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Workers Comp Rules Index
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TITLE NO. |
SERIES
NO. |
RULE NAME |
TYPE |
AUTHORITY |
EFFECTIVE
DATE |
NOTES |
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CURRENT |
Title 85 |
Series 1 |
Claims Management and Administration |
EL |
§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) |
10/15/07 |
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Title 85 |
Series 2 |
Workers' Compensation Claims Index |
EL |
§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) |
1/20/08 |
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Title 85 |
Series 4 |
Attorney's Fees |
EL |
§§23-1-1; 23-1-1(a)(j)(3); 23-2C-21(c) |
12/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 5 |
Permanent Total Disability |
EL |
§§23-4--6(j)(1); 23-4-16(d) |
8/1/05 |
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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) |
5/12/07 |
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Title 85 |
Series 7 |
Rules for Selected Hearings |
EL |
§23-2-17 |
8/1/05 |
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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); 33-2-20(a) |
11/30/07 |
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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) |
12/17/06 |
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Title 85 |
Series 10 |
Primary Contractor Liability |
EL |
§§23-1-1a; 23-2-1d |
7/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 11 |
Employer Default, Enforcement, Collections and Related Matters |
EL |
§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) |
9/13/07 |
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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 |
7/19/06 |
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Title 85 |
Series 13 |
Procedural Rules for the Industrial Council |
EL |
§§6-9A-3; 23-2C-5; 29A-3-3 |
11/9/06 |
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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 |
7/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 15 |
Vocational and Physical Rehabilitation |
EL |
§23-4-9(b) & (e) |
10/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 17 |
Electronic Submittal of Invoices and Receipt of Payments |
EL |
§§23-1-1a(j)(3); 23-3-5 |
10/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 18 |
Self Insurance, Self Administration and Third Party Administrators |
EL |
§§23-1-1a; 23-2-4; 23-2-9 |
11/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 19 |
Self Insurance Risk Pools |
EL |
§§23-2-9(i); 23-2C-2(p); 23-2C-2(q); 23-2C-5(c)(2); 23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b) |
3/4/07 |
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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) |
1/20/06 |
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Title 85 |
Series 21 |
Managed Health Care Plans |
EL |
§23-4-3(b)(2) |
8/1/05 |
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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 |
7/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 27 |
Qualified Rehabilitation Provider |
EL |
§§23-1-1; 23-1-1a(j) |
10/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 28 |
Rules for Health Care Vendor Hearings |
EL |
§§23-4-3; 23-4-3c |
7/1/05 |
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Title 85 |
Series 31 |
Employee Leasing |
EL |
§§23-1-1a |
1/2/06 |
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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 |
§§23-1-1a; 23-1-1b(g)(16); 23-2C-15(e) |
8/1/05 |
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PROPOSED |
Title 85 |
Series 1 |
Claims Management and Administration |
EL |
§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) |
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END OF COMMENT PERIOD: 5/29/08
PUBLIC HEARING: 5/29/08 (at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner – Rm. 400) |
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Title 85 |
Series 2 |
Workers' Compensation Claims Index |
EL |
§§23-2C-22; 33-2-10(b); 33-2-21(a) |
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END OF COMMENT PERIOD: 5/29/08
PUBLIC HEARING: 5/29/08 (at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner – Rm. 400) |
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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) |
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END OF COMMENT PERIOD: 5/29/08
PUBLIC HEARING: 5/29/08 (at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner – Rm. 400) |
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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) |
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END OF COMMENT PERIOD: 5/29/08
PUBLIC HEARING: 5/29/08 (at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner – Rm. 400) |
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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) |
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END OF COMMENT PERIOD: 5/29/08
PUBLIC HEARING: 5/29/08 (at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner – Rm. 400) |
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| Key |
L = Legislative
P = Procedural
I = Interpretive
E = Emergency
EL = Exempt Legislative |
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