OSCN Found Document:Lack of Notice Creates Rebuttable Presumption that Injury Not Work-Related
Title 85A. Workers' Compensation

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 85A. Workers' Compensation
    Chapter 1 - Administrative Workers' Compensation Act
        Section 68 - Lack of Notice Creates Rebuttable Presumption that Injury Not Work-Related
Cite as: 85A O.S. § 68 (OSCN 2026)


A. Unless an employee gives oral or written notice to the employer within thirty (30) days of the date an injury occurs, the rebuttable presumption shall be that the injury was not work-related. Such presumption must be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence.

B. Unless an employee gives oral or written notice to the employer within thirty (30) days of the employee's separation from employment, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that an occupational disease or cumulative trauma injury did not arise out of and in the course of employment. Such presumption must be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence.

Historical Data


Laws 2013, SB 1062, c. 208, § 68, eff. February 1, 2014.

Citationizer® Summary of Documents Citing This Document
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Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Cases
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 2018 OK CIV APP 43, 418 P.3d 713, ROLLED ALLOYS, INC. v. WILSONDiscussed
Oklahoma Supreme Court Cases
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 2023 OK 42, 528 P.3d 772, SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP. v. PAREDESCited
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