Workers' Comp Rules

Workers Comp Rules Index

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TITLE NO.	SERIES NO.	RULE NAME	TYPE	AUTHORITY	EFFECTIVE DATE
Title 85	Series 1	Claims Management and Administration	EL	§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b);33-2-21(a)	11/08/2009
Title 85	Series 2	Workers' Compensation Claims Index	EL	§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a)	08/17/2008
Title 85	Series 4	Attorney's Fees	EL	§§23-1-1; 23-1-1(a)(j)(3); 23-2C-21(c)	12/01/2005
Title 85	Series 5	Permanent Total Disability	EL	§§23-4--6(j)(1); 23-4-16(d)	08/01/2005
Title 85	Series 6	Workers' Compensation Debt Reduction Fund Assessments and Regulatory Surcharge	EL	§§23-2C-3(f)(1)-(3); 23-2C-5(c)(2); 23-2C-22; 23-2D-5; 23-2D-6; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a)	08/17/2008
Title 85	Series 7	Rules for Selected Hearings	EL	§23-2-17	08/01/2005
Title 85	Series 8	Workers' Compensation Policies, Coverage Issues, and Related Topics	EL	§§23-2C-17(b); 23-2C-18(g); 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a)	08/17/2008
Title 85	Series 9	Workers' Compensation Uninsured Employers' Fund	EL	§§23-2C-5(c)(2); 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-20(a)	11/08/2009
Title 85	Series 10	Primary Contractor Liability	EL	§§23-1-1a; 23-2-1d	07/01/2005
Title 85	Series 11	Employer Default, Enforcement, Collections and Related Matters	EL	§§23-2C-19(g) & 22; 33-2-10(b) & 33-2-21(a)	05/10/2012
Title 85	Series 12	Compromise & Settlement of Workers' Compensation Issues	EL	§§23-2C-5(c)(2); 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-20(a); 23-4-1 et seq; 23-5-1; 23-5-7	07/19/2006
Title 85	Series 13	Procedural Rules for the Industrial Council	EL	§§6-9A-3; 23-2C-5; 29A-3-3	11/09/2006
Title 85	Series 14	Procedural Rules for the Workers' Compensation Board of Managers	EL	§§6-9A-3; 23-1-1a(j)(3); 29A-3-3	07/01/2005
Title 85	Series 15	Vocational and Physical Rehabilitation	EL	§23-4-9(b) & (e)	10/01/2005
Title 85	Series 17	Electronic Submittal of Invoices and Receipt of Payments	EL	§§23-1-1a(j)(3); 23-3-5	10/01/2005
Title 85	Series 18	Self Insurance, Self Administration and Third Party Administrators	EL	§§23-2-9; 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a)	08/17/2008
Title 85	Series 19	Self Insurance Risk Pools	EL	§§23-2-9(e); 23-2C-2(p); 23-2C-2(q); 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b) & 33-2-21(a)	11/20/2008
Title 85	Series 20	Medical Management of Claims, Guidelines for Impairment Evaluations, Evidence, and Ratings, and Ranges of Permanent Partial Disability Awards	EL	§23-4-3b(b)	01/20/2006
Title 85	Series 21	Managed Health Care Plans	EL	§23-4-3(b)(2)	08/01/2005
Title 85	Series 26	Health Care Advisory Panel	EL	§§6-9A-3, 23-1-1a(j)(3), 23-4-1 et seq, and 29A-3-3	07/01/2005
Title 85	Series 27	Qualified Rehabilitation Provider	EL	§§23-1-1; 23-1-1a(j)	10/01/2005
Title 85	Series 28	Rules for Health Care Vendor Hearings	EL	§§23-4-3; 23-4-3c	07/01/2005
Title 85	Series 31	Professional Employer Organizations	EL	§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) & 33-46A-7	11/21/2008
Title 85	Series 32	State Agency Revocation or Refusal to Grant, Issue or Renew Contracts, Licenses, Permits, Certificates or Other Authority to Conduct a Trade, Profession or Business to or with an Employing Unit in Default of its Workers' Compensation Obligations	EL	§§23-1-1b(g)(16); 23-2C-15(d); 23-2C-19(e)	11/08/2009