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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter...
Section 2 - Powers and Duties of Department; Investigation of Causes of Injuries - Section 2. The department shall make all necessary inspections and...
Section 2a - Application of Amendments of Statute - Section 2A. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in...
Section 5 - Rules and Regulations - Section 5. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent...
Section 6 - Notice of Injuries; Forms; Additional Reports; Statistical Summaries - Section 6. Within seven calendar days, not including Sundays and...
Section 6a - Informational Brochures; Monitoring of Benefits; Resolution of Disputes - Section 6A. Upon receipt of notice of injury from the...
Section 6b - Disposition of Fines - Section 6B. Any proceeds resulting from the imposition of any...
Section 7 - Commencement of Payments - Section 7. (1) Within fourteen days of an insurer's receipt...
Section 7a - Presumptions; Employee Unable to Testify - Section 7A. In any claim for compensation where the employee...
Section 7b - Admissibility Of, or Reference To, Statement Given Insurer or Self-Insurer by Claimant or in His Behalf - Section 7B. In any claim for compensation by an employee,...
Section 7c - Representation of Claimants; Compensation; Denial or Suspension of Right to Practice or Appear - Section 7C. Any party appearing before the division of dispute...
Section 7f - Record of Filing Fees, Penalties and Attorneys' Fees - Section 7F. The department shall keep and maintain a record...
Section 7g - Documentation Attached to Claims - Section 7G. The senior judge in consultation with the commissioner...
Section 8 - Termination or Modification of Payments - Section 8. (1) An insurer which makes timely payments pursuant...
Section 9a - Physicians Engaged to Testify or Depose for Employee; Fees Paid by Insurer - Section 9A. Whenever a medical question is in dispute in...
Section 10 - Claims for Benefits; Complaints Requesting Modification or Discontinuation of Benefits; Conciliation - Section 10. (1) Any claim for benefits shall be filed...
Section 10a - Assignments of Cases; Conferences; Orders; Appeals - Section 10A. (1) On referral from the division of administration...
Section 10b - Arbitration; Agreements; Proceedings - Section 10B. (1) At any time prior to five days...
Section 10c - Collective Bargaining Agreements; Binding Obligations and Procedures - Section 10C. (1) Any employer, and the recognized or certified...
Section 11 - Hearings; Evidence; Continuances - Section 11. At the hearing the member shall make such...
Section 11a - Impartial Medical Examiners - Section 11A. (1) With the assistance of the medical consultant...
Section 11b - Procedure for Hearings; Depositions; Record of Proceedings - Section 11B. Procedures within the division of dispute resolution shall...
Section 11c - Appeals to Reviewing Board - Section 11C. Any party aggrieved by a decision of an...
Section 11d - Earnings Reports by Employees; Recovery of Overpayments - Section 11D. (1) Any employee entitled to receive weekly compensation...
Section 12 - Enforcement of Orders; Appeals From Decisions of Reviewing Board; Costs; Reported Questions; Copies of Judgments - Section 12. (1) Whenever any party in interest presents a...
Section 12a - Award of Costs and Attorney's Fees - Section 12A. If on appeal to the appeals court or...
Section 13 - Rate of Payment by Insurers; Review of Clinical Health Care Providers; Health Care Services Board - Section 13. (1) The rate of payment by insurers for...
Section 13a - Attorney's Fees for Employees - Section 13A. (1) Whenever an insurer contests an initial liability...
Section 14 - Actions Not Based on Reasonable Grounds; Illegal or Fraudulent Conduct; Costs and Penalties - Section 14. (1) Except as provided in subsection three, if...
Section 14a - Employee Leasing Companies - Section 14A. (1) As used in this section, the following...
Section 15 - Liability of Person Other Than Insured - Section 15. Where the injury for which compensation is payable...
Section 15a - Controversy as to Which of Two or More Insurers Is Liable - Section 15A. If one or more claims are filed for...
Section 16 - Subsequent Findings Discontinuing Compensation; Finality - Section 16. When in any case before the department it...
Section 17 - Enforcement of Orders or Decisions - Section 17. All orders or decisions issued in accordance with...
Section 18 - Independent and Sub-Contractors; Liability of Insurer and Others - Section 18. If an insured person enters into a contract,...
Section 19 - Agreements by Parties - Section 19. (1) Except as otherwise provided by section seven,...
Section 20 - Hospital Records as Evidence; Medical Records and Reports Open to Inspection - Section 20. Copies of hospital records kept in accordance with...
Section 20a - Copies of Reports of Medical Examinations Furnished Employees; Reports as Evidence - Section 20A. Any employer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or...
Section 20b - Medical Reports of Disabled or Deceased Physicians as Evidence - Section 20B. In proceedings before the industrial accident board, the...
Section 21 - Notice by Insured to Employees - Section 21. Every insured person shall, as soon as he...
Section 22 - Notice by Insured to New Employees; Notice of Cessation of Insurance; Filing Copy - Section 22. Every insured person shall give written or printed...
Section 23 - Release of Claims or Demands at Common Law - Section 23. If an employee files any claim or accepts...
Section 24 - Waiver of Right of Action for Injuries - Section 24. An employee shall be held to have waived...
Section 25 - Insurer's Liability on Judgment for Employee - Section 25. If an insured person who has complied with...
Section 25a - Purchase of Insurance; Self-Insurance; Reinsurance; Deductibles - Section 25A. In order to promote the health, safety and...
Section 25b - Applicability of Statute Relating to Insurance and Self-Insurers; Employer Bringing Employees Within Statute - Section 25B. Section twenty-five A shall not apply to the...
Section 25c - Failure to Provide for Payment of Compensation; Stop Work Orders; Penalties; Liens; Actions Brought by Losing Bidders; Civil Actions for Violations of Chapter - Section 25C. (1) Whenever the commissioner or his designee determines...
Section 25d - Service Companies; Investigation, Adjustment or Settlement of Claims for Self-Insurers - Section 25D. A self-insurer may engage a service company, third...
Section 25e - Self-Insurance Groups; Definitions - Section 25E. Sections twenty-five E to 25W inclusive, shall apply...
Section 25f - Certification to Act as Self-Insurance Group - Section 25F. No person, association, or entity shall act as...
Section 25g - Application for Certificate; Requirements; Issuance - Section 25G. (1) A proposed workers' compensation self-insurance group shall...
Section 25h - Termination of Certificate - Section 25H. (1) The certificate of approval issued by the...
Section 25i - Examination of Affairs, Transactions, Accounts, Records and Assets of Each Group; Confidentiality and Privilege - Section 25I. The commissioner of insurance shall examine the affairs,...
Section 25j - Boards of Trustees - Section 25J. (1) Each group shall be operated by a...
Section 25k - Applications for Membership; Cancellation of Members; Insolvency or Bankruptcy of Members - Section 25K. (1) An employer joining a workers' compensation self-insurance...
Section 25l - Solicitation of Membership by Licensed Agents - Section 25L. Except for the trustees, officers, directors or salaried...
Section 25m - Misrepresentations or Omissions in Solicitations of Membership - Section 25M. No person shall make a material misrepresentation or...
Section 25n - Performance Reports; Statements of Financial Condition - Section 25N. Each group shall submit to the commissioner of...
Section 25o - Uniform Classification System; Premium Contributions; Application to Make Own Rates; Audits - Section 25O. (1) Every workers' compensation self-insurance group shall adhere...
Section 25p - Refunds - Section 25P. Any monies for a fund year in excess...
Section 25q - Premium Payment Plans; Loss Reserves; Bad Debt Reserves - Section 25Q. (1) Each group shall establish with the approval...
Section 25r - Deficiencies; Assessments; Liquidation of Groups - Section 25R. If the assets of a group are at...
Section 25s - Penalties - Section 25S. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25t - Cease and Desist Orders - Section 25T. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25u - Revocation of Certificates of Approval - Section 25U. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25v - Applicability of Chapter 176v to Groups Governed by Secs. 25e to 25u - Section 25V. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 25w - Applicability of Chapter 176w to Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Groups Governed by Secs. 25e to 25u - Section 25W. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 26 - Injuries Arising Out of and in Course of Employment - Section 26. If an employee who has not given notice...
Section 26a - Suicide - Section 26A. Dependents shall not be precluded from recovery under...
Section 26b - Concurrent Service of Two or More Employers; Joint and Several Liability of Insurers - Section 26B. When an employee employed in the concurrent service...
Section 27 - Willful Misconduct of Employee - Section 27. If the employee is injured by reason of...
Section 27a - False Representation of Physical Condition by Employee; Right to Benefits - Section 27A. In any claim for compensation where it is...
Section 28 - Wilful Misconduct of Employer; Defense; Reimbursement of Insurer; Employment of Minor; Mentally Retarded Persons; Injuries at Sheltered Workshops - Section 28. If the employee is injured by reason of...
Section 29 - Required Period of Incapacitation; Personnel Actions - Section 29. No compensation pursuant to section thirty-four or thirty-five...
Section 30 - Adequate and Reasonable Health Care Services; Preferred Health Care Provider - Section 30. The insurer shall furnish to an injured employee...
Section 30a - Medical Reports - Section 30A. Any medical report pertaining to an injury which...
Section 30e - Development of Voluntary Agreements - Section 30E. It shall be the policy of the department...
Section 30f - Identification of Cases in Which Vocational Rehabilitation Services May Be Required - Section 30F. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for...
Section 30g - Meetings With Injured Employees Requiring Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Section 30G. The office of education and vocational rehabilitation shall...
Section 30h - Applications for Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Section 30H. If the insurer and employee fail to agree...
Section 30i - Availability of New Jobs and Job Training Programs - Section 30I. The department shall assist and cooperate with the...
Section 31 - Death; Compensation for Dependents; Hearings - Section 31. If death results from the injury, the insurer...
Section 32 - Persons Presumed Dependent on Employee; Division of Benefits and Payments for Children of Former Marriage; Parent Surviving Dependent Parent; Dependency Determined by Facts; Division of Benefits - Section 32. The following persons shall be conclusively presumed to...
Section 33 - Burial Expenses - Section 33. In all cases, the insurer shall pay the...
Section 34 - Total Incapacity; Compensation - Section 34. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 34a - Permanent and Total Incapacity; Compensation - Section 34A. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 34b - Review Date; Supplemental Benefits to Secs. 31 or 34a - Section 34B. October first of each year shall be the...
Section 35 - Partial Incapacity; Compensation - Section 35. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 35a - Added Compensation for Dependents; Payment; Presumed Dependents; Dependency Determined by Facts - Section 35A. Where the injured employee has persons conclusively presumed...
Section 35b - Return to Work; Subsequent Injury; Rate of Compensation - Section 35B. An employee who has been receiving compensation under...
Section 35c - Date of Eligibility; Benefits Applicable; Adjustments - Section 35C. When there is a difference of five years...
Section 35d - Computation of Weekly Wage - Section 35D. For purposes of sections thirty-four, thirty-four A and...
Section 35e - Persons Eligible for Old Age Benefits or Pension; Entitlement to Benefits Under Secs. 34 or 35 - Section 35E. Any employee who is at least sixty-five years...
Section 36 - Specific Injuries - Section 36. (1) In addition to all other compensation to...
Section 36a - Death Before Full Payment of Compensation for Specified Injuries; Brain Damage - Section 36A. In the event that an injured employee who...
Section 36b - Unemployment Compensation Benefits; Eligibility - Section 36B. (1) No benefits shall be payable under section...
Section 37 - Compensation for Disability Subsequent to Physical Impairment; Reimbursement - Section 37. Whenever an employee who has a known physical...
Section 37a - Compensation for Disabled War Veteran; Reimbursement - Section 37A. Any employee who is a war veteran and...
Section 38 - Consideration of Employee's Savings, Insurance and Other Benefits - Section 38. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this chapter,...
Section 39 - Payment of Compensation Payable in Case of Death; Payment of Expenses and for Legal Services - Section 39. The compensation payable in case of the death...
Section 40 - Guardian or Next Friend Exercising Employee's Rights - Section 40. If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or...
Section 41 - Notice of Proceedings for Compensation; Limitation of Actions - Section 41. No proceedings for compensation payable under this chapter...
Section 42 - Notice in General - Section 42. The said notice shall be in writing, and...
Section 43 - Service of Notice - Section 43. The notice shall be served upon the insurer...
Section 44 - Inaccuracies In, and Want Of, Notice - Section 44. Such notice shall not be held invalid or...
Section 45 - Examination by Physician; Filing Copy of Report; Refusing or Obstructing Examination; Reimbursement of Travel Expenses and Wages - Section 45. After an employee has received an injury, and...
Section 46 - Waiver of Rights to Compensation; Arbitration - Section 46. No agreement by any employee to waive his...
Section 46a - Reimbursement for Accident and Health Insurance Benefits Paid on Compensable Injuries; Lien of Insurers, Et al., Against Award; Child Support Claims - Section 46A. If medical, dental, hospital or lost time weekly...
Section 47 - Assignments; Attachments; Liability for Debts - Section 47. No payment shall be assignable or subject to...
Section 48 - Lump Sum Agreements - Section 48. (1) Under the conditions and limitations specified in...
Section 49 - Claim in General - Section 49. The claim for compensation shall be in writing,...
Section 50 - Interest on Unpaid Claims - Section 50. Whenever payments of any kind are not made...
Section 51 - Natural Increase Considered in Determining Weekly Wages - Section 51. Whenever an employee is injured under circumstances entitling...
Section 51a - Decision in Compensation Case; Law in Effect - Section 51A. In any claim in which no compensation has...
Section 52b - Priority of Premiums and Interest Charges Over Other Claims - Section 52B. All premiums and interest charges on account of...
Section 52c - Rating Organizations in General; Subscribers; Co-Operative Activities; Rates; Freedom of Contract; Examination of Records; Confidentiality and Privilege - Section 52C. (a) A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership,...
Section 52d - Appeal From Action or Decision of Rating Organization; Rating Information - Section 52D. Any member of or subscriber to a rating...
Section 52e - Violation of Statutes; Failure to Comply With Commissioner's Orders; Suspension and Revocation of Licenses - Section 52E. Any person or organization wilfully violating any provision...
Section 52f - Hearing on Order or Decision of Commissioner; Suspension or Postponement of Action; Review; Stay of Order or Decision - Section 52F. (a) Any insurer or rating organization aggrieved by...
Section 52g - Partial Invalidity of Statute - Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or...
Section 53 - Mutual Companies; Distribution of Risks Into Groups - Section 53. Any mutual liability insurance company authorized to do...
Section 53a - Classification of Risks and Premiums; Distribution of Premiums Among Employers - Section 53A. (1) Any insurance company authorized to transact business...
Section 54a - Necessity of Insurance Contract Insuring Payment of Compensation - Section 54A. Every contract or agreement the purpose of which...
Section 55 - Approval of Policy by Commissioner; Review; Issuance of Policy in Violation of Statute - Section 55. No policy of workers' compensation insurance shall be...
Section 55a - Mid-Term Notice of Cancellation - Section 55A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 56 - Joint and Several Policies - Section 56. Two or more insurance companies authorized to issue...
Section 57 - Deposits of Value of Outstanding Claims Under Contracts - Section 57. The commissioner of insurance may, whenever he deems...
Section 58 - Computation of Value of Claims - Section 58. The commissioner of insurance shall compute the present...
Section 59 - Holding Deposits in Trust; Payment of Claims; Transfer to Trustee; Accounts; Refunds; Return of Balance - Section 59. The state treasurer shall hold any deposit made...
Section 60 - Effect of Appointment of Receiver on Order, Deposit or Payments; Deposit by Receiver - Section 60. The appointment of a receiver of a domestic...
Section 60a - Review, Suspension and Reduction of Order Requiring Deposit - Section 60A. Any company aggrieved by any order of the...
Section 60b - Liability for Expenses for Custody and Disbursement of Deposit; Determination; Deduction From Deposit - Section 60B. A company making a deposit under section fifty-seven...
Section 60c - Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Certificate Authorizing Resumption of Issuance of Policies - Section 60C. Failure of a company to comply with any...
Section 60d - Forfeiture for Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Issuance of Policy While in Default; Enforcement of Order, Fine or Forfeiture - Section 60D. Any company failing to comply with any lawful...
Section 61 - Bond for Foreign Company; Other Security - Section 61. Every foreign insurance company transacting the business of...
Section 62 - Deposits by Foreign Companies; Payment of Obligations - Section 62. Every such foreign insurance company shall, within five...
Section 63 - Insurance Company Information Requested by Department; Rating Organizations; Notices Furnished by Companies - Section 63. Insurance companies insuring employees under this chapter shall,...
Section 64 - Insurer's Regulations for Prevention of Injuries; Review; Inspector's Access to Premises - Section 64. The insurer shall make and enforce reasonable rules...
Section 65 - Special Fund; Trust Fund; Assessment Base; Assessment Rates; Payments; Reports; Audits - Section 65. (1) There is hereby established a special revenue...
Section 65a - Designation of Insurer to Issue Policy; Equitable Distribution of Risks; Servicing Carriers; Service Fees - Section 65A. (1) Any employer whose application for workers' compensation...
Section 65b - Cancellation or Termination of Policy; Review - Section 65B. If, after the issuance of a policy under...
Section 65c - Equitable Distribution of Losses; Reinsurance Pools; Necessity of Membership; Plan of Operation; Cost Containment Programs - Section 65C. (1) All losses incurred under policies issued to...
Section 65d - Issuance of Policy to Employer Assigned to Another Insurer - Section 65D. By arrangement between insurers which are members of...
Section 65g - ''losses Incurred'' Defined; Determination of Amounts to Be Paid - Section 65G. The words ''Losses incurred,'' as used in section...
Section 65h - Adjustment of Payments - Section 65H. Provision may be made under the plan of...
Section 65i - Primary Liability to Pay Benefits - Section 65I. Nothing in sections sixty-five A to sixty-five M,...
Section 65j - Inspection of Risks; Rules - Section 65J. At any time while a policy issued pursuant...
Section 65k - Appeal on Ground Premium Is Unreasonable or Discriminatory; Effect of Determined Rates - Section 65K. Any employer to whom a policy is issued...
Section 65l - Failure of Insurer to Comply With Statutes, Order or Rule; Revocation or Suspension of Licenses; Injunction - Section 65L. If an insurer refuses or neglects to comply...
Section 65m - Review of Orders or Rulings; Time; Suspension and Stay of Order or Rulings - Section 65M. Any employer or insurer aggrieved by any order...
Section 65o - Employer's Choice of Insurance Agent or Broker; Commission Fees; Service Fees - Section 65O. Any employer to whom an insurer is assigned...
Section 66 - Actions for Injuries Sustained by Employees; Limitations; Defenses - Section 66. Actions brought against employers to recover damages for...
Section 67 - Application to Insureds and Employers Having Right of Election, of Statutes Relating to Defenses to Actions - Section 67. Section sixty-six shall not apply to actions to...
Section 68 - Applicability of Statutes Relating to Employers' Liabilities - Section 68. Chapter one hundred and fifty-three and sections two...
Section 69 - Commonwealth, Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts in General; Members of a Police or Fire Force in Work Under a Contract - Section 69. The commonwealth and any county, city, town or...
Section 69b - Vouchers; Examinations and Investigations; Reports - Section 69B. Payments of compensation, or payments of medical or...
Section 70 - Procedure and Jurisdiction; Compensation Paid by Commonwealth and Its Subdivisions - Section 70. Procedure under sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, and...
Section 71 - Liability of County, City, Town or District for Employee's Injuries - Section 71. Except as provided in the following section, such...
Section 72 - Employee Claiming or Waiving Rights Against County, City, Town or District - Section 72. A laborer, workman or mechanic entering the service...
Section 73 - Election to Receive Compensation or Pension; Retirement Boards; Prosecuting Claims; Attorney; Notice to Boards; Special Pensions - Section 73. Any person entitled under section sixty-nine to receive...
Section 73a - Employment of Partially Disabled Employee; Temporary Employment to Fill Vacancy - Section 73A. Any employee who by reason of partial disability...
Section 74 - Application of Statutes to All Public Employees; Inmates of Institutions; Employees of Boards or Commissions and Welfare Districts - Section 74. Sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, shall apply to...
Section 74a - Employee of One Governmental Unit or Electric Company Aiding Another Unit or Company; Reimbursement of Compensation - Section 74A. Any governmental unit, which words as used in...
Section 75 - Agents Designated to Furnish Benefits and Carry Out Statutes - Section 75. Every board, commission and department of the commonwealth,...
Section 75a - Preferences for Hiring - Section 75A. Any person who has lost a job as...
Section 75b - Qualified Handicapped Persons; Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under This Chapter; Disclosure of Data - Section 75B. (1) Any employee who has sustained a work-related...
Section 86 - Public Employees; Certified Copy of Order, Decision, or Agreement Mailed to Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, Etc. - Section 86. Within fifteen days of an order or decision...