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General Provisions
§ 71-3-3. Definitions - Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions which follow govern...
§ 71-3-5. Application - The following shall constitute employers subject to the provisions of...
§ 71-3-9. Exclusiveness of liability - [Effective until July 1, 2021, this section will read:] The...
§ 71-3-9. Exclusiveness of liability - [Effective from and after July 1, 2021, this section will...
§ 71-3-11. Waiting period - No compensation except medical benefits shall be allowed for the...
§ 71-3-17. Compensation for disability - Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as...
§ 71-3-19. Maintenance while undergoing vocational rehabilitation - An employee who as a result of injury is or...
§ 71-3-21. Temporary partial disability - In case of temporary partial disability resulting in decrease of...
§ 71-3-23. Hernia - In all cases of claim for hernia, it shall be...
§ 71-3-25. Compensation for death - If the injury causes death, the compensation shall be known...
§ 71-3-27. Aliens - Compensation under this chapter to aliens not residents (or about...
§ 71-3-29. Compromise, commutation, and lump sum payments - Rules of the commission shall govern compromise payments where the...
§ 71-3-31. Determination of wages - Except as otherwise specifically provided, the basis for compensation under...
§ 71-3-33. Guardian for minor or incompetent - The commission may require the appointment by a court of...
§ 71-3-38. Special workers' compensation account for payment - While acting as a self-insurer as authorized by Section 71-3-5,...
§ 71-3-39. Recording and reporting of payments - Every insurance company which transacts the business of compensation insurance...
§ 71-3-41. Invalid agreements - No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of...
§ 71-3-43. Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors - No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due...
§ 71-3-45. Compensation a lien against assets - Any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this...
§ 71-3-47. Determination for claims for compensation - Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the details of...
§ 71-3-51. Court review of compensation award - The final award of the commission shall be conclusive and...
§ 71-3-53. Continuing jurisdiction of the commission - Upon its own initiative or upon the application of any...
§ 71-3-57. Witnesses and their fees - The commission shall regulate, by rules published and available to...
§ 71-3-63. Fees for legal and other services - In no instance shall the amount recovered by an attorney...
§ 71-3-65. Record of injury or death - Every employer shall keep a record in respect of any...
§ 71-3-66. Confidentiality of records - The noncontroverted case medical reports, rehabilitation counselor reports and psychological...
§ 71-3-67. Reports of injuries - In the event of an injury which shall cause loss...
§ 71-3-69. Penalty for misrepresentation - Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement...
§ 71-3-71. Compensation for injuries where third parties are liable - The acceptance of compensation benefits from or the making of...
§ 71-3-73. Second Injury Trust Fund - In every case of compensable death of an employee under...
§ 71-3-77. Insurance policy regulations - The insured may also cancel such a policy on the...
§ 71-3-79. Acceptance of premium by carrier and estoppel - Acceptance of a premium on a policy securing to an...
§ 71-3-81. Notice of coverage - Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of...
§ 71-3-85. Workers' compensation commission - The chairman shall be the administrative head of the commission...
§ 71-3-87. Official bond - Members of the commission shall give bond in the sum...
§ 71-3-89. Seal - The commission shall have a seal for authentication of its...
§ 71-3-91. Traveling expenses - Commissioners and employees of the commission shall receive their necessary...
§ 71-3-93. Administrative staff - The commission shall appoint such officers and employees as are...
§ 71-3-97. Collection of civil penalties authorized by chapter; deposit of civil penalties into State General Fund - All civil penalties provided in this chapter, if not voluntarily...
§ 71-3-100. Payment and deposit in State General Fund of funds received by Workers' Compensation Commission; funding of commission expenses - All funds received by the Workers' Compensation Commission, as established...
§ 71-3-101. Registration of insurance companies - Each insurance company and all other carriers which desire to...
§ 71-3-103. Annual report - The commission shall each calendar year make a report to...
§ 71-3-105. Rehabilitation - The commission shall cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies...
§ 71-3-107. Compensation and death benefits for minors illegally employed - Compensation and death benefits shall be double the amount otherwise...
§ 71-3-111. Mississippi Workers' Compensation Assigned Risk Plan; commissioner's duties and responsibilities; temporary joint underwriting association - The purpose of the association shall be to provide a...
§ 71-3-123. Report of commissioner on assigned risk plan and safety programs - The Commissioner of Insurance shall submit a report consisting of...
§ 71-3-125. Workers' compensation claims offices; provision of same services by contract; waiver - The insurance carrier and self-insured employer shall notify the commission...
§ 71-3-127. Use of arbitrators to resolve disputes - The Workers' Compensation Commission may utilize one or more arbitrators...
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-Insurer Guaranty Association Law
§ 71-3-151. Title - Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be known and may be...
§ 71-3-153. Purpose and application - The purpose of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 is to provide...
§ 71-3-155. Workers' compensation self-insurer guaranty association law to be liberally construed - Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181 shall be liberally construed to effect...
§ 71-3-157. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 71-3-151 through 71-3-181, the following...
§ 71-3-159. Workers' Compensation Individual Self-insurer Guaranty Association and Workers' Compensation Group Self-insurer Guaranty Association - The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Self-insurer Guaranty Association created under this...
§ 71-3-173. Examination of association members; powers and duties of the board of directors; detection and prevention of insolvency of members of association - To aid in the detection and prevention of individual self-insurer...
§ 71-3-174. Special assessment plans where association assumes obligations of individual or group self-insurer exceeding the assets of such association - If an association assumes any obligations of an individual self-insurer...
§ 71-3-175. Association subject to examination; annual financial report - The individual association and group association shall be subject to...
§ 71-3-177. Association exempt from fees and taxes - The individual association and group association shall be exempt from...
§ 71-3-179. Immunity from liability - Subject to Section 71-3-174, there shall be no liability on...
§ 71-3-181. Stay of proceedings involving self-insurer in default - All proceedings in which any individual self-insurer in default or...
Drug-Free workplace Workers' Compensation Premium Reduction Act
§ 71-3-201. Title - Sections 71-3-201 through 71-3-225 shall be known and may be...
§ 71-3-203. Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the Legislature to promote drug-free...
§ 71-3-205. Definitions - The following words and terms in Sections 71-3-201 through 71-3-225...
§ 71-3-209. Elements of drug-free workplace program - A drug-free workplace program must contain the following elements: Written...
§ 71-3-211. Employer's written policy statement on substance abuse - A drug-free workplace must provide a written policy statement on...
§ 71-3-213. Qualification as private sector drug-free workplace - In order for an employer's workplace to qualify as a...
§ 71-3-215. Education program on alcohol and drug abuse - An employer must provide all employees with an education program...
§ 71-3-217. Training of supervisory personnel - In order to qualify as a private sector drug-free workplace...
§ 71-3-221. Failure of employer to establish substance abuse program - No cause of action shall arise in favor of any...
§ 71-3-223. Relation to other laws - Nothing in Sections 71-3-201 through 71-3-225 shall be construed to...
§ 71-3-225. Severability - If any provision of Sections 71-3-201 through 71-3-225 or application...