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39-A §615. Disability due to radioactive properties

§615. Disability due to radioactive properties Notwithstanding section 606 or any other provision of this chapter, the employee need not be exposed to radioactive substances for a period of 60 days or more, and the time for filing claims does not begin to run in cases of incapacity due to exposure to radioactive substances until […]

39-A §601. Short title

§601. Short title This chapter may be known and cited as the “Occupational Disease Law.”   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).

39-A §602. Application

§602. Application Except as otherwise specifically provided, incapacity to work or death of an employee arising out of and in the course of employment and resulting from an occupational disease must be treated as the happening of a personal injury arising out of and in the course of the employment, within the meaning of the […]

39-A §603. Occupational disease defined

§603. Occupational disease defined As used in this chapter, the term “occupational disease” means only a disease that is due to causes and conditions characteristic of a particular trade, occupation, process or employment and that arises out of and in the course of employment.   [PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, […]

39-A §604. False reports

§604. False reports Compensation is not payable for an occupational disease if the employee who was employed on January 1, 1946 or who, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represents in writing that the employee has not previously been disabled, laid […]