Title 85A. Workers' Compensation 

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Chapter 1 - Administrative Workers' Compensation Act

§ 1. Short Title

§ 2. Definitions

§ 3. Applicability of Act

§ 4. Invalidity Clause

§ 5. Exclusivity - Exceptions - Liability

§ 6. False Statements and Misrepresentation - Criminal Penalties - Enforcement - Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation Unit - Rules

§ 7. Prohibition of Retaliation Against Employee Acting in Good Faith - Jurisdiction - Damages - Remedies

§ 8. Invalidity of Employee Waiver of Compensation - Exceptions

§ 9. Invalidity of Employee Agreement to Pay Premium - Misdemeanor for Employer

§ 10. Limitation on Release, Assignment, Garnishment, etc. of Workers' Compensation Benefit - Exceptions

§ 11. Compensation to Alien Nonresidents - Dependents

§ 12. Compensation Preference

§ 13. Limitation on Compensable Injury - Mental Injury or Illness - First Responder

§ 14. Limitation on Compensable Injury - Cardiovascular, Coronary, Pulmonary, Respitory, or Cerebrovasular Accident - Myocardial Infarction

§ 15. Repealed

§ 16. Primary Standard of Reference - Official Disability Guidelines

§ 17. Physician Advisory Committee - Appointment - Duties

§ 18. Health Care Provider - Prohibition on Collection from Employee if Compensation Claim - Notice - Exception

§ 19. Workers' Compensation Commission - Appointment - Salary - Rules - Office - Chair - Duties - Appeals - Disqualification

§ 20. Workers' Compensation Commission - Powers - Administrative Fees

§ 21. Workers' Compensation Commission - State Officers - Procedure - Seal - Delegation to Administrative Law Judges

§ 22. Workers' Compensation Commission - Administration - Employees - Powers - Duties - Protected Deliberative Communications

§ 23. Workers' Compensation Commission - Travel Reimbursement

§ 24. Workers' Compensation Commission - Biennial Administration Report

§ 25. Workers' Compensation Commission - Annual Published Report

§ 26. Workers' Compensation Commission - Removal of Commissioner - Hearing - Notice - Procedure - Publication

§ 27. Workers' Compensation Commission - Administrative Law Judges - Powers - Duties

§ 28. Establishment of Multiple Injury Trust Fund and Self-insurance Guaranty Fund

§ 28.1. Workers' Compensation Commission Revolving Fund

§ 29. Fees - Compensation Insurance Carrier - Self-Insurer - Third-Party Administrator

§ 30. Definition of "Physically Impaired Person"

§ 31. Multiple Injury Trust Fund

§ 32. Compensation - Attorney Fees

§ 33. Notice of Claim

§ 34. Administration - Authority - Reports - Standing - Right to Bring Proceeding in the Supreme Court

§ 35. Employer - Duty to Compensate - Limitation - Primary Obligation

§ 35.1. Court Reporter Authorized to Report Settlements

§ 36. Primary Contractor Liability - Recovery - Limitation - Affidavit of Exempt Status

§ 37. Exempted or Excepted Employment - Notice of Waiver

§ 38. Employer to Secure Compensation - Waiver - Knowing Provision of False Information - Penalty

§ 39. Carrier Liability - Discharge of Obligations

§ 40. Failure to Secure Compensation by Employer - Penalty - Procedure - Collection - Information Disclosed and Confidentiality

§ 41. Notice of Secured Compensation

§ 42. Compensation Insurance - Contents - Cancellation - Coverage - Insurance Group

§ 43. Compensation Insurance - Liability - Subrogation

§ 44. Benefits Payable Reduced by Benefits Received - Disclosure by Claimant

§ 45. Compensation Rates - Temporary Total Disability - Temporary Partial Disability - Permanent Partial Disability - Permanent Total Disability - Vocational Rehabilitation - Disfigurement

§ 46. Permanent Partial Disability Compensation - Amputation - Loss of Vision - Loss of Hearing

§ 47. Time of Death - Common Law Spouse - Beneficiaries

§ 48. Compensation for Illegally Employed Minors

§ 49. Limitation on Temporary Total Disability Compensation - Unemployment Insurance Benefits

§ 50. Employer Required to Provide Prompt Medical Treatment - Medical Examination of Employee - Employee Travel Reimbursement - Fee Schedule - Formulary

§ 51. Employer Liable for Medical Services for Compensable Injuries

§ 52. Employer Not Liable for Medical Services for Noncompensable Injuries

§ 53. Employee Examination and Treatment by Commission-Designated Physician

§ 54. Employee Refusal to Submit to a Recommended Surgical Operation

§ 55. Review of Medical Charges by Commission

§ 56. Employer Selection of Treating Physician or Chiropractor - Change of Physician or Chiropractor

§ 57. Employee Absence from Scheduled Treatment Appointment - Limit on Benefits - Exceptions

§ 58. Medical Provider - Disclosure of Records

§ 59. Average Weekly Wage Formula - Overtime - National Guard Member

§ 60. Physician Advisory Committee - Adoption of Alternative Method to Evaluate Permanent Disability

§ 61. Hernia is Not a Compensable Injury

§ 62. Limitation on Temporary Total Disability Compensation - Soft Tissue Injury

§ 63. Employer Confidential Report to Commission - Penalty - Procedure

§ 64. Workplace Medical Plan - Certification - Inspection

§ 65. Occupational Disease - Compensation - Definition - Limitation on Employer Liability

§ 66. Asbestosis - Silicosis - Definition - Limitation on Compensation

§ 67. Occupational Disease or Cumulative Trauma - Notice

§ 68. Lack of Notice Creates Rebuttable Presumption that Injury Not Work-Related

§ 69. Time for Filing - Failure to File - Persons under Disability

§ 70. Workers' Compensation Commission - Promulgation of Preliminary Conference Procedure Rules

§ 71. Workers' Compensation Commission - Notice of Claim - Hearing - Evidence and Construction - Judgment - Limitation of Compensation After Death

§ 72. Workers' Compensation Commission - Proceedings - Conduct - Public - Records - Introduction of Evidence - Expert Testimony

§ 73. Workers' Compensation Commission - Powers - Contempt - Penalty

§ 74. Rebuttable Presumptions - Jurisdiction - Notice - Injury Not Intentional

§ 75. Workers' Compensation Commission - Depositions

§ 76. Workers' Compensation Commission - Witness Fees

§ 77. Workers' Compensation Commission - Authorization to Employ Attorneys in Interested Proceedings

§ 78. Workers' Compensation Commission - Appeal to Commission - Appeal to Supreme Court

§ 79. District Court - Recognition of Judgment - Lien

§ 80. Workers' Compensation Commission - Limited Review of Compensation Judgment - Procedure - Corrections

§ 81. Unreasonable Proceedings - Cost Assessed Against Responsible Party

§ 82. Legal Fees for Services Rendered in a Claim

§ 83. Attorney Signature - Sanctions for Failure to Appear or for Frivolously Joining Another Party

§ 84. Payment of Compensation

§ 85. Clean Claims - Payment - Definition

§ 86. Controversion - Extension

§ 87. Settlement of Claims

§ 88. Dispute Over the Proper Source of Payment

§ 89. Reimbursement - Deductions

§ 90. Requirement to Make a Deposit or Bond with Workers' Compensation Commission

§ 91. Interest on Accrued and Unpaid Compensation

§ 92. Notification of Payments to Workers' Compensation Commission - Penalties

§ 93. Power of Workers' Compensation Commission to Make Investigations

§ 94. Incarcerated Employees

§ 95. Optional Deductibles

§ 96. Creation of the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund Board

§ 97. Creation of the Self-insurance Guaranty Fund

§ 98. Self-insurance Guaranty Fund - Sources

§ 99. Impaired Self-insurer - Release of Security

§ 100. Self-insurance Guaranty Board as a Party in Proceedings Involving Compensation Claims

§ 101. Electronic Data Interchange System - Creation of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Electronic Data Interchange System Advisory Committee

§ 102. Group Self-Insurer - Rules - Requirements - Exemption

§ 103. Group Self-Insurer - Rules - Pooling Liabilities

§ 104. Workers' Compensation Commission - Self-Insurance Guaranty Board - Administrative Law Judge - Limitation on Personal Liability

§ 105. Workers' Compensation Commission - Limitation on Testimony - Prohibition on Solicitation and Recommendation - Penalty - Prohibition of Ex Parte Communication by Administrative Law Judge

§ 106. Act Construction

§ 107. Application - Public Entities - Counties, Cities and Towns - Boards of Education - Comprehensive Universities - Hospitals - Private Employer Liability for Off-Duty Public Employee

§ 108. Claimant - Dismissal Before Final Submission - Statute of Limitations

§ 109. Workers' Compensation Counselor or Ombudsman Program - Duties - Notice to Injured Worker - Training Program

§ 110. Alternative Dispute Resolution Program - Mediation - Procedure - Certification - Compensation

§ 111. Procedure - Claim - Contested Issues - Hearings

§ 112. Independent Medical Examiner - Appointment - Selection - Physical Examination of Employee - Reimbursement - Review Process - Report

§ 113. Case Management Request

§ 114. Prostheses

§ 115. Settlement Agreement

§ 116. Awards - Permanent Partial Disability - Permanent Total Disability

§ 117. Denial of Employment Estopped - Scheduled Employee

§ 118. Filing Fee - Fee to Reopen

§ 119. Fee for Copies - Deposit of Penalties and Fines

§ 120. Inquiries About Previous Workers' Compensation Claims - Fees - Exceptions

§ 121. Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation - Appointments - Terms - Vacancy - Chair and Vice-Chair - Reimbursement - Meetings - Reports - Duties

§ 122. Tax Rates - Authorization - Apportionment

§ 123. Written Declaration of Truth

§ 124. Unexpended Funds

§ 125. Computing Time

§ 126. General Contractors and Subcontractors - Oil or Gas Operator

Chapter 2 - Oklahoma Employee Injury Benefit Act

§ 200. Repealed

§ 201. Repealed

§ 202. Repealed

§ 203. Repealed

§ 204. Repealed

§ 205. Repealed

§ 206. Repealed

§ 207. Repealed

§ 208. Repealed

§ 209. Repealed

§ 210. Repealed

§ 211. Repealed

§ 212. Repealed

§ 213. Repealed

Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation Arbitration Act

§ 300. Short Title

§ 301. Arbitration Agreements - Validity

§ 302. Notice

§ 303. Arbitration Agreements - Whether or Not Governed by Workers' Compensation Arbitration Act

§ 304. Arbitration Agreements - Waiver

§ 305. Application for Judicial Relief - Notice of Initial Application and Motion

§ 306. Arbitration Agreement - Revocability - Condition Precedent

§ 307. Arbitration Agreement - Refusal to Submit to Arbitration - Disputed Existence of Arbitration Agreement

§ 308. Provisional Remedies

§ 309. Notice of Arbitration Proceeding

§ 310. Consolidation of Arbitration Proceedings

§ 311. Appointment of an Arbitrator

§ 312. Arbitrator - Conflicts of Interest

§ 313. Arbitrator - Multiple Arbitrators

§ 314. Arbitrator - Immunity

§ 315. Arbitrator - Authority

§ 316. Representation - Legal Fees

§ 317. Arbitrator - Authority - Supoenas - Depositions - Discovery - Protective Orders

§ 318. Pre-Award Ruling

§ 319. Award - Record - Time

§ 320. Award - Modification or Correction - Timing

§ 321. Remedies

§ 322. Application and Motion for Judgment Confirming Award

§ 323. Vacating an Award

§ 324. Modification or Correction of an Award Due to Miscalculation, Error in Claim or Error in Form

§ 325. Motion to Confirm or Vacate an Order - Attorney Fees

§ 326. Jurisdiction of Commission

§ 327. Appeal

§ 328. Judicial Review of a Judgment or Award

Chapter 4 - Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims

§ 400. Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims

§ 401. Workers' Compensation Commission Revolving Revolving Fund

§ 401.1. Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims Administrative Fund