34A-2-506. Loss of hearing — Time for filing claim.
An employee’s occupational hearing loss shall be reported to the employer pursuant to Section 34A-2-407 within 180 days of the date the employee:
An employee’s occupational hearing loss shall be reported to the employer pursuant to Section 34A-2-407 within 180 days of the date the employee:
- (1) first suffered altered hearing; and
- (2) knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that the hearing loss was caused by employment.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session