§ 28-36-18. Safety inspections.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b), any insurance company that provides workers’ compensation insurance to an employer who or that pays annual premiums in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for that insurance shall, within sixty (60) days of a written request by the insured employer, inspect the employer’s site or sites of employment. The insurance company shall make recommendations in writing to the employer for enhancing the safety and health of the employees on the site or sites.
(b) No employer shall be entitled to request more than two (2) safety inspections in any one calendar year; and no employer whose annual workers’ compensation insurance premiums are less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or whose experience modification is less than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), shall be entitled to request more than one safety inspection in any one calendar year.
History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 427, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 178, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-36 - Workers’ Compensation — Insurance
Section 28-36-1. - Insurance or filing of bond required.
Section 28-36-1.1. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-36-2. - Certificate of compliance by employer.
Section 28-36-3. - Appeal of unreasonable demands.
Section 28-36-4. - Notice of jurisdiction and effect of orders and decrees.
Section 28-36-5. - Policy provisions as to liability of employer and insurer.
Section 28-36-6. - Employee’s lien on insurer’s liability — Direct payment in event of insolvency.
Section 28-36-7. - Proceedings by employee against insurer or employer.
Section 28-36-8. - Subrogation of insurer to rights of employer.
Section 28-36-9. - Insurance agreements subject to statutory provisions.
Section 28-36-10. - Liability of noncomplying employers.
Section 28-36-11. - Direct liability of insurers other than under workers’ compensation law.
Section 28-36-12. - Notice of issuance, cancellation, or failure to renew policies.
Section 28-36-13. - Information furnished by insurers or self-insurers on request of director.
Section 28-36-14. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-36-16. - Fraudulent conveyances by uninsured employer.