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Workers' Compensation Administration

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Legislative findings

Collection and dissemination of administration data

Worker's Compensation Board of Directors

Powers and Duties of Board of Workers' Compensation Administration

Appointment of Administrator, Powers and Duties of Administrator

Appointment of the Fund Administrator and Duties

Right to compensation for personal injury or occupational disease

Computation of wages

Amount of compensation

Medical rehabilitation

Vocational rehabilitation

Income benefits

Permanent total disability

Rights of minors

Pre-existing disabilities

Benefit adjustment

Alien dependents, payments through consular officers

Death benefits, lump sum payments, aggregate benefits

Death benefits for policemen and firemen

Assignment or waiver of compensation; exemption from execution, etc.; priority as lien

Administration of chapter; proceedings on claims; judicial review and enforcement of orders

Notice, by employee, of injury; report by employer

Filing of claim

Examination and treatment; autopsy

Determination of heirs; survival of rights

Uninsured employers

Violation of safety orders; penalties

Liability of third persons; subrogation

Abrogation of the borrowed employee doctrine

Repealed. Apr. 23, 1968, No. 2177, § 6, Sess. L. 1968, Pt. 1, p. 461.

Government Insurance Fund

Custody of Fund; payment of compensation; investments

Administrative expenses

Schedule of classifications; premium rates

Annual revision of classifications and premiums

Accounts and statistics

Review of classifications and rates; use of Experience Rating Plan in fixing rates

Insurance required, period of coverage

Reports by employer, payment of premiums

New employers, change in business, cessation of business

Adjustment of premium on basis of payroll; application of excess premium

Uncollectible premiums

Penalties, interest, action for collection injunction

Repealed. Apr. 23, 1968, No. 2177, § 7, Sess. L. 1968, Pt. I, p. 461.

Records of employers; inspection; penalty for false records or reports

Pending cases

Compensation for persons engaged in public recreational activity; reimbursement

Compensation for members and trainees of Civil Defense Volunteer Corps, Volunteer Fire Service and Police Auxiliary

Policemen, prison guards, matrons and firemen suffering disability or death from hypertension or heart disease

Exclusiveness of remedy

Mandatory rehiring of injured employee

Recording and reporting of injuries by employers

Prohibition against job discrimination based on receipt of prior benefits

Keeping of transcripts

Employee Assistance Unit (EAU)

Dispute Resolution Unit (DRU), mediators, training and benefit review conference

Resolution of disputes, settlement agreements, written reports, interlocutory orders, final determinations of liability

Rehabilitation Services Unit (RSU)