§ 11-9-813. Deductibles
(a) (1) Upon approval by the Insurance Commissioner, and following the adoption of such rules as the Insurance Commissioner deems necessary and advisable, each insurer issuing a policy under this chapter shall offer, as a part of the policy or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to the policyholder for benefits payable […]
§ 11-9-901. Creation — Exemption
(a) (1) (A) The Workers’ Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to recognize two separate entities formed under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and §§ 4-28-209 — 4-28-223, to function as guaranty funds for Arkansas workers’ compensation self-insurers in the private sector. (B) One (1) guaranty fund will be established for individual […]
§ 11-9-902. Rules
The Workers’ Compensation Commission shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
§ 11-9-903. Liability
There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall lie, whether at law or in equity, against any agent or employee of the two (2) corporations, their boards of directors, any Arkansas workers’ compensation self-insurer, or the Workers’ Compensation Commission or any of its representatives on […]
§ 11-9-801. Methods of payment
(a) Compensation shall be paid by check, by electronic funds transfer, or by state warrant. (b) Payment shall be made payable to the order of the person entitled to the compensation and paid directly to the person entitled to the compensation. (c) If the compensation beneficiary is a mental incompetent or a minor of tender […]
§ 11-9-802. Installments
(a) The first installment of compensation shall become due on the fifteenth day after the employer has notice of the injury or death, as provided in § 11-9-701, on which date all compensation then accrued shall be paid. Thereafter, compensation shall be paid every two (2) weeks except where the Workers’ Compensation Commission directs that […]
§ 11-9-803. Controversion of right to compensation
(a) (1) Each employer desiring to controvert the right to compensation shall file with the Workers’ Compensation Commission on or before the fifteenth day following notice of the alleged injury or death a statement on a form prescribed by the commission that the right to compensation is controverted and the grounds therefor, the names of […]
§ 11-9-804. Lump-sum settlement
(a) (1) Whenever the Workers’ Compensation Commission determines that it is for the best interest of the parties entitled to compensation, and after due notice to all parties in interest of a hearing, the liability of the employer for compensation may be discharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to the present value […]
§ 11-9-805. Joint petition for final settlement
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, upon petition filed by the employer or carrier and the injured employee requesting that a final settlement be had between the parties, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall hear the petition and take testimony and make investigations as may be necessary to determine whether a […]
§ 11-9-806. Disputed source of benefits
(a) In any case where an employer changes insurance carriers or where the employer having been self-insured, becomes insured or, having been insured, is approved to be self-insured, and the only dispute in a claim against that employer is the proper source of payment of benefits, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall direct that the appropriate […]