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§ 32–1501. Definitions - When used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Adoption” or...
§ 32–1502. Administration; annual report to Council - (a) The Mayor shall administer the provisions of this chapter,...
§ 32–1503. Coverage - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will...
§ 32–1504. Exclusiveness of liability and remedy - (a) The liability of an employer prescribed in § 32-1503...
§ 32–1505. Commencement of compensation; maximum compensation - (a) No compensation shall be allowed for the first 3...
§ 32–1506. Supplemental allowance - (a) When the average weekly wage has changed as provided...
§ 32–1507. Medical services, supplies, and insurance - (a) The employer shall furnish such medical, surgical, vocational rehabilitation...
§ 32–1508. Compensation for disability - Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as...
§ 32–1509. Compensation for death - If the injury causes death, the compensation shall be known...
§ 32–1510. Occupational disease - In case of pneumoconiosis, such as silicosis and asbestosis, radiation...
§ 32–1511. Determination of average weekly wage - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average...
§ 32–1512. Guardian for minor or incompetent - The Mayor may require the appointment by a court of...
§ 32–1513. Notice of injury or death - (a) Notice of any injury or death in respect of...
§ 32–1514. Time for filing claims - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the right...
§ 32–1515. Payment of compensation - (a) Compensation under this chapter shall be paid periodically, promptly,...
§ 32–1516. Invalid agreements - (a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion...
§ 32–1517. Assignment of compensation; exemption from claims of creditors - No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due...
§ 32–1518. Compensation as lien against assets - Any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this...
§ 32–1519. Collection of defaulted payments - (a) In case of default by the employer in the...
§ 32–1520. Procedure in respect of claims - (a) Subject to the provisions of § 32-1514, a claim...
§ 32–1521. Presumptions - In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for...
§ 32–1521.01. Establishment of Compensation Order Review Board - (a) There is hereby established a Compensation Order Review Board...
§ 32–1522. Review of compensation orders - (a) A compensation order shall become effective when filed with...
§ 32–1523. Appearance of Attorney General for the District of Columbia for Mayor - In any court proceedings instituted under the provisions of this...
§ 32–1524. Modification of awards - (a) At any time prior to 1 year after the...
§ 32–1525. Hearings before Mayor - (a) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a...
§ 32–1526. Attendance of witnesses - No person shall be required to attend as a witness...
§ 32–1527. Witness fees - Witnesses summoned in a proceeding before the Mayor or whose...
§ 32–1528. Costs in proceedings brought without reasonable grounds; penalty for unreasonable delay in payment of compensation - (a) If the trier of fact or court having jurisdiction...
§ 32–1529. Powers of Mayor - (a) The Mayor shall have the power to preserve and...
§ 32–1530. Attorney fees - (a) If the employer or carrier declines to pay any...
§ 32–1531. Employer record of injury or death - Every employer shall keep a record with respect of any...
§ 32–1532. Employer reports - (a) Within 10 days from the date of any injury...
§ 32–1533. Penalty for misrepresentation - Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement...
§ 32–1534. Security for payment of compensation - (a) Every employer shall secure the payment of compensation under...
§ 32–1535. Compensation for injuries where third persons are liable - (a) If, on account of a disability or death for...
§ 32–1536. Notice of compensation secured - Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of...
§ 32–1537. Discharge of liability - In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer,...
§ 32–1538. Insurance policies - (a) Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority...
§ 32–1539. Failure to secure payment of compensation - (a) Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation...
§ 32–1540. Special fund - (a) There is established in the Treasury of the District...
§ 32–1541. Administration fund - (a)(1) There is established in the Treasury of the District...
§ 32–1542. Retaliatory actions by employer prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any employer or his duly...
§ 32–1542.01. Establishment of Commission - (a) There is established the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Study Commission...
§ 32–1542.02. Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking; rate filings - (a) The Commissioner of Insurance and Securities [Commissioner of the...
§ 32–1542.03. Anti-fraud reporting requirement - The Director of the Department of Employment Services shall file...
§ 32–1542.04. Compliance - (a) The Director of Employment Services (“Director”) shall assign from...
§ 32–1543. Appropriations - (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum...
§ 32–1544. Severability - Should a court of competent jurisdiction declare any provision of...
§ 32–1545. Effective date - This chapter shall take effect on 60 days after the...