§ 97-35 – How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.
97-35. How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury. If any employee receives a permanent injury as specified in G.S. 97-31 after having sustained another permanent injury in the same employment, he shall be entitled to compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation shall be paid by extending the period […]
§ 97-36 – Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.
97-36. Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state. Where an accident happens while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this State and the accident is one which would entitle him or his dependents or next of kin to compensation if it had happened in this State, then the employee or […]
§ 97-37 – Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.
97-37. Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid. When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under this Article for an injury covered by G.S. 97-31 and dies from any other cause than the injury for which he was entitled to compensation, payment of the unpaid balance of compensation shall be made: […]
§ 97-38 – Where death results proximately from compensable injury or occupational disease; dependents; burial expenses; compensation to aliens; election by partial dependents.
97-38. Where death results proximately from compensable injury or occupational disease; dependents; burial expenses; compensation to aliens; election by partial dependents. If death results proximately from a compensable injury or occupational disease and within six years thereafter, or within two years of the final determination of disability, whichever is later, the employer shall pay or […]
§ 97-39 – Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.
97-39. Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent. A widow, a widower and/or a child shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee. In all other cases […]
§ 97-40 – Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.
97-40. Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin. Subject to the provisions of G.S. 97-38, if the deceased employee leaves neither whole nor partial dependents, then the compensation […]
§ 97-40.1 – Second Injury Fund.
97-40.1. Second Injury Fund. (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the "Second Injury Fund," to be held and disbursed by the Industrial Commission as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of providing money for said fund the Industrial Commission may assess against the employer or its insurance carrier the payment of […]
§ 97-32.2 – Vocational rehabilitation.
97-32.2. Vocational rehabilitation. (a) In a compensable claim, the employer may engage vocational rehabilitation services at any point during a claim, regardless of whether the employee has reached maximum medical improvement to include, among other services, a one-time assessment of the employee’s vocational potential, except vocational rehabilitation services may not be required if the employee […]
§ 97-33 – Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury.
97-33. Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury. If any employee is an epileptic, or has a permanent disability or has sustained a permanent injury in service in the United States Army or Navy, or in another employment other than that in which he received a subsequent permanent injury by accident, such as specified […]
§ 97-26.2 – Reimbursement for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services.
97-26.2. Reimbursement for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services. (a) The reimbursement amount for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services shall be limited to the lesser of ninety-five percent (95%) of the average wholesale price (AWP) of the product, calculated on a per unit basis, as of the date […]