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IN Code § 22-3-7-34.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-34.3. Proof of Compliance; Notice; Civil Penalty; Internet Posting

Sec. 34.3. (a) The worker's compensation board is entitled to request that an employer provide the board with current proof of compliance with section 34 of this chapter.(b) If an employer fails or refuses to provide current proof of compliance by the tenth day after the employer receives the board's request under subsection (a), the board:(1) shall send the employer a written notice that the employer is in violation of section 34 of this chapter; and(2) may assess a civil penalty against the employer of one hundred dollars ($100) per day beginning on the date of the request under subsection (a) and ending on the date compliance occurs.(c) An employer may challenge the board's assessment of a civil penalty under subsection (b)(2) by requesting a hearing in accordance with procedures established by the board.(d) The board shall waive a civil penalty assessed under subsection (b)(2) if the employer provides the board current proof of compliance by the twentieth day after the date the employer receives the board's notice under subsection (b)(1).(e) If an employer fails or refuses to:(1) provide current proof of compliance by the twentieth day after the date the employer receives the board's notice under subsection (b)(1); or(2) pay a civil penalty assessed under subsection (b)(2);the board may, after notice to the employer and a hearing, order that the noncompliant employer's name be listed on the board's Internet web site.(f) A noncompliant employer's name may be removed from the board's Internet web site only after the employer does the following:(1) Provides current proof of compliance with section 34 of this chapter.(2) Pays all civil penalties assessed under subsection (b)(2).(g) The civil penalties provided for in this section are cumulative.(h) Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the worker's compensation supplemental administrative fund established by IC 22-3-5-6.As added by P.L.168-2011, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.204-2018, SEC.13.
IN Code § 22-3-7-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-35. Contract Relieving Employer of Obligations

Sec. 35. No contract or agreement, written or implied, rule, regulation, or other device shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer, in whole or in part, of any obligation created by this chapter, except as provided in this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.28. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.74.
IN Code § 22-3-7-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-37. Reports of Disablements; Penalties; Venue

Sec. 37. (a) Every employer operating under the compensation provisions of this chapter shall keep a record of all disablements by occupational disease, fatal or otherwise, received by the employer's employees in the course of their employment and shall provide a copy of the record to the board upon request. Within seven (7) days after the employer's knowledge of the disablement, either actual, alleged, or reported under section 32 of this chapter, that causes the employee's death or the need for medical care beyond first aid, a report thereof shall be made in writing and mailed, or submitted electronically, to the employer's insurance carrier or, if the employer is self insured, to the worker's compensation board on blanks to be procured from the board for the purpose. The reporting requirements under this subsection are intended to be consistent with the recording requirements set out in the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations found at 29 CFR 1904.7. The insurance carrier shall mail the report to the worker's compensation board not later than seven (7) days after receipt or fourteen (14) days after the employer's knowledge of the occurrence, whichever is later. An employer or insurance carrier that fails to comply with this subsection is subject to a civil penalty under IC 22-3-4-15.(b) The report shall contain the name, nature and location of the business of the employer, the name, age, sex, wages, occupation of the employee, the approximate dates between which exposure occurred, the nature and cause of the occupational disease, and such other information as may be required by the board.(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.(d) The venue of all criminal actions for the violation of this section lies in the county in which the employee was last exposed to the occupational disease causing disablement. The prosecuting attorney of the county shall prosecute these violations upon written request of the worker's compensation board. These shall be prosecuted in the name of the state.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.30; Acts 1963, c.388, s.18. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2214; P.L.28-1988, SEC.63; P.L.170-1991, SEC.24; P.L.168-2011, SEC.16; P.L.204-2018, SEC.14.
IN Code § 22-3-7-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 7. Worker's Occupational Diseases Compensation|22-3-7-38. Application of Law

Sec. 38. Acts 1937, c.69, s.31 does not extinguish or in any way affect any right of action existing on June 7, 1937, and no employer shall be liable for compensation or damages under the provisions of this chapter in any case in which the disablement on which claim is predicated shall have occurred prior to June 7, 1937; but nothing contained in this section shall affect any case in which exposure as defined in this chapter shall have taken place after June 7, 1937.Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.32. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.75.
IN Code § 22-3-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 8. Representation Before Worker's Compensation Board|22-3-8-1. Attorneys; Qualifications

Sec. 1. Any person representing any plaintiff or defendant in the prosecution or defense of any claim or claims before the worker's compensation board must be admitted to practice law in the circuit or superior courts and supreme court of Indiana.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.33, s.1. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.64.
IN Code § 22-3-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 8. Representation Before Worker's Compensation Board|22-3-8-2. Attorneys; Registration; Oath; Records

Sec. 2. (a) All persons so representing plaintiffs or defendants as provided by section 1 of this chapter shall first register their names with the worker's compensation board in a manner prescribed by the board and shall, before proceeding to represent either plaintiffs or defendants before the board, be required to take oath in writing either before the board or a member thereof that the person is qualified as provided by section 1 of this chapter.(b) The written oath shall be recorded in the permanent records of the worker's compensation board, and the board or any member thereof shall prohibit any person from so representing plaintiffs or defendants until the person has complied with this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1925, c.33, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.76; P.L.28-1988, SEC.65.
IN Code § 22-3-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-1. Personal Injuries or Death; Damages

Sec. 1. Any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation while engaged in business, trade or commerce within this state, and employing in such business, trade or commerce five (5) or more persons shall be liable and respond in damages to any person suffering injury while in the employ of such person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation, or in case of the death of such employee, then to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and if none, then to such employee's parents; and if none, then to the next of kin dependent upon such employee, where such injury or death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of such employer or his, its or their agents, servants, employees or officers, or by reason of any defect, mismanagement or insufficiency, due to his, its or their carelessness, negligence, fault or omission of duty.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.1. As amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.285.
IN Code § 22-3-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-2. Personal Injuries or Death; Contributory Negligence; Burden of Proof

Sec. 2. In any action prosecuted under the provisions of this chapter the burden of proving that such injured or killed employee did not use due care and diligence at the time of such injury or death shall be upon the defendant, but the same may be proved under the general denial. No such employee who may have been injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of negligence or contributory negligence by reason of the assumption of the risk thereof in any case where the violation by the employer or his, its, or their agents or employees of any ordinance or statute enacted, or of any rule, regulation, or direction made by any public officer, bureau, or commission, was the cause of the injury or death of such employee. In actions brought against any employer under the provisions of this chapter for the injury or death of any employee, it shall not be a defense that the dangers or hazards inherent or apparent in the employment in which such injured employee was engaged contributed to such injury. No such injured employee shall be held to have been guilty of negligence or contributory negligence where the injury complained of resulted from such employee's obedience or conformity to any order or direction of the employer or of any employee to whose orders or directions he was under obligation to conform or obey, although such order or direction was a deviation from other rules, orders, or directions previously made by such employer.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.77.
IN Code § 22-3-9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-3. Personal Injuries or Death; Assumption of Risk; Safe Place to Work; Defective Tools

Sec. 3. In any action brought against any employer under or by virtue of this chapter to recover damages for injuries or the death of any of his, its, or their employees, such employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of the employment in any case where the violation of such employer or his, its, or their agents or employees of any ordinance or statute enacted, or of any rule, direction, or regulation made by any public officer or commission, contributed to the injury or death of such employee; nor shall such injured employee be held to have assumed the risk of the employment where the injury complained of resulted from his obedience to any order or direction of the employer or of any employee to whose orders or directions he was under obligations to conform or obey although such order or direction was a deviation from other orders or directions or rules previously made by such employer. In any action brought against any employer under the provisions of this chapter to recover damages for injury to or the death of any of his, its, or their employees, such employee shall not be held to have assumed the risk of any defect in the place of work furnished to such employee, or in the tool, implement, or appliance furnished him by such employer, where such defect was, prior to such injury, known to such employer, or by the exercise of ordinary care might have been known to him in time to have repaired the same or to have discontinued the use of such defective working place, tool, implement, or appliance. The burden of proving that such employer did not know of such defect or that he was not chargeable with knowledge thereof in time to have repaired the same or to have discontinued the use of such working place, tool, implement, or appliance shall be on the defendant, but the same may be proved under the general denial.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.3. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.78.
IN Code § 22-3-9-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-4. Personal Injuries or Death; Survival of Actions

Sec. 4. The damages recoverable under this chapter shall be commensurate with the injuries sustained, and in case death results from such injury the action shall survive; provided, that where any such injured person recovers a judgment under the provisions of this chapter and an appeal is taken from such judgment, and pending such appeal the injured person dies and said judgment be thereafter reversed, or where such injured person dies after said judgment is reversed and before trial, the right of action of such person shall survive to his or her personal representative, and such action may be continued in the name of such personal representative for the benefit of the person entitled under this chapter to receive the same.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.4. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.79.
IN Code § 22-3-9-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-5. Contracts; Rules and Regulations; Exemption From Liability; Setoff

Sec. 5. Any contract, rule, regulation, bylaw, or device whatsoever, the purpose, intent, or effect of which would be to enable any employer to exempt himself or itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall to that extent be void; provided, that in any action brought against any such employer under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, such employer may set off therein by special plea any sum such employer has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity for and on behalf of such injured employee that may have been paid to him or to the person entitled thereto on account of the injury or death for which said action is brought, but in no event shall the amount of such setoff exceed the amount paid to such employee or other person entitled thereto out of such insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity fund.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.5. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.80.
IN Code § 22-3-9-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-6. Wrongful Death Damages; Amount

Sec. 6. Where any action is brought on account of the death of any person under this chapter, the liability of any such employer shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and the provisions of the law in force as to parties plaintiff shall apply.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.6. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.81.
IN Code § 22-3-9-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-7. Assumption of Risk; Negligence; Contributory Negligence; Questions of Fact

Sec. 7. All questions of assumption of risk, negligence or contributory negligence shall be questions of fact for the jury to decide, unless the cause is being tried without a jury, in which case, such questions shall be questions of fact for the court.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.7.
IN Code § 22-3-9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-8. Limitation of Actions

Sec. 8. No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless the same is commenced within two (2) years from the date the cause of action accrued.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.8. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.82.
IN Code § 22-3-9-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-9. Definitions

Sec. 9. The term "employer", "persons", "firm", "limited liability company", and "corporation" shall include receivers or other persons charged with the duty of managing, conducting or operating business, trade or commerce.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.9. As amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.286.
IN Code § 22-3-9-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-10. Application of Law

Sec. 10. This chapter shall not apply to injuries received by any employee before March 2, 1911, nor affect any suit or legal proceedings pending in any court on March 2, 1911.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.10. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.83.
IN Code § 22-3-9-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 9. Employer Liability|22-3-9-11. Supplemental Remedies; Common Law Rights

Sec. 11. This chapter shall be construed as supplemental to all statutes in force on March 2, 1911, concerning employers and employees and shall repeal only such statutes as are in direct conflict with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be held to limit the duty or liability of employers or to impair the rights of their employees under the common law or any other statute existing on March 2, 1911, or to affect the prosecution of any proceeding or right of action pending on March 2, 1911.Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.11. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.84.
IN Code § 22-3-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 10. Ban on Employer Waiver of Liability|22-3-10-1. Negligence; Employer; Liability for Damages

Sec. 1. All contracts between employer and employee releasing the employer from liability for damages arising out of the negligence of the employer by which the employee is injured, or, in case of the employee's death, to his representative, are against public policy, and hereby declared null and void.Formerly: Acts 1901, c.225, s.1.
IN Code § 22-3-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 10. Ban on Employer Waiver of Liability|22-3-10-2. Negligence; Third Persons; Liability for Damages

Sec. 2. All contracts between employer and employee releasing third persons, copartnerships or corporations from liability for damages arising out of the negligence of such third persons, copartnerships or corporations by which the employee of such employer is injured, or in case of the death of such employee, to his representative, are against public policy and are hereby declared null and void.Formerly: Acts 1901, c.225, s.2.
IN Code § 22-3-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 10. Ban on Employer Waiver of Liability|22-3-10-3. Negligence; Employer; Liability for Damages; Contract Between Employee and Third Person

Sec. 3. All contracts between an employee and a third person, copartnership, or corporation in which it is agreed that the employer of such employee shall be released from liability for damages of such employee arising out of the negligence of the employer, or in case of the death of such employee to his representative, are against public policy and are hereby declared null and void; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall apply to voluntary relief departments or associations organized for the purpose of insuring employees. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to revert back to contracts made prior to March 11, 1901. Nor shall this chapter affect litigation pending on March 11, 1901; provided, that nothing in any section of this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to any contract or agreement that may be made between the employer and employee, or in case of death his next of kin or his representative after an injury to the employee has occurred, but the provisions of this chapter shall apply solely to contracts made prior to any injury.Formerly: Acts 1901, c.225, s.3. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.85.
IN Code § 22-3-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 11. Residual Asbestos Injury Fund|22-3-11-1. Creation; Administration; Use of Fund

Sec. 1. (a) There is created a special fund known as the residual asbestos injury fund (referred to as "the fund" in this chapter) for the purpose of providing compensation to employees who become totally and permanently disabled from an exposure to asbestos while in employment within Indiana and who are eligible for benefits under section 3 of this chapter (expired August 1, 2007, and repealed) and not eligible for benefits under IC 22-3-7. The fund shall be administered by the worker's compensation board (referred to as "the board" in this chapter).(b) The fund is not a part of the general fund. Money in the fund at the end of a particular fiscal year and interest accruing from the investment of the money does not revert to the state general fund. The fund shall be used only for the payment of awards of compensation and expense of medical examinations made and ordered by the board and chargeable against the fund under this section and shall be paid for that purpose by the treasurer of state upon award or order of the board.As added by P.L.224-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.66; P.L.3-2008, SEC.157.
IN Code § 22-3-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 11. Residual Asbestos Injury Fund|22-3-11-2. Assessments; Deposit in Fund

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to:(1) each insurance carrier insuring employers who may be or who are liable under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7 to pay compensation; and(2) each employer carrying its own risk to pay compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7.(b) Before August 1, 1985, and April 10 in all subsequent years, each insurance carrier described in subsection (a)(1) and each employer described in subsection (a)(2) shall pay to the board for deposit in the fund the assessment specified in subsection (c):(1) until the initial balance in the fund is equal to or greater than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and(2) after the initial balance in the fund satisfies subdivision (1), only if the balance in the fund on April 1 of the year of the assessment is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(c) An assessment required under subsection (b) equals one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the total amount of worker's compensation and occupational diseases benefits paid to injured employees or their beneficiaries during the calendar year immediately preceding the due date of the assessment.As added by P.L.224-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.67.
IN Code § 22-3-11-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 11. Residual Asbestos Injury Fund|22-3-11-5. Expert Medical Testimony

Sec. 5. The board may secure expert medical testimony as it considers necessary at the expense of the fund to protect the fund against questionable claims for benefits.As added by P.L.224-1985, SEC.5.
IN Code § 22-3-12-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 12. Vocational Rehabilitation|22-3-12-1. Entitlement to Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Sec. 1. An injured employee, who as a result of an injury or occupational disease is unable to perform work for which the employee has previous training or experience, is entitled to vocational rehabilitation services necessary to restore the employee to useful employment.As added by P.L.218-1989, SEC.1.