Effective: September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) All rules governing the operating procedure of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that determinations of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, and the commission, with respect to an individual employee's claim to participate in the state insurance fund are governed only by Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code.
The administrator of workers' compensation and commission shall proceed jointly, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, including a joint hearing, to adopt joint rules governing the operating procedures of the bureau and commission.
(B) Upon submission to the bureau or the commission of a petition containing not less than fifteen hundred signatures of adult residents of the state, any individual may propose a rule for adoption, amendment, or rescission by the bureau or the commission. If, upon investigation, the bureau or commission is satisfied that the signatures upon the petition are valid, it shall proceed, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to consider adoption, amendment, or rescission of the rule.
(C) The administrator shall make available electronically all rules adopted by the bureau and the commission and shall make available in a timely manner all rules adopted by the bureau and the commission that are currently in force.
(D) The rule-making authority granted to the administrator under this section does not limit the commission's rule-making authority relative to its overall adjudicatory policy-making and management duties under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. The administrator shall not disregard any rule adopted by the commission, provided that the rule is within the commission's rule-making authority.
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.