Effective: September 10, 2007
Latest Legislation: House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly
(A) The administrator of workers' compensation, for employees of the bureau of workers' compensation, and the industrial commission, for employees of the commission may discipline, suspend, demote or discharge any employee for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance. In the case of any deputy administrator, or of any employee assigned to the investigation or determination of claims, and finding of the administrator or the commission that such person is not efficient, impartial, or judicious, if supported by any evidence and not promoted by personal, political, racial, or religious discrimination shall be accepted as a fact justifying the action taken by the administrator or commission.
(B) The administrator and the commission shall jointly adopt, in the form of a rule, a code of ethics for all employees of the bureau and the commission and post copies of the rule in a conspicuous place in every bureau and commission office.
(C) The administrator and the commission shall jointly adopt rules setting forth procedures designed to eliminate outside influence on bureau and commission employees, produce an impartial workers' compensation claims handling process, and avoid favoritism in the claims handling process. Failure to adopt and enforce these rules constitutes grounds for removal of the administrator and the members of the commission.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Section 4121.01 | Industrial Commission - Bureau of Workers' Compensation Definitions.
Section 4121.02 | Industrial Commission.
Section 4121.021 | Industrial Commission Operating Fund.
Section 4121.03 | Chairperson - Executive Director - Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 4121.04 | Industrial Commission Nominating Council - Initial Appointments - Challenges.
Section 4121.09 | Official Seal.
Section 4121.11 | Bureau Rules of Procedure.
Section 4121.12 | Workers' Compensation Board of Directors.
Section 4121.122 | Discipline of Commission and Bureau Employees.
Section 4121.123 | Workers' Compensation Board Nominating Committee.
Section 4121.125 | Monitoring Performance of System.
Section 4121.126 | Conflicts of Interest by Board Members or Bureau Employees.
Section 4121.127 | Transactions by Fiduciary Involving Conflict of Interest.
Section 4121.128 | Attorney General Legal Adviser of Board.
Section 4121.129 | Audit, Actuarial, and Investment Committees.
Section 4121.13 | Administrator of Workers' Compensation - Powers and Duties.
Section 4121.131 | Special Investigation Department Access to Crime Databases.
Section 4121.14 | Investigating Agent.
Section 4121.15 | Power to Administer Oaths, Issue Subpoenas, and Compel Attendance of Witnesses.
Section 4121.16 | Witness Attendance - Fees and Mileage.
Section 4121.17 | Examination of Place of Employment Upon Petition That Same Is Unsafe.
Section 4121.19 | Record of Proceedings.
Section 4121.20 | Depositions.
Section 4121.21 | Effective Date of Orders - Time for Compliance.
Section 4121.22 | Jurisdiction Over Places of Employment.
Section 4121.23 | Petition for Hearing by Employer.
Section 4121.24 | No Action to Vacate Allowed Until After Hearing.
Section 4121.25 | Action to Set Aside, Vacate, or Amend Order.
Section 4121.26 | Statement of Issues Not Adequately Considered - Stay of Proceedings.
Section 4121.27 | Exclusive Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
Section 4121.28 | Order of Bureau of Workers' Compensation Not Stayed by Pendency of Action.
Section 4121.29 | Priority to Be Given Actions.
Section 4121.30 | Administrative Rules.
Section 4121.31 | Joint Adoption of Administrative Rules.
Section 4121.32 | Supplementing Rules With Operating Manuals.
Section 4121.34 | District Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.
Section 4121.35 | Staff Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.
Section 4121.36 | Industrial Commission Hearing Rules.
Section 4121.37 | Creation of Division of Safety and Hygiene.
Section 4121.38 | Impairment Evaluation.
Section 4121.39 | Administrator of Workers' Compensation - Powers and Duties.
Section 4121.40 | Service Directors - Investigators and Field Auditors - Duties.
Section 4121.42 | In-Service Training Programs.
Section 4121.43 | Compensation Payments.
Section 4121.441 | Health Care Partnership Program - Adoption of Rules.
Section 4121.442 | Health Care Quality Advisory Council.
Section 4121.443 | Summary Suspension.
Section 4121.444 | Obtaining Workers' Compensation Payments by Deception Prohibited.
Section 4121.446 | Selection of Managed Care Organizations.
Section 4121.447 | Data Security Agreement.
Section 4121.45 | Workers' Compensation Ombudsperson System.
Section 4121.47 | Violating Specific Safety Rule or Employee Welfare Legislation.
Section 4121.471 | Limitation on Action for Employer's Failure to Comply With Safety Rule.
Section 4121.50 | Rules to Implement Coordinated Services Program for Prescription Drug Abuse.
Section 4121.61 | Aiding Rehabilitation of Injured Workers.
Section 4121.62 | Contracts for Rendition of Rehabilitation Services.
Section 4121.63 | Living Maintenance Payments Paid to Claimants Agreeing to Rehabilitation.
Section 4121.65 | Employer May Furnish Rehabilitation Services.
Section 4121.68 | Compensation and Benefits to Rehabilitation Program Participants.
Section 4121.69 | Compensation of Professional, Administrative, and Managerial Employees.