§23-1-14. Forms
The Insurance Commissioner shall prepare and furnish free of cost forms (and provide in his or her rules for their distribution so that they may be readily available) of applications for benefits for compensation, notices to employers, proofs of injury or death, of medical attendance, of employment and wage earnings, and any other forms considered […]
§23-1-15. Procedure Before Insurance Commissioner
The Insurance Commissioner is not bound by the usual common-law or statutory rules of evidence, but shall adopt formal rules of practice and procedure as herein provided, and may make investigations in a manner that in his or her judgment is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and to carry out […]
§23-1-17. Annual Report by the Insurance Commissioner and Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board
Annually, on or about September 15, in each year, the Insurance Commissioner and the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board shall make a report as of June 30 addressed to the Governor, which shall include a statement of the causes of the injuries for which the awards were made, an explanation of the diagnostic techniques used by the […]
§23-1-18. Insurance Commissioner Employees Not Subject to Subpoena for Workers Compensation Hearings
No employee of the Insurance Commissioner shall be compelled to testify as to the basis, findings, or reasons for any decision or order rendered by the employee under this chapter in any hearing conducted pursuant to 23-5-1 et seq. of this code.
§23-1-19. Civil Remedies
(a) Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity which willfully, by means of false statement or representation, or by concealment of any material fact, or by other fraudulent scheme, device, or artifice on behalf of himself or herself, itself, or others, obtains or attempts to obtain benefits, payments, allowances, or reduced premium costs or other […]
§23-1-20. Employment Preference for Employees in Workers Compensation Litigation Unit
[Repealed.]
§23-1-21. Authorization to Require the Electronic Invoices and Transfers
(a) The Insurance Commissioner shall establish a program to require the acceptance of disbursements by electronic transfer from the funds created in 23-2C-1 et seq. of this code to employers, vendors, claimants, and all others lawfully entitled to receive such disbursements. (b) The Insurance Commissioner may establish a program to require payments of deposits and […]
§23-1-11. Depositions; Investigations
(a) In an investigation into any matter arising under this chapter, the Insurance Commissioner may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in the circuit court, but the depositions shall be upon reasonable notice to claimant and employer or other […]
§23-1-12. Copies of Proceedings as Evidence
A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, on any investigation or hearing, taken by a stenographer appointed by the Insurance Commissioner and certified and sworn to by the stenographer to be a true and correct transcript of the testimony in the investigation or hearing, or of a particular witness, […]
§23-1-13. Rules of Procedure and Evidence; Persons Authorized to Appear in Proceedings; Withholding of Psychiatric and Psychological Reports and Providing Summaries Thereof
(a) The Insurance Commissioner shall adopt reasonable and proper rules of procedure, regulate and provide for the kind and character of notices, and the service of the notices, in cases of accident and injury to employees, the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence, the method of taking and furnishing of evidence to establish […]