Section 405 – Employee injured outside state — Entitled to compensation — Limitation of time.
34A-2-405. Employee injured outside state — Entitled to compensation — Limitation of time. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), if an employee who has been hired or is regularly employed in this state receives personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment outside of this state, the employee, or […]
Section 210 – Power to bring suit for noncompliance.
Effective 12/31/2017 34A-2-210. Power to bring suit for noncompliance. (1) (a) The commission or the division on behalf of the commission may maintain a suit in any court of the state to enjoin any employer, within this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, from further operation of the employer’s business, when the employer […]
Section 211 – Notice of noncompliance to employer — Enforcement power of division — Penalty.
Effective 5/8/2018 34A-2-211. Notice of noncompliance to employer — Enforcement power of division — Penalty. (1) (a) In addition to the remedies described in Section 34A-2-210, if the division has reason to believe that an employer is conducting business without securing the payment of benefits in accordance with Section 34A-2-201, the division shall deliver written […]
Section 212 – Docketing awards in district court — Enforcing judgment.
Effective 5/9/2017 34A-2-212. Docketing awards in district court — Enforcing judgment. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an abstract of a final order of the commission providing an award may be filed under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, in the office of the clerk of the district court of […]
Section 301 – Places of employment to be safe — Willful neglect — Penalty.
34A-2-301. Places of employment to be safe — Willful neglect — Penalty. (1) An employer may not: (a) construct, occupy, or maintain any place of employment that is not safe; (b) require or knowingly permit any employee to be in any employment or place of employment that is not safe; (c) fail to provide and […]
Section 302 – Employee’s willful misconduct — Penalty.
Effective 5/12/2020 34A-2-302. Employee’s willful misconduct — Penalty. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Controlled substance” is as defined in Section 58-37-2. (b) “Local government employee” is as defined in Section 34-41-101. (c) “Local governmental entity” is as defined in Section 34-41-101. (d) “State institution of higher education” is as defined in Section 34-41-101. […]
Section 401 – Compensation for industrial accidents to be paid.
34A-2-401. Compensation for industrial accidents to be paid. (1) An employee described in Section 34A-2-104 who is injured and the dependents of each such employee who is killed, by accident arising out of and in the course of the employee’s employment, wherever such injury occurred, if the accident was not purposely self-inflicted, shall be paid: […]
Section 402 – Mental stress claims.
34A-2-402. Mental stress claims. (1) Physical, mental, or emotional injuries related to mental stress arising out of and in the course of employment shall be compensable under this chapter only when there is a sufficient legal and medical causal connection between the employee’s injury and employment. (2) (a) Legal causation requires proof of extraordinary mental […]
Section 403 – Dependents — Presumption.
34A-2-403. Dependents — Presumption. (1) (a) The following persons are presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon a deceased employee: (i) a child under 18 years of age, subject to the conditions of Subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b); (ii) a child who is 18 years of age or older: (A) if the child is: (I) […]
Section 202.5 – Offset for occupational health and safety related donations.
Affected by 63I-1-234 on 12/31/2030 Effective 5/5/2021 34A-2-202.5. Offset for occupational health and safety related donations. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Occupational health and safety center” means the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health created in Title 53B, Chapter 30, Part 2, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. (b) […]