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Workers' Compensation Act.

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Short title.

References to workmen's compensation.

Definitions.

Presumption that all employers and employees have come under provisions of Article.

Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1291, s. 2.

Presumption as to contract of service.

Presumption that taxicab drivers are independent contractors.

No special contract can relieve an employer of obligations.

Sections
97-6.1

Repealed by 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 1021, s. 4.

State or subdivision and employees thereof.

Prior injuries and deaths unaffected.

Employer to secure payment of compensation.

Repealed by Session Laws 1959, c. 1324.

Section
97-10.1

Other rights and remedies against employer excluded.

Section
97-10.2

Rights under Article not affected by liability of third party; rights and remedies against third parties.

Section
97-10.3

Minors illegally employed.

Employer not relieved of statutory duty.

Use of intoxicant or controlled substance; willful neglect; willful disobedience of statutory duty, safety regulation or rule.

Section
97-12.1

Willful misrepresentation in applying for employment.

Exceptions from provisions of Article.

Sections
97-14 through 97-16 - through 97

Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1291, ss. 7-9.

Settlements allowed in accordance with Article.

Prompt payment of compensation required; installments; payment without prejudice; notice to Commission; penalties.

Section
97-18.1

Termination or suspension of compensation benefits.

Liability of principal contractors; certificate that subcontractor has complied with law; right to recover compensation of those who would have been liable; order of liability.

Section
97-19.1

Truck, tractor, or truck tractor trailer driver's status as employee or independent contractor.

Priority of compensation claims against assets of employer.

Claims unassignable and exempt from taxes and debts; agreement of employee to contribute to premium or waive right to compensation void; unlawful deduction by employer.

Notice of accident to employer.

What notice is to contain; defects no bar; notice personally or by registered letter or certified mail.

Right to compensation barred after two years; destruction of records.

Medical treatment and supplies.

Section
97-25.1

Limitation of duration of medical compensation.

Section
97-25.2

Managed care organizations.

Section
97-25.3

Preauthorization.

Section
97-25.4

Utilization guidelines for medical treatment.

Section
97-25.5

Utilization guidelines for vocational and other rehabilitation.

Section
97-25.6

Reasonable access to medical information.

Fees allowed for medical treatment; malpractice of physician.

Section
97-26.1

Fees for medical records and reports; expert witnesses; communications with health care providers.

Section
97-26.2

Reimbursement for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services.

Medical examination; facts not privileged; refusal to be examined suspends compensation; other medical opinions; autopsy.

Seven-day waiting period; exceptions.

Rates and duration of compensation for total incapacity.

Section
97-29.1

Increase in payments in cases for total and permanent disability occurring prior to July 1, 1973.

Partial incapacity.

Schedule of injuries; rate and period of compensation.

Section
97-31.1

Effective date of legislative changes in benefits.

Refusal of injured employee to accept suitable employment as suspending compensation.

Section
97-32.1

Trial return to work.

Section
97-32.2

Vocational rehabilitation.

Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury.

Employee receiving an injury when being compensated for former injury.

How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.

Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.

Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.

Where death results proximately from compensable injury or occupational disease; dependents; burial expenses; compensation to aliens; election by partial dependents.

Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.

Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.

Section
97-40.1

Second Injury Fund.

Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1308, s. 5.

Deduction of payments.

Section
97-42.1

Credit for unemployment benefits.

Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.

Lump sums.

Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.

Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.

Change of condition; modification of award.

Section
97-47.1

Payment without prejudice; limitations period.

Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.

Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.

Limitation as against minors or mentally incompetent.

Joint employment; liabilities.

Occupational disease made compensable; "accident" defined.

(See editor's note on condition precedent) Occupational diseases enumerated; when due to exposure to chemicals.

"Disablement" defined.

"Disability" defined.

Limitation on compensable diseases.

Employer liable.

Time limit for filing claims.

Employer to pay for treatment.

Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(a), effective July 1, 2003.

Rewritten as §§ 97-61.1 to 97-61.7.

Section
97-61.1

First examination of and report on employee having asbestosis or silicosis.

Section
97-61.2

Filing of first report; right of hearing; effect of report as testimony.

Section
97-61.3

Second examination and report.

Section
97-61.4

Third examination and report.

Section
97-61.5

Hearing after first examination and report; removal of employee from hazardous occupation; compensation upon removal from hazardous occupation.

Section
97-61.6

Hearing after third examination and report; compensation for disability and death from asbestosis or silicosis.

Section
97-61.7

Waiver of right to compensation as alternative to forced change of occupation.

"Silicosis" and "asbestosis" defined.

Period necessary for employee to be exposed.

General provisions of act to control as regards benefits.

Reduction of rate where tuberculosis develops.

Claim where benefits are discontinued.

Postmortem examinations; notice to next of kin and insurance carrier.

Controverted medical questions.

Examination by advisory medical committee; inspection of medical reports.

Report of committee to Industrial Commission.

Filing report; right of hearing on report.

Appointment of advisory medical committee; terms of office; duties and functions; salaries and expenses.

Fees.

Expense of hearings taxed as costs in compensation cases; fees collected directed to general fund.

Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(f), effective July 1, 2003.

Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(f), effective July 1, 2003.

North Carolina Industrial Commission created; members appointed by Governor; terms of office; chairman.

Section
97-77.1

Expired.

Salaries and expenses; administrator, executive secretary, deputy commissioners, and other staff assistance; annual report.

Section
97-78.1

Standards of judicial conduct to apply to commissioners and deputy commissioners.

Offices and supplies; deputies with power to subpoena witnesses and to take testimony; meetings; hearings.

Rules and regulations; subpoena of witnesses; examination of books and records; depositions; costs.

Blank forms and literature; statistics; safety provisions; accident reports; studies and investigations and recommendations to General Assembly; to cooperate with other agencies for prevention of injury.

Memorandum of agreement between employer and employee to be submitted to Commission on prescribed forms for approval; direct payment as award.

Commission is to make award after hearing.

Section
97-83.1

Facilities for hearings; security.

Determination of disputes by Commission or deputy.

Review of award.

Award conclusive as to facts; appeal; certified questions of law.

Section
97-86.1

Payment of award pending appeal in certain cases.

Section
97-86.2

Interest on awards after hearing.

Judgments on awards.

Expenses of appeals brought by insurers.

Section
97-88.1

Attorney's fees at original hearing.

Section
97-88.2

Penalty for fraud.

Section
97-88.3

Penalty for health care providers.

Commission may appoint qualified physician to make necessary examinations; expenses; fees.

Legal and medical fees to be approved by Commission; misdemeanor to receive fees unapproved by Commission, or to solicit employment in adjusting claims; agreement for fee or compensation.

Section
97-90.1

Insurers that provide employee's health benefit plans, disability income plans, or any other health insurance plans as real parties in interest; reimbursement.

Commission to determine all questions.

Employer's record and report of accidents; records of Commission not open to public; supplementary report upon termination of disability; penalty for refusal to make report; when insurance carrier liable.

Employers required to carry insurance or prove financial ability to pay for benefits; employers required to post notice; self-insured employers regulated by Commissioner of Insurance.

Employers required to give proof that they have complied with preceding section; penalty for not keeping liability insured; review; liability for compensation; criminal penalties for failure to secure payment of compensation.

Actions against employers failing to effect insurance or qualify as self-insurer.

Repealed by Session Laws 1997-362, s. 7.

Insurance policies must contain clause that notice to employer is notice to insurer, etc.

Policy must contain agreement promptly to pay benefits; continuance of obligation of insurer in event of default.

Law written into each insurance policy; form of policy to be approved by Commissioner of Insurance; single catastrophe hazards.

Rates for insurance; carrier to make reports for determination of solvency; tax upon premium; wrongful or fraudulent representation of carrier punishable as misdemeanor; notices.

Collection of fines and penalties.

Section
97-101.1

Commission may issue writs of habeas corpus.