Workers' Compensation - General Provisions

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Section
28-29-1

Short title.

Section
28-29-1.1

Name change.

Section
28-29-1.2

Legislative findings and implementation of reforms.

Section
28-29-1.3

Jurisdiction of Workers' Compensation Act.

Section
28-29-2

Definitions.

Section
28-29-3

Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of employment.

Section
28-29-4

Defenses available in action against employer subject to law - Towns and cities.

Section
28-29-5

Employers exempt.

Section
28-29-6

Employers subject to law.

Section
28-29-6.1

Secondary provision of workers' compensation insurance.

Section
28-29-6.2

Employers' mandatory disclosure.

Section
28-29-7

Domestic and farm laborers.

Section
28-29-7.1

Exemption from workers' compensation - Certain real estate persons.

Section
28-29-7.2

Farm laborers.

Section
28-29-8

Election by exempt employers to be subject to law.

Section
28-29-9

Service of process on nonresident employers.

Section
28-29-10

Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required.

Section
28-29-11

Annual certificate of compliance.

Section
28-29-12

Certificate fee.

Section
28-29-13

Posting of summaries of law.

Section
28-29-13.1

Booklets - Information.

Section
28-29-14

Forms prescribed and furnished.

Section
28-29-15

Exemption of professional hockey personnel.

Section
28-29-16

Certificate of coverage by another state.

Section
28-29-17

Waiver of common law rights - Notice of claim of common law right.

Section
28-29-17.1

Notice of designation as independent contractor.

Section
28-29-18

Minors deemed sui juris - Claim of common law rights.

Section
28-29-19

Waiver of claim of common law rights.

Section
28-29-20

Rights in lieu of other rights and remedies.

Section
28-29-21

Wrongful death law inapplicable.

Section
28-29-22

Agreement for alternative scheme - Approval and certification.

Section
28-29-23

Termination provisions in alternative scheme.

Section
28-29-24

Revocation of certificate as to alternative scheme.

Section
28-29-25

Penal provisions in other statutes unaffected.

Section
28-29-26

Supervision of enforcement.

Section
28-29-27

Appropriations and disbursements.

Section
28-29-28

Repealed.

Section
28-29-29

Severability.

Section
28-29-30

Advisory council.