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RI Gen L § 28-33-34.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-34.1 - Schedule of medical review.

§ 28-33-34.1. Schedule of medical review.(a) On or about twenty-six (26) weeks from the date of a compensable injury, any person obtaining incapacity benefits may be examined and their diagnosis and treatment reviewed by a comprehensive independent healthcare review team or an impartial medical examiner. The comprehensive independent healthcare review team or impartial medical examiner shall be selected through a mechanism to be established by the administrator of the medical advisory board. The results of the examination and review shall be provided to the employee and the insurer or self-insured employer within fourteen (14) days of the examination and a copy shall be filed with the medical advisory board. The comprehensive independent healthcare review team and/or impartial medical examiner shall review the treating physician's findings and diagnosis and make its own findings of the extent and nature of the claimed disability, the degree of functional impairment and/or disability, the expectation of further medical improvement, any further medical care, treatment, and/or rehabilitation services that may be required to reach maximum medical improvement, type(s) of work that can be performed within existing physical capacity, the degree of disability expected at maximum medical improvement, whether the employee can return to the former position of employment, and compliance of the treating physician with protocols and standards of medical care established by the medical advisory board. The report may be subsequently admissible as a court exhibit. A party may be permitted to cross-examine the author(s) of the report with leave of the court.(b) On or about thirteen (13) weeks after any examination under this section or § 28-33-35, a comprehensive independent healthcare review team or impartial medical examiner shall perform a similar review. The same comprehensive independent healthcare review team or impartial medical examiner may not perform more than two (2) consecutive reviews on a particular employee.(c) Failure to appear for examination under this section shall be grounds for suspension or termination of benefits unless justified by good cause. Residence outside the state does not, by itself, constitute good cause for failure to appear.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 8; P.L. 2010, ch. 95, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 121, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-33-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-35 - Appointment of impartial medical examiner.

§ 28-33-35. Appointment of impartial medical examiner.(a) Any judge of the court may, at any time after an injury, on his or her own motion or on the request or petition of the employer or employee, appoint an impartial medical examiner or a comprehensive independent healthcare review team to act as a medical examiner, and the reasonable fee of the medical examiner for examinations under this section and/or § 28-33-34.1 shall be paid by the employer.(b) Impartial medical examiners and/or comprehensive independent healthcare review teams shall provide guidance and make recommendations with respect to contested or disputed findings of fact concerning health care. Impartial medical examiners and/or comprehensive independent healthcare review teams may also make findings as to compliance of healthcare providers with medical care standards and protocols established by the medical advisory board. Unless previously approved by the board, treatment or diagnostic services that are not consistent with the medical care standards and protocols shall not be charged to the employer or employee. The report of the findings of the impartial medical examiner and/or comprehensive independent healthcare review team may be admissible as an exhibit of the court. The findings of the report shall become final and binding unless either party elects to contest the findings. Notice of the contest must be filed within ten (10) days of receipt of the report required to be provided pursuant to § 28-33-34.1(a). The contesting party shall pay the cost of the court appearance of the author of the report. In the event that the employee is the prevailing party, the employee shall be reimbursed for the entire amount paid by him or her for the court appearance of the author of the report.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1919, ch. 1795, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 2, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1941, ch. 1062, § 1; P.L. 1942, ch. 1194, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2229, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-35; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 6; P.L. 1986, ch. 154, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-33-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-36 - Payment of medical examiner's fees.

§ 28-33-36. Payment of medical examiner's fees.Whenever, in any case arising under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, any judge of the court shall have, pursuant to the provisions of § 28-33-35, determined and fixed the reasonable fees of any impartial medical examiner, those medical fees shall be paid immediately, and no appeal of any case in which that impartial medical examiner shall have acted taken to any court of this state shall act as a stay of any order fixing the amount of that medical fees and ordering the payment of the fees, unless the appeal is taken for the purpose of having the court determine the reasonableness of the charge made by the impartial medical examiner.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1942, ch. 1194, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-36; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 6; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-33-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-37 - Examination by impartial examiner - Reports.

§ 28-33-37. Examination by impartial examiner — Reports.A medical examiner, once being duly sworn by a judge of the workers' compensation court appointing him or her to the faithful performance of his or her duties at the inception of his or her designation as an impartial medical examiner, shall at that time and as often as requested in accordance with chapters 29 — 38 of this title, examine injured employees to determine the nature and probable duration of their injuries. This medical examiner shall file a signed report within ninety-six (96) hours of the completion of each and every examination made of those employees with the workers' compensation court and that report shall indicate the name and the title of the official by whom he or she was sworn in and appointed and shall then be acceptable as proper legal evidence in any hearing or proceedings before the workers' compensation court to determine the amount of compensation due the employee under the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title, and the examiner may be summoned for the purpose of cross-examination in proceedings before the court. Copies of those reports shall be furnished to all interested parties.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1919, ch. 1795, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 2, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1941, ch. 1062, § 1; P.L. 1942, ch. 1194, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2604, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-37; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 6; P.L. 1983, ch. 28, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 6; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-33-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-38 - Refusal to submit to examination.

§ 28-33-38. Refusal to submit to examination.If any employee refuses to submit himself or herself for any examination provided for in chapters 29 — 38 of this title, or in any way obstructs the examination, his or her rights to compensation shall be suspended and his or her compensation during that period of suspension may be forfeited.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1919, ch. 1795, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 2, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1941, ch. 1062, § 1; P.L. 1942, ch. 1194, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2604, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-38.
RI Gen L § 28-33-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-39 - Transportation costs for medical examination.

§ 28-33-39. Transportation costs for medical examination.The reasonable costs of transportation to and from the office of any examiner requested by the employer or of any impartial examiner appointed as provided in § 28-33-35 shall be charged to the employer and, if paid for by the employee, he or she shall be reimbursed in full for this expenditure by his or her employer, upon presentation of a receipt or other evidence of expenditure. The reasonable cost of transportation that occurs on or after July 1, 2016, is the rate equal to the per-mile rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service for use of a privately owned automobile for business miles driven, as from time to time amended, for a private motor vehicle or the reasonable cost incurred for transportation, from the employee's point of departure, whether from the employee's home or place of employment, and return.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1947, ch. 1943, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-39; P.L. 1968, ch. 135, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 470, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 473, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-33-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-40 - Repealed.

§ 28-33-40. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-40; P.L. 1978, ch. 194, § 1; Repealed, effective September 1, 1982, by P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-33-41.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-41.1 - Review of rehabilitative program upon request or petition by employer.

§ 28-33-41.1. Review of rehabilitative program upon request or petition by employer.An employer may petition the workers' compensation court for a review, to be performed at the Chief Judge Robert F. Arrigan Rehabilitation Center, of any injured employee's progress toward rehabilitation. After that review, the Chief Judge Robert F. Arrigan Rehabilitation Center shall report to the court on the effectiveness of the present rehabilitative program that the employee is undertaking and the injured employee's ability to return to employment.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-33-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-42 - Repealed.

§ 28-33-42. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-42; Repealed by P.L. 1969, ch. 132, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-33-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-43 - Employer liability for property damage.

§ 28-33-43. Employer liability for property damage.When an employee sustains property damage to eyeglasses, dentures, or artificial prosthesis arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, regardless of whether or not he or she suffered personal injury or loss of time, he or she may file a petition with the workers' compensation court, and he or she shall be paid the reasonable value of the property or the reasonable expense of repairing the property by an employer subject to or who has elected to become subject to the provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title. The petition shall be prosecuted in the same manner as other petitions for compensation before the court. In hearings before the court, counsel and witness fees shall be awarded for the successful prosecution of a petition under this section.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 167, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 6; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-33-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-44 - Continuation of health insurance benefits.

§ 28-33-44. Continuation of health insurance benefits.(a) No employer shall cancel but shall be obligated to continue to provide any employee's health insurance benefits for a period of two (2) years from the date of the employee's receiving weekly compensation benefits pursuant to a preliminary determination or a decision of the workers' compensation court, or the filing at the department of a memorandum of agreement or notice of direct payment for injuries occurring on or before February 28, 1986. The provisions of this section shall not apply if:(1) The employee is no longer receiving compensation pursuant to a preliminary determination or a decision of the workers' compensation court;(2) Has accepted suitable alternative employment;(3) Fails to pay any contribution toward the healthcare benefits that he or she was required to pay prior to the injury;(4) A petition for a commutation or a structured settlement, as defined in § 28-33-25, is granted;(5) The employee is a beneficiary of an equivalent health insurance policy of his or her spouse; or(6) The employee is employed in the construction industry and is a participant in a multi-employer welfare plan as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1002 et seq., and which the Internal Revenue Service has determined under the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., is tax exempt as to contributions received and as to benefits received by its participants.(b) In the event any employer fails to comply with the provisions of this section, and not its workers' compensation insurance carrier, then the employer shall be liable for hospital and medical costs that would have been paid by the hospital or medical insurance plan afforded the employee had he or she been covered by the plan.(c) The provisions of this section shall only apply to claims for injuries sustained on or after July 1, 1984.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 425, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 7; P.L. 1987, ch. 242, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 206, § 4; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 5; P.L. 2019, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 248, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-33-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-45 - Coordination of benefits.

§ 28-33-45. Coordination of benefits.(a) The department of labor and training shall immediately promulgate rules and regulations concerning the offset of workers' compensation benefits and retirement benefits. It is the intention of the general assembly that at retirement a person receiving benefits under chapters 29 — 38 of this title shall receive compensation and retirement benefits in a sum equal to the greater of the compensation or retirement benefits for which that person was otherwise eligible, however, not including retirement benefits to the extent derived exclusively from employee contributions.(b) The offset provided for pursuant to this section shall not be applicable to those collecting retirement benefits while collecting compensation benefits for an injury sustained before the age of fifty-five (55) years and more than five (5) years prior to the date of retirement.(c) An employee shall not collect any indemnity benefits after his or her retirement for any injury sustained less than two (2) years prior to his or her retirement.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 9.
RI Gen L § 28-33-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-33 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits|Section 28-33-46 - Anniversary review.

§ 28-33-46. Anniversary review.Any employee receiving weekly benefits fifty-two (52) weeks after a compensable injury shall undergo an anniversary review by the court at which, unless waived by the employer, the court shall make findings as to whether maximum medical improvement has been reached, as to the degree of functional impairment and/or disability of the employee, and as to whether the employee should be classified as partially disabled or totally disabled. Temporary total disability shall not last beyond the anniversary review. Unless waived by the employer, an anniversary review shall be conducted annually thereafter. The court shall perform this anniversary review of cases where injury occurs after May 18, 1992.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-34-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-1 - Definitions.

§ 28-34-1. Definitions.Whenever used in this chapter:(1) "Disability" means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed;(2) "Disablement" means the event of becoming disabled as defined in subdivision (1) of this section;(3) "Occupational disease" means a disease which is due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-1.
RI Gen L § 28-34-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-3 - Benefits available to victims of disease.

§ 28-34-3. Benefits available to victims of disease.If an employee is disabled or dies and his disability or death is caused by one of the diseases mentioned in the schedule contained in § 28-34-2, and the disease is due to the nature of the employment in which that employee was engaged and was contracted in, he or she or his or her dependents shall be entitled to compensation for his or her death or for his or her disablement, and he or she shall be entitled to be furnished with medical and hospital services, as provided in chapter 33 of this title, except as provided in this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 3; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-3; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-34-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-4 - Relationship of disease to employment - Time of bringing suit.

§ 28-34-4. Relationship of disease to employment — Time of bringing suit.Neither the employee nor his or her dependents shall be entitled to compensation for disability or death resulting from an occupational disease, unless that occupational disease is due to the nature of his or her employment and was contracted in that employment. The time limit for bringing suit under this section shall be two (2) years from the date of disablement.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 4; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 4; P.L. 1950, ch. 2626, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 151, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 12.
RI Gen L § 28-34-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-5 - Examination and report by physician.

§ 28-34-5. Examination and report by physician.The court may appoint one or more impartial physicians whose duty it shall be to examine any claimant under this chapter and to make a report in any form that the court may require.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 5; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 5; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-5; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 2001, ch. 256, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 355, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-34-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-6 - Date of disablement.

§ 28-34-6. Date of disablement.For the purpose of this chapter the date of disablement for an occupational disease shall be the date of partial or total incapacity to work as a result of the disease.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 6; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 8; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 4; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 12.
RI Gen L § 28-34-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-7 - Concealment of previous disease - Occupational disease as partial cause.

§ 28-34-7. Concealment of previous disease — Occupational disease as partial cause.No compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, or thereafter, willfully and falsely represents in writing that he or she has not previously had the disease which is the cause of the disability or death. Where an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease or infirmity, not itself compensable, or where disability or death from any other cause, not itself compensable, is aggravated, prolonged, accelerated, or in any way contributed to by an occupational disease, the compensation payable shall be the proportion only of the compensation that would be payable if the occupational disease were the sole cause of the disability or death as that occupational disease, as a causative factor, bears to all the causes of that disability or death, the reduction in compensation to be effected by reducing the number of weekly payments or the amounts of the payments, as under the circumstances of the particular case may be for the best interests of the claimant or claimants.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 7; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-7; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 65; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 65.