Florida Statutes
Title XXXI - Labor
Chapter 440 - Workers' Compensation

440.091 - Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, or Paramedic; When Acting Within the Course of Employment. - (1) If an employee: (a) Is elected, appointed, or employed...

440.092 - Special Requirements for Compensability; Deviation From Employment; Subsequent Intervening Accidents. - (1) RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.—Recreational or social activities are not...

440.093 - Mental and Nervous Injuries. - (1) A mental or nervous injury due to stress, fright,...

440.094 - Extraterritorial Reciprocity. - (1) If an employee in this state subject to this...

440.10 - Liability for Compensation. - (1)(a) Every employer coming within the provisions of this chapter...

440.101 - Legislative Intent; Drug-Free Workplaces. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote...

440.102 - Drug-Free Workplace Program Requirements. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—Except where the context otherwise requires, as used in...

440.1025 - Employer Workplace Safety Program in Ratesetting; Program Requirements; Rulemaking. - (1) For a public or private employer to be eligible...

440.103 - Building Permits; Identification of Minimum Premium Policy. - History.—s. 10, ch. 93-415; s. 5, ch. 98-174; s. 17,...

440.104 - Competitive Bidder; Civil Actions. - (1) Any person engaged in the construction industry, as provided...

440.105 - Prohibited Activities; Reports; Penalties; Limitations. - (1)(a) Any insurance carrier, any individual self-insured, any commercial or...

440.1051 - Fraud Reports; Civil Immunity; Criminal Penalties. - (1) The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud of the...

440.106 - Civil Remedies; Administrative Penalties. - (1) Whenever any circuit or special grievance committee acting under...

440.107 - Department Powers to Enforce Employer Compliance With Coverage Requirements. - (1) The Legislature finds that the failure of an employer...

440.108 - Investigatory Records Relating to Workers’ Compensation Employer Compliance; Confidentiality. - (1) All investigatory records made or received pursuant to s....

440.11 - Exclusiveness of Liability. - (1) The liability of an employer prescribed in s. 440.10...

440.12 - Time for Commencement and Limits on Weekly Rate of Compensation. - (1) Compensation is not allowed for the first 7 days...

440.125 - Medical Records and Reports; Identifying Information in Employee Medical Bills; Confidentiality. - History.—s. 1, ch. 93-421; s. 285, ch. 96-406; s. 24,...

440.13 - Medical Services and Supplies; Penalty for Violations; Limitations. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Alternate...

440.132 - Investigatory Records Relating to Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Arrangements; Confidentiality. - History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 93-419; s. 286, ch. 96-406; s....

440.134 - Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Arrangement. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Agency”...

440.14 - Determination of Pay. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average...

440.15 - Compensation for Disability. - (1) PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY.— (a) In case of total disability...

440.151 - Occupational Diseases. - (1)(a) Where the employer and employee are subject to the...

440.16 - Compensation for Death. - (1) If death results from the accident within 1 year...

440.17 - Guardian for Minor or Incompetent. - History.—s. 17, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(17); s....

440.185 - Notice of Injury or Death; Reports; Penalties for Violations. - (1) An employee who suffers an injury arising out of...

440.1851 - Personal Identifying Information of an Injured or Deceased Employee; Public Records Exemption. - (1) The personal identifying information of an injured or deceased...

440.19 - Time Bars to Filing Petitions for Benefits. - (1) Except to the extent provided elsewhere in this section,...

440.191 - Employee Assistance and Ombudsman Office. - (1)(a) In order to effect the self-executing features of the...

440.192 - Procedure for Resolving Benefit Disputes. - (1) Any employee may, for any benefit that is ripe,...

440.1926 - Alternate Dispute Resolution; Claim Arbitration. - History.—s. 23, ch. 2003-412; s. 38, ch. 2013-232.

440.20 - Time for Payment of Compensation and Medical Bills; Penalties for Late Payment. - (1)(a) Unless the carrier denies compensability or entitlement to benefits,...

440.205 - Coercion of Employees. - History.—s. 17, ch. 79-40; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56,...

440.207 - Workers’ Compensation System Guide. - (1) The department shall educate all persons providing or receiving...

440.21 - Invalid Agreements. - (1) Any agreement by an employee to pay any portion...

440.211 - Authorization of Collective Bargaining Agreement. - (1) Subject to the limitation stated in subsection (2), a...

440.22 - Assignment and Exemption From Claims of Creditors. - History.—s. 22, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(22); s....

440.23 - Compensation a Lien Against Assets. - History.—s. 23, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(23); s....

440.24 - Enforcement of Compensation Orders; Penalties. - (1) In case of default by the employer or carrier...

440.25 - Procedures for Mediation and Hearings. - (1) Forty days after a petition for benefits is filed...

440.271 - Appeal of Order of Judge of Compensation Claims. - History.—s. 1, ch. 79-312; s. 10, ch. 80-236; s. 278,...

440.2715 - Access to Courts Through State Video Teleconferencing Network. - History.—s. 103, ch. 93-415.

440.28 - Modification of Orders. - History.—s. 28, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(28); s....

440.29 - Procedure Before the Judge of Compensation Claims. - (1) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a...

440.30 - Depositions. - History.—s. 30, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(30); s....

440.31 - Witness Fees. - History.—s. 31, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(31); s....

440.32 - Cost in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Ground. - (1) If the judge of compensation claims or any court...

440.33 - Powers of Judges of Compensation Claims. - (1) The judge of compensation claims may preserve and enforce...

440.34 - Attorney’s Fees; Costs. - (1) A fee, gratuity, or other consideration may not be...

440.345 - Reporting of Attorney’s Fees. - History.—s. 35, ch. 93-415; s. 22, ch. 2001-91; s. 39,...

440.35 - Record of Injury or Death. - History.—s. 35, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(35); ss....

440.38 - Security for Compensation; Insurance Carriers and Self-Insurers. - (1) Every employer shall secure the payment of compensation under...

440.381 - Application for Coverage; Reporting Payroll; Payroll Audit Procedures; Penalties. - (1) Applications by an employer to a carrier for coverage...

440.385 - Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated. - (1) CREATION OF ASSOCIATION.— (a) There is created a nonprofit...

440.3851 - Public Records and Public Meetings Exemptions. - (1) The following records of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association,...

440.386 - Individual Self-Insurers’ Insolvency; Conservation; Liquidation. - (1) JURISDICTION OF DELINQUENCY PROCEEDING VENUE; CHANGE OF APPEAL.— (a)...

440.39 - Compensation for Injuries When Third Persons Are Liable. - (1) If an employee, subject to the provisions of the...

440.40 - Compensation Notice. - (1) A notice stating that such employer has secured the...

440.41 - Substitution of Carrier for Employer. - (1) Notice to or knowledge of an employer of the...

440.42 - Insurance Policies; Liability. - (1) Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority...

440.44 - Workers’ Compensation; Staff Organization. - (1) INTERPRETATION OF LAW.—As a guide to the interpretation of...

440.442 - Code of Judicial Conduct. - History.—ss. 13, 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 34, 124, ch. 79-40;...

440.45 - Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims. - (1)(a) There is created the Office of the Judges of...

440.47 - Travel Expenses. - History.—s. 47, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(45); s....

440.49 - Limitation of Liability for Subsequent Injury Through Special Disability Trust Fund. - (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—Whereas it is often difficult for workers with...

440.491 - Reemployment of Injured Workers; Rehabilitation. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Carrier”...

440.50 - Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund. - (1)1(a) There is established in the State Treasury a special...

440.51 - Expenses of Administration. - (1) The department shall estimate annually in advance the amounts...

440.515 - Reports From Self-Insurers; Confidentiality. - History.—s. 5, ch. 84-267; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56,...

440.52 - Registration of Insurance Carriers; Notice of Cancellation or Expiration of Policy; Suspension or Revocation of Authority. - (1) Each insurance carrier who desires to write workers’ compensation...

440.525 - Examination and Investigation of Carriers and Claims-Handling Entities. - (1) The department and office may examine, or investigate any...

440.53 - Effect of Unconstitutionality. - History.—s. 53, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(51); s....

440.54 - Violation of Child Labor Law. - History.—s. 18, ch. 18413, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 5966(54); s....

440.55 - Proceedings Against State. - History.—s. 19, ch. 18413, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 5966(55); s....

440.572 - Authorization for Individual Self-Insurer to Provide Coverage. - History.—s. 43, ch. 90-201; s. 41, ch. 91-1; s. 48,...

440.585 - Workers’ Compensation Group Self-Insurance Fund Application Disclosure. - History.—s. 4, ch. 92-328.

440.591 - Administrative Procedure; Rulemaking Authority. - History.—s. 46, ch. 90-201; s. 44, ch. 91-1; s. 115,...

440.593 - Electronic Reporting. - (1) The department may establish an electronic reporting system requiring...

440.60 - Application of Laws. - (1) Chapter 79-40, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all...

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Florida Statutes Title XXXI - Labor Chapter 440 - Workers' Compensation

Florida Statutes
Title XXXI - Labor
Chapter 440 - Workers' Compensation