Waiver of compensation by employee - approval required - exception.

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No waiver of compensation or medical benefits by an employee for aggravation of any preexisting condition or disease shall be allowed under articles 40 to 47 of this title. This section, however, shall not invalidate any such waiver so filed and approved prior to March 1, 1977, under the provisions of the "Colorado Occupational Disease Disability Act", which was repealed effective September 1, 1975.

Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 479, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-51-113 as it existed prior to 1990.

Cross references: For the historical record of the "Colorado Occupational Disease Disability Act", see article 60 of this title, as contained in the original Volume 3, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as amended through L. 75.


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