§ 58. Application of provisions of workers' compensation law. All the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the chairman of the workers' compensation board and the workers' compensation board by the workers' compensation law which are necessary for the administration of this chapter and not inconsistent with this chapter are, to that extent, made applicable to this chapter, even though such provisions of the workers' compensation law are not expressly made applicable to this chapter by the provisions of this chapter or the workers' compensation law.