§ 34-9-281. Prerequisites to Compensation for Occupational Disease
Where the employer and employee are subject to this chapter, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease shall be treated as the occurrence of an injury by accident; and the employee or, in the case of his or her death, the employee’s dependents shall be entitled to compensation as provided […]
§ 34-9-282. Payment of Medical and Burial Expenses of Claimants
Any claimant who shall be entitled to compensation under the terms of this article shall be entitled to burial expenses and medical, hospital, and other treatment in the same amounts and with the same limitations and conditions as provided in Code Sections 34-9-200 and 34-9-265 for injured employees. History. Code 1933, § 114-824, enacted by […]
§ 34-9-283. Applicability to Occupational Diseases of Provisions of Code Section 34-9-263 Regarding Permanent Partial Industrial Disabilities
The provisions of Code Section 34-9-263 with respect to permanent partial industrial disabilities shall apply in the case of an occupational disease, save and except that there shall be no compensation due or payable for the partial loss of or for partial loss of use of a member or for partial loss of vision of […]
§ 34-9-284. Liability of Last Employer; Compensation Based on Average Weekly Wage
Where compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease and the insurance carrier, if any, by whom the employer was insured when such employee was last so exposed under such employer shall alone be liable therefor, without right of […]
§ 34-9-285. Noncompensable Disease or Infirmity
Where an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease or infirmity not itself compensable or where disability or death from any other cause not itself compensable is aggravated, prolonged, accelerated, or in any other way contributed to by an occupational disease, the compensation payable shall be reduced and limited only to such proportion of […]
§ 34-9-288. Applicability of Provisions of Chapter to Article
All of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to this article, unless otherwise provided in or inconsistent with this article. History. Code 1933, § 114-810, enacted by Ga. L. 1946, p. 103; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 34. Law reviews. For article, “Occupational Diseases Under the Georgia Workmen’s Compensation Act,” see 8 […]
§ 34-9-289. Exclusive Liability of Employer for Employee’s Death or Disability From Occupational Disease
Whenever an employer and employee are subject to this chapter, the liability of the employer under this article for the disablement or death of the employee from an occupational disease in any way incurred by such employee in the course of or because of his employment shall be exclusive and in place of any and […]
§ 34-9-291. Effect of False Representations by Employee Regarding Previous Disability From or Compensation for Occupational Disease
No compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee, in the course of or in the course of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represented himself in writing to such employer as not having previously been disabled, laid off, or compensated in […]
§ 34-9-292. Payment of Expenses of Board
The total expenses of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation for the administration, operation, and proper functioning of the board under this article shall be a proper charge under Code Section 34-9-63 and shall be payable as provided therein. History. Code 1933, § 114-826, enacted by Ga. L. 1946, p. 103; Ga. L. 1982, p. […]
§ 34-9-310. Resolution of Medical Questions Resulting From Claims for Compensation
When medical questions are in controversy in any claim for compensation for an occupational disease, the parties may agree to refer the employee to a licensed physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease at issue for an independent medical examination and report. In the event that the parties cannot agree on the […]