3212.9. In the case of a member of a police...

Section 3212.10. - 3212.10. In the case of a peace officer of the...

Section 3212.11. - 3212.11. This section applies to both of the following: (a)...

Section 3212.12. - 3212.12. (a) This section applies to peace officers, as defined...

Section 3213. - 3213. In the case of a member of the University...

Section 3213.2. - 3213.2. (a) In the case of a member of a...

Section 3214. - 3214. (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of...

Section 3215. - 3215. Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person acting...

Section 3217. - 3217. (a) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prevent...

Section 3218. - 3218. A violation of Section 3215 is a public offense...

Section 3219. - 3219. (a) (1) Except as otherwise permitted by law, any...

CHAPTER 2 - Employers, Employees, and Dependents

ARTICLE 1 - Employers

Section 3300. - 3300. As used in this division, “employer” means: (a) The...

Section 3301. - 3301. As used in this division, “employer” excludes the following:...

Section 3302. - 3302. (a) (1) When a licensed contractor enters an agreement...

ARTICLE 2 - Employees

Section 3350. - 3350. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 3351. - 3351. “Employee” means every person in the service of an...

Section 3351.5. - 3351.5. “Employee” includes: (a) Any person whose employment training is...

Section 3352. - 3352. (a) “Employee,” excludes the following: (1) A person defined...

Section 3352.94. - 3352.94. “Employee” excludes a disaster service worker while performing services...

Section 3353. - 3353. “Independent contractor” means any person who renders service for...

Section 3354. - 3354. Employers of employees defined by subdivision (d) of Section...

Section 3355. - 3355. As used in subdivision (d) of Section 3351, the...

Section 3356. - 3356. As used in subdivision (d) of Section 3351 and...

Section 3357. - 3357. Any person rendering service for another, other than as...

Section 3358. - 3358. Watchmen for nonindustrial establishments, paid by subscription by several...

Section 3360. - 3360. Workmen associating themselves under a partnership agreement, the principal...

Section 3361. - 3361. Each member registered as an active firefighting member of...

Section 3361.5. - 3361.5. Notwithstanding Section 3351, a volunteer, unsalaried person authorized by...

Section 3362. - 3362. Each male or female member registered as an active...

Section 3362.5. - 3362.5. Whenever any qualified person is deputized or appointed by...

Section 3363. - 3363. Each member registered with the Department of Fish and...

Section 3363.5. - 3363.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3351, 3352, and 3357, a person...

Section 3363.6. - 3363.6. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3351, 3352, and 3357, a person...

Section 3364. - 3364. Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 3352,...

Section 3364.5. - 3364.5. Notwithstanding Section 3351 of the Labor Code, a volunteer,...

Section 3364.55. - 3364.55. A ward of the juvenile court engaged in rehabilitative...

Section 3364.6. - 3364.6. Notwithstanding Sections 3351 and 3352, juvenile traffic offenders pursuant...

Section 3364.7. - 3364.7. Notwithstanding Sections 3351 and 3352, a ward of the...

Section 3365. - 3365. For the purposes of this division: (a) Except as...

Section 3366. - 3366. (a) For the purposes of this division, each person...

Section 3367. - 3367. (a) For purposes of this division any person voluntarily...

Section 3368. - 3368. Notwithstanding any provision of this code or the Education...

Section 3369. - 3369. The inclusion of any person or groups of persons...

Section 3370. - 3370. (a) Each inmate of a state penal or correctional...

Section 3370.1. - 3370.1. (a) Each patient in a State Department of State...

Section 3371. - 3371. If the issues are complex or if the inmate...

Section 3371.1. - 3371.1. If the issues are complex or if the patient...

ARTICLE 3 - Dependents

Section 3501. - 3501. (a) A child under the age of 18 years,...

Section 3502. - 3502. In all other cases, questions of entire or partial...

Section 3503. - 3503. No person is a dependent of any deceased employee...

ARTICLE 4 - Employee Notice

Section 3550. - 3550. (a) Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of...

Section 3551. - 3551. (a) Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of...

Section 3553. - 3553. Every employer subject to the compensation provisions of this...

CHAPTER 3 - Conditions of Compensation Liability

Section 3600. - 3600. (a) Liability for the compensation provided by this division,...

Section 3600.1. - 3600.1. (a) Whenever any firefighter of the state, as defined...

Section 3600.2. - 3600.2. (a) Whenever any peace officer, as defined in Section...

Section 3600.3. - 3600.3. (a) For the purposes of Section 3600, an off-duty...

Section 3600.4. - 3600.4. (a) Whenever any firefighter of a city, county, city...

Section 3600.5. - 3600.5. (a) If an employee who has been hired or...

Section 3600.6. - 3600.6. Disaster service workers registered by a disaster council while...

Section 3600.8. - 3600.8. (a) No employee who voluntarily participates in an alternative...

Section 3601. - 3601. (a) Where the conditions of compensation set forth in...

Section 3602. - 3602. (a) Where the conditions of compensation set forth in...

Section 3603. - 3603. Payment of compensation in accordance with the order and...

Section 3604. - 3604. It is not a defense to the State, any...

Section 3605. - 3605. The compensation due an injured minor may be paid...

CHAPTER 4 - Compensation Insurance and Security

ARTICLE 1 - Insurance and Security

Section 3700. - 3700. Every employer except the state shall secure the payment...

Section 3700.1. - 3700.1. As used in this article: (a) “Director” means the...

Section 3700.5. - 3700.5. (a) The failure to secure the payment of compensation...

Section 3701. - 3701. (a) Each year every private self-insuring employer shall secure...

Section 3701.3. - 3701.3. The director shall return to a private self-insured employer...

Section 3701.5. - 3701.5. (a) If the director determines that a private self-insured...

Section 3701.7. - 3701.7. Where any employer requesting coverage under a new or...

Section 3701.8. - 3701.8. (a) As an alternative to each private self-insuring employer...

Section 3701.9. - 3701.9. (a) A certificate of consent to self-insure shall not...

Section 3702. - 3702. (a) A certificate of consent to self-insure may be...

Section 3702.1. - 3702.1. (a) No person, firm, or corporation, other than an...

Section 3702.2. - 3702.2. (a) All self-insured employers shall file a self-insurer’s annual...

Section 3702.3. - 3702.3. Failure to submit reports or information as deemed necessary...

Section 3702.5. - 3702.5. (a) (1) The cost of administration of the public...

Section 3702.6. - 3702.6. (a) The director shall establish an audit program addressing...

Section 3702.7. - 3702.7. A certificate of consent to administer claims of self-insured...

Section 3702.8. - 3702.8. (a) Employers who have ceased to be self-insured employers...

Section 3702.9. - 3702.9. (a) In addition to remedies and penalties otherwise provided...

Section 3702.10. - 3702.10. The director, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...

Section 3703. - 3703. So long as the certificate has not been revoked,...

Section 3705. - 3705. The Self-Insurers’ Security Fund or the surety making payment...

Section 3706. - 3706. If any employer fails to secure the payment of...

Section 3706.5. - 3706.5. The provisions of this article and Sections 4553, 4554,...

Section 3707. - 3707. The injured employee or his dependents may in such...

Section 3708. - 3708. In such action it is presumed that the injury...

Section 3708.5. - 3708.5. If an employee brings such an action for damages,...

Section 3709. - 3709. If, as a result of such action for damages,...

Section 3709.5. - 3709.5. After the payment of attorney’s fees fixed by the...

ARTICLE 2 - Uninsured Employers Fund

Section 3710. - 3710. (a) The Director of Industrial Relations shall enforce the...

Section 3710.1. - 3710.1. Where an employer has failed to secure the payment...

Section 3710.2. - 3710.2. Failure of an employer, officer, or anyone having direction,...

Section 3710.3. - 3710.3. Whenever a stop order has been issued pursuant to...

Section 3711. - 3711. The director, an investigator for the Department of Insurance...

Section 3712. - 3712. (a) The securing of the payment of compensation in...

Section 3714. - 3714. (a) All cases involving the Uninsured Employers Fund or...

Section 3715. - 3715. (a) Any employee, except an employee as defined in...

Section 3716. - 3716. (a) If the employer fails to pay the compensation...

Section 3716.1. - 3716.1. (a) In any hearing, investigation, or proceeding, the Attorney...

Section 3716.2. - 3716.2. Notwithstanding the precise elements of an award of compensation...

Section 3716.3. - 3716.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 3716.4. - 3716.4. Whenever a final judgment has been entered against a...

Section 3716.5. - 3716.5. In the payment of workers’ compensation benefits from the...

Section 3717. - 3717. (a) A findings and award that is the subject...

Section 3717.1. - 3717.1. In any claim in which an alleged uninsured employer...

Section 3717.2. - 3717.2. Upon request of the director, the appeals board shall...

Section 3718. - 3718. The cause of action provided in Section 3717 and...

Section 3719. - 3719. Any suit, action, proceeding, or award brought or made...

Section 3720. - 3720. (a) When the appeals board or the director determines...

Section 3720.1. - 3720.1. (a) In any claim in which the alleged uninsured...

Section 3721. - 3721. The director shall provide the employer with a certificate...

Section 3722. - 3722. (a) At the time the stop order is issued...

Section 3725. - 3725. If an employer desires to contest a penalty assessment...

Section 3726. - 3726. (a) When no petition objecting to a penalty assessment...

Section 3727. - 3727. If the director determines pursuant to Section 3722 that...

Section 3727.1. - 3727.1. The director may withdraw a stop order or a...

Section 3728. - 3728. (a) The director may draw from the State Treasury...

Section 3730. - 3730. When the last day for filing any instrument or...

Section 3731. - 3731. Any stop order or penalty assessment order may be...

Section 3732. - 3732. (a) If compensation is paid or becomes payable from...

Section 3733. - 3733. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Self-Insurers Security Fund

Section 3740. - 3740. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 3741. - 3741. As used in this article: (a) “Director” means the...

Section 3742. - 3742. (a) The Self-Insurers’ Security Fund shall be established as...

Section 3743. - 3743. (a) Upon order of the director pursuant to Section...

Section 3744. - 3744. (a) (1) The fund shall have the right and...

Section 3745. - 3745. (a) The fund shall maintain cash, readily marketable securities,...

Section 3746. - 3746. The fund shall annually contract for an independent certified...

Section 3747. - 3747. This article shall be known and may be referred...

ARTICLE 3 - Insurance Rights and Privileges

Section 3750. - 3750. Nothing in this division shall affect: (a) The organization...

Section 3751. - 3751. (a) No employer shall exact or receive from any...

Section 3752. - 3752. Liability for compensation shall not be reduced or affected...

Section 3753. - 3753. The person entitled to compensation may, irrespective of any...

Section 3754. - 3754. Except as provided in paragraph (12) of subdivision (f)...

Section 3755. - 3755. If the employer is insured against liability for compensation,...

Section 3756. - 3756. If at the time of the suffering of a...

Section 3757. - 3757. If it thereafter appears to the satisfaction of the...

Section 3758. - 3758. A proceeding to obtain compensation shall not abate on...

Section 3759. - 3759. The appeals board may enter its order relieving the...

Section 3760. - 3760. Every employer who is insured against any liability imposed...

Section 3761. - 3761. (a) An insurer securing an employer’s liability under this...

Section 3762. - 3762. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

ARTICLE 4 - Construction Permit

Section 3800. - 3800. (a) Every county or city which requires the issuance...

ARTICLE 5 - Workers Compensation Misrepresentations

Section 3820. - 3820. (a) In enacting this section, the Legislature declares that...

Section 3822. - 3822. The administrative director shall, on an annual basis, provide...

Section 3823. - 3823. (a) The administrative director, in coordination with the Bureau...

CHAPTER 5 - Subrogation of Employer

Section 3850. - 3850. As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee” includes the...

Section 3851. - 3851. The death of the employee or of any other...

Section 3852. - 3852. The claim of an employee, including, but not limited...

Section 3853. - 3853. If either the employee or the employer brings an...

Section 3854. - 3854. If the action is prosecuted by the employer alone,...

Section 3855. - 3855. If the employee joins in or prosecutes such action,...

Section 3856. - 3856. In the event of suit against such third party:...

Section 3857. - 3857. The court shall, upon further application at any time...

Section 3858. - 3858. After payment of litigation expenses and attorneys’ fees fixed...

Section 3859. - 3859. (a) No release or settlement of any claim under...

Section 3860. - 3860. (a) No release or settlement under this chapter, with...

Section 3861. - 3861. The appeals board is empowered to and shall allow,...

Section 3862. - 3862. Any employer entitled to and who has been allowed...

Section 3864. - 3864. If an action as provided in this chapter prosecuted...

Section 3865. - 3865. Any judgment or settlement of an action as provided...

CHAPTER 7 - Medical Examinations

Section 4050. - 4050. Whenever the right to compensation under this division exists...

Section 4051. - 4051. The request or order for the medical examination shall...

Section 4052. - 4052. The employee may employ at his own expense a...

Section 4053. - 4053. So long as the employee, after written request of...

Section 4054. - 4054. If the employee fails or refuses to submit to...

Section 4055. - 4055. Any physician who makes or is present at any...

Section 4055.2. - 4055.2. Any party who subpoenas records in any proceeding under...

Section 4056. - 4056. No compensation is payable in case of the death...

CHAPTER 8 - Election to Be Subject to Compensation Liability

Section 4150. - 4150. When an employer has in his employment any person...

Section 4151. - 4151. Election on the part of the employer shall be...

Section 4152. - 4152. The statement, when filed, shall operate, within the meaning...

Section 4153. - 4153. Such statement of acceptance includes persons whose employment is...

Section 4154. - 4154. Where any employer has made an election in either...

Section 4155. - 4155. The State and each county, city, district, and public...

Section 4156. - 4156. Liability for compensation does not attach to any employer...

Section 4157. - 4157. Where any employer has made an election pursuant to...

CHAPTER 9 - Economic Opportunity Programs

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4201. - 4201. It is the intent of this chapter to apply...

Section 4202. - 4202. “Economic Opportunity Program” means any program adopted pursuant to...

Section 4203. - 4203. “Enrollee” means any person enrolled in an economic opportunity...

Section 4204. - 4204. “Sponsoring agency” means any agency, entity, or institution, public...

Section 4205. - 4205. “Participating agency” means any agency, entity or institution, public...

Section 4206. - 4206. Except as provided in this chapter, an enrollee within...

Section 4207. - 4207. Compensation shall be furnished an enrollee for injury or...

Section 4208. - 4208. Where the conditions of compensation exist, the right to...

Section 4209. - 4209. Insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of this...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits

Section 4211. - 4211. Where liability for compensation exists, such compensation shall be...

Section 4212. - 4212. If an enrollee suffers injury or death in the...

Section 4213. - 4213. If the injury sustained by an enrollee causes permanent...

Section 4214. - 4214. In addition to death benefit in the event of...

ARTICLE 3 - Adjustment of Claims

Section 4226. - 4226. Should the United States government or any agent thereof,...

Section 4227. - 4227. If the United States government or any agent thereof...

Section 4228. - 4228. If the furnishing of medical treatment by the United...

Section 4229. - 4229. If the furnishing of compensation benefits to an enrollee...

CHAPTER 10 - Disaster Service Workers

Section 4350. - 4350. The Office of Emergency Services shall administer this chapter...

Section 4351. - 4351. Compensation provided by this division is the exclusive remedy...

Section 4352. - 4352. (a) No compensation shall be paid or furnished to...

Section 4353. - 4353. If a disaster service worker suffers injury or death...

Section 4354. - 4354. If the injury sustained by a disaster service worker...

Section 4355. - 4355. (a) Should the United States Government or any agent...

CHAPTER 11 - Asbestos Workers Account

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4401. - 4401. It is the declared policy of the state that...

Section 4402. - 4402. (a) “Asbestosis” means any pathology, whether or not combined...

Section 4403. - 4403. The Asbestos Workers’ Account is hereby created in the...

Section 4404. - 4404. Insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of this...

Section 4405. - 4405. Where the conditions of compensation exist under this division...

Section 4406. - 4406. (a) Payments as advances on workers’ compensation asbestos workers’...

ARTICLE 2 - Benefits

Section 4407. - 4407. When the account determines that the conditions in Section...

Section 4407.3. - 4407.3. For purposes of this chapter, the death benefit shall...

Section 4407.5. - 4407.5. Benefits provided by this chapter shall not be commuted...

Section 4408. - 4408. Prior to seeking compensation benefits under this chapter, the...

Section 4409. - 4409. The Director of Industrial Relations, or his or her...

Section 4409.5. - 4409.5. The administrative director shall appoint workers’ compensation judges and...

Section 4410. - 4410. The administrative director shall appoint at least two information...

Section 4411. - 4411. (a) When a claim is made against the Asbestos...

ARTICLE 3 - Collections

Section 4412. - 4412. The Asbestos Workers’ Account shall take all reasonable and...

Section 4413. - 4413. No limitation of time provided by this division shall...

Section 4414. - 4414. Immediately following the receipt of knowledge of initiation of...

Section 4415. - 4415. In any hearing or proceeding, the Director of Industrial...

Section 4416. - 4416. Once an agreement as to the responsible employer is...

Section 4417. - 4417. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude...

Section 4418. - 4418. The provisions of this chapter providing for the payment...

PART 2 - COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION

CHAPTER 1 - Average Earnings

Section 4451. - 4451. Average annual earnings shall be taken as fifty-two times...

Section 4452. - 4452. Four times the average annual earnings shall be taken...

Section 4452.5. - 4452.5. As used in this division: (a) “Permanent total disability”...

Section 4453. - 4453. (a) In computing average annual earnings for the purposes...

Section 4453.5. - 4453.5. Benefits payable on account of an injury shall not...

Section 4454. - 4454. In determining average weekly earnings within the limits fixed...

Section 4455. - 4455. If the injured employee is under 18 years of...

Section 4456. - 4456. Where any employee is injured while engaged on any...

Section 4457. - 4457. In the event the average weekly earnings of workmen...

Section 4458. - 4458. If a member registered as an active firefighting member...

Section 4458.2. - 4458.2. If an active peace officer of any department as...

Section 4458.5. - 4458.5. If a member suffers “an injury” following termination of...

Section 4459. - 4459. The fact that an employee has suffered a previous...

CHAPTER 2 - Compensation Schedules

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4550. - 4550. Where liability for compensation exists under this division, such...

Section 4551. - 4551. Where the injury is caused by the serious and...

Section 4552. - 4552. The reduction of compensation because of the serious and...

Section 4553. - 4553. The amount of compensation otherwise recoverable shall be increased...

Section 4553.1. - 4553.1. In order to support a holding of serious and...

Section 4554. - 4554. In case of the willful failure by an employer...

Section 4555. - 4555. In case of failure by an employer to secure...

Section 4555.5. - 4555.5. Whenever a petition to reduce an award, based upon...

Section 4556. - 4556. The increases provided for by this article shall not...

Section 4557. - 4557. Where the injury is to an employee under 16...

Section 4558. - 4558. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means...

ARTICLE 2 - Medical and Hospital Treatment

Section 4600. - 4600. (a) Medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, licensed clinical social worker,...

Section 4600.05. - 4600.05. (a) An employer, as defined in Section 3300, shall...

Section 4600.1. - 4600.1. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), any person or entity...

Section 4600.2. - 4600.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4600, if a self-insured employer, group...

Section 4600.3. - 4600.3. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 4600, when a self-insured employer,...

Section 4600.35. - 4600.35. Any entity seeking to reimburse health care providers for...

Section 4600.4. - 4600.4. (a) A workers’ compensation insurer, third-party administrator, or other...

Section 4600.5. - 4600.5. (a) Any health care service plan licensed pursuant to...

Section 4600.6. - 4600.6. Any workers’ compensation insurer, third-party administrator, or other entity...

Section 4600.7. - 4600.7. (a) The Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Fund is hereby...

Section 4601. - 4601. (a) If the employee so requests, the employer shall...

Section 4602. - 4602. If the employee so requests, the employer shall procure...

Section 4603. - 4603. If the employer desires a change of physicians or...

Section 4603.2. - 4603.2. (a) (1) Upon selecting a physician pursuant to Section...

Section 4603.3. - 4603.3. (a) Upon payment, adjustment, or denial of a complete...

Section 4603.4. - 4603.4. (a) The administrative director shall adopt rules and regulations...

Section 4603.5. - 4603.5. The administrative director shall adopt rules pertaining to the...

Section 4603.6. - 4603.6. (a) If the only dispute is the amount of...

Section 4604. - 4604. Controversies between employer and employee arising under this chapter...

Section 4604.5. - 4604.5. (a) The recommended guidelines set forth in the medical...

Section 4605. - 4605. Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit the right...

Section 4606. - 4606. Any county, city and county, city, school district, or...

Section 4607. - 4607. Where a party to a proceeding institutes proceedings to...

Section 4608. - 4608. No workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or agent of...

Section 4609. - 4609. (a) In order to prevent the improper selling, leasing,...

Section 4610. - 4610. (a) For purposes of this section, “utilization review” means...

Section 4610.1. - 4610.1. An employee shall not be entitled to an increase...

Section 4610.3. - 4610.3. (a) Regardless of whether an employer has established a...

Section 4610.5. - 4610.5. (a) This section applies to the following disputes: (1)...

Section 4610.6. - 4610.6. (a) Upon receipt of a case pursuant to Section...

Section 4611. - 4611. (a) When a contracting agent sells, leases, or transfers...

Section 4614. - 4614. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 5307.1, where the employee’s individual...

Section 4614.1. - 4614.1. Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 1345 of the Health...

Section 4615. - 4615. (a) Upon the filing of criminal charges against a...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Medical Provider Networks

Section 4616. - 4616. (a) (1) An insurer, employer, or entity that provides...

Section 4616.1. - 4616.1. (a) An insurer, employer, or entity that provides physician...

Section 4616.2. - 4616.2. (a) A medical provider network shall file a written...

Section 4616.3. - 4616.3. (a) If the injured employee notifies the employer of...

Section 4616.4. - 4616.4. (a) (1) The administrative director shall contract with individual...

Section 4616.5. - 4616.5. (a) For purposes of this article, “employer” means a...

Section 4616.6. - 4616.6. No additional examinations shall be ordered by the appeals...

Section 4616.7. - 4616.7. (a) A health care organization certified pursuant to Section...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Medical-Legal Expenses

Section 4620. - 4620. (a) For purposes of this article, a medical-legal expense...

Section 4621. - 4621. (a) In accordance with the rules of practice and...

Section 4622. - 4622. All medical-legal expenses for which the employer is liable...

Section 4625. - 4625. (a) Effective for services provided on or after January...

Section 4626. - 4626. All charges for X-rays, laboratory services, and other diagnostic...

Section 4627. - 4627. The board and the administrative director may promulgate such...

Section 4628. - 4628. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person,...

ARTICLE 3 - Disability Payments

Section 4650. - 4650. (a) If an injury causes temporary disability, the first...

Section 4650.5. - 4650.5. Notwithstanding Section 4650, in the case of state civil...

Section 4651. - 4651. (a) (1) A disability indemnity payment shall not be...

Section 4651. - 4651. (a) A disability indemnity payment shall not be made...

Section 4651.1. - 4651.1. Where a petition is filed with the appeals board...

Section 4651.2. - 4651.2. No petitions filed under Section 4651.1 shall be granted...

Section 4651.3. - 4651.3. Where a petition is filed with the appeals board...

Section 4652. - 4652. Except as otherwise provided by Section 4650.5, no temporary...

Section 4653. - 4653. If the injury causes temporary total disability, the disability...

Section 4654. - 4654. If the injury causes temporary partial disability, the disability...

Section 4655. - 4655. If the injury causes temporary disability which is at...

Section 4656. - 4656. (a) Aggregate disability payments for a single injury occurring...

Section 4657. - 4657. In case of temporary partial disability the weekly loss...

Section 4658. - 4658. (a) For injuries occurring prior to January 1, 1992,...

Section 4658.1. - 4658.1. As used in this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 4658.5. - 4658.5. (a) This section shall apply to injuries occurring on...

Section 4658.6. - 4658.6. The employer shall not be liable for the supplemental...

Section 4658.7. - 4658.7. (a) This section shall apply to injuries occurring on...

Section 4659. - 4659. (a) If the permanent disability is at least 70...

Section 4660. - 4660. This section shall only apply to injuries occurring before...

Section 4660.1. - 4660.1. This section applies to injuries occurring on or after...

Section 4661. - 4661. Where an injury causes both temporary and permanent disability,...

Section 4661.5. - 4661.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, when any...

Section 4662. - 4662. (a) Any of the following permanent disabilities shall be...

Section 4663. - 4663. (a) Apportionment of permanent disability shall be based on...

Section 4664. - 4664. (a) The employer shall only be liable for the...

ARTICLE 4 - Death Benefits

Section 4700. - 4700. The death of an injured employee does not affect...

Section 4701. - 4701. If an injury causes death, either with or without...

Section 4702. - 4702. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and...

Section 4703. - 4703. Subject to the provisions of Section 4704, this section...

Section 4703.5. - 4703.5. (a) In the case of one or more totally...

Section 4703.6. - 4703.6. The provisions of Section 4703.5 shall also apply to...

Section 4704. - 4704. The appeals board may set apart or reassign the...

Section 4705. - 4705. The person to whom the death benefit is paid...

Section 4706. - 4706. (a) If a dependent beneficiary of any deceased employee...

Section 4706.5. - 4706.5. (a) Whenever any fatal injury is suffered by an...

Section 4707. - 4707. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no benefits,...

Section 4708. - 4708. Upon application of any party in interest for a...

Section 4709. - 4709. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a dependent of a...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Public Official Death Benefits

Section 4720. - 4720. As used in this article: (a) “Elected public official”...

Section 4721. - 4721. The surviving spouse or dependent minor children of an...

Section 4722. - 4722. If the deceased elected public official is survived by...

Section 4723. - 4723. The person or persons to whom the special death...

Section 4724. - 4724. The person or persons to whom the special death...

Section 4725. - 4725. The State Compensation Insurance Fund shall be the disbursing...

Section 4726. - 4726. The Department of General Services and the Administrative Director...

Section 4727. - 4727. Any person who is convicted of any crime in...

Section 4728. - 4728. (a) A dependent of an elected public official, who...

ARTICLE 5 - Subsequent Injuries Payments

Section 4751. - 4751. If an employee who is permanently partially disabled receives...

Section 4753. - 4753. Such additional compensation is not in addition to but...

Section 4753.5. - 4753.5. In any hearing, investigation, or proceeding, the state shall...

Section 4754. - 4754. The appeals board shall fix and award the amounts...

Section 4754.5. - 4754.5. Nothing in this article shall impair the right of...

Section 4755. - 4755. (a) The State Compensation Insurance Fund may draw from...

Section 4756. - 4756. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

ARTICLE 6 - Special Payments to Certain Persons

Section 4800. - 4800. (a) Whenever any member of the Department of Justice...

Section 4800.5. - 4800.5. (a) Whenever any sworn member of the Department of...

Section 4801. - 4801. It shall be the duty of the appeals board...

Section 4802. - 4802. Any such member of the California Highway Patrol or...

Section 4803. - 4803. Whenever such disability of such member of the California...

Section 4804. - 4804. No disability indemnity shall be paid to said member...

Section 4804.1. - 4804.1. Whenever any member of a University of California fire...

Section 4804.2. - 4804.2. It shall be the duty of the appeals board...

Section 4804.3. - 4804.3. Any such member of a University of California fire...

Section 4804.4. - 4804.4. Whenever such disability of such member of a University...

Section 4804.5. - 4804.5. No disability indemnity shall be paid to said member...

Section 4806. - 4806. Whenever any member of the University of California Police...

Section 4807. - 4807. It shall be the duty of the appeals board...

Section 4808. - 4808. Any such member of the University of California Police...

Section 4809. - 4809. Whenever such disability of such member of the University...

Section 4810. - 4810. No disability indemnity shall be paid to such member...

Section 4811. - 4811. (a) Whenever any member of State Bargaining Unit 8...

Section 4816. - 4816. Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement applicable to members...

Section 4817. - 4817. It shall be the duty of the appeals board...

Section 4819. - 4819. Whenever the disability of a member of the California...

Section 4820. - 4820. No disability indemnity shall be paid to a member...

ARTICLE 7 - City Police and Firemen, Sheriffs, and Others

Section 4850. - 4850. (a) Whenever any person listed in subdivision (b), who...

Section 4850.3. - 4850.3. A city, county, special district, or harbor district that...

Section 4850.4. - 4850.4. (a) A city, county, special district, or harbor district...

Section 4850.5. - 4850.5. Any firefighter employed by the County of San Luis...

Section 4850.7. - 4850.7. (a) Any firefighter employed by a dependent or independent...

Section 4851. - 4851. The governing body of any city, county, or city...

Section 4852. - 4852. The provisions of this article do not diminish or...

Section 4853. - 4853. Whenever such disability of any such officer or employee...

Section 4854. - 4854. No disability indemnity shall be paid to any such...

Section 4855. - 4855. This article shall not be applicable to individuals who...

Section 4856. - 4856. (a) Whenever any local employee who is a firefighter,...

PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS

CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment

Section 4900. - 4900. No claim for compensation, except as provided in Section...

Section 4901. - 4901. No claim for compensation nor compensation awarded, adjudged, or...

Section 4902. - 4902. No compensation, whether awarded or voluntarily paid, shall be...

Section 4903. - 4903. The appeals board may determine, and allow as liens...

Section 4903.05. - 4903.05. (a) Every lien claimant shall file its lien with...

Section 4903.06. - 4903.06. (a) Any lien filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of...

Section 4903.07. - 4903.07. (a) A lien claimant shall be entitled to an...

Section 4903.1. - 4903.1. (a) The appeals board or arbitrator, before issuing an...

Section 4903.2. - 4903.2. Where a lien claimant is reimbursed pursuant to subdivision...

Section 4903.3. - 4903.3. The director, as administrator of the Uninsured Employers Fund,...

Section 4903.4. - 4903.4. (a) If a dispute arises concerning a lien for...

Section 4903.5. - 4903.5. (a) A lien claim for expenses as provided in...

Section 4903.6. - 4903.6. (a) Except as necessary to meet the requirements of...

Section 4903.8. - 4903.8. (a) (1) Any order or award for payment of...

Section 4904. - 4904. (a) If notice is given in writing to the...

Section 4904.1. - 4904.1. The payment of liens as provided in Section 4904,...

Section 4905. - 4905. Except with regard to liens as permitted by subdivision...

Section 4906. - 4906. (a) A charge, claim, or agreement for the legal...

Section 4907. - 4907. (a) The privilege of any person, except attorneys admitted...

Section 4908. - 4908. A claim for compensation for the injury or death...

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