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MS Code § 71-3-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-79. Acceptance of premium by carrier and estoppel

 Acceptance of a premium on a policy securing to an employee compensation, either alone or in connection with other insurance, shall estop the carrier so accepting from pleading that the employment of such employee is not covered under this chapter or that the employment is not carried on for pecuniary gain.   When any member of a partnership, firm, or association who does or does not perform manual labor, and where there is coverage of fellow employees, elects to take coverage under the provisions of this chapter, the intent of the insured as well as acceptance by the carrier shall be shown by endorsement to the policy. Any such affirmative action by the parties shall entitle said members or officers to the benefits enjoyed by an employee under this chapter. Every executive officer elected or appointed and empowered in accordance with a charter and bylaws of a corporation, other than nonprofit charitable, fraternal, cultural, or religious corporations or associations, shall be an employee of such corporation under this chapter, provided that said executive officer may reject said coverage by giving notice in writing to the carrier of this election not to be covered as an employee.   Any such executive officer of a nonprofit charitable, fraternal, cultural, or religious corporation or association may, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, be brought within the coverage of its insurance contract by any such corporation or association by specifically including such executive officer in such contract of insurance. The election to bring such executive officer within the coverage shall continue for the period such contract of insurance is in effect, and during such period such executive officers thus brought within the coverage of the insurance contract shall be employees of such corporation or association under this chapter.
MS Code § 71-3-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-81. Notice of coverage

 Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep notices posted in a conspicuous place or places in and about his place or places of business, in accordance with a form prescribed by the commission, stating that such employer has secured the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such notices shall contain the name and address of the carrier, if any, with whom the employer has secured payment of the compensation and the date of the expiration of the policy.
MS Code § 71-3-83 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-83. Civil and criminal penalties for failure to secure payment of compensation

  Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this chapter who fails to secure such compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the employer is a corporation, the president, secretary and treasurer thereof shall be also severally liable to such fine or imprisonment as herein provided for the failure of such corporation to secure the payment of compensation; and such president, secretary and treasurer shall be severally personally liable, jointly with such corporation, for any compensation or other benefit which may accrue under this chapter in respect to any injury which may occur to any employee of such corporation while it shall so fail to secure the payment of compensation as required by this chapter.   Any uninsured employer who knowingly transfers, sells, encumbers, assigns, or in any manner disposes of, conceals, secretes or destroys any property belonging to such employer after one of his employees has been injured within the purview of this chapter, and with intent to avoid the payment of compensation under this chapter to such employee or his dependents, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the employer is a corporation, the president, secretary and treasurer thereof shall be also severally liable to such penalty of imprisonment as well as jointly liable with such corporation for such fine.   This section shall not affect any other liability of the employer under this chapter.   In addition to the criminal penalties set forth above, and under the same circumstances, terms and conditions as set forth in subsections (1) and (2), the commission may assess a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the commission on a case by case basis, but not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Any civil penalty levied and collected by the commission shall be deposited into the Administrative Expense Fund provided for in Section 71-3-97, and any penalty not voluntarily paid may be collected by civil suit brought by the commission.
MS Code § 71-3-87 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-87. Official bond

 Members of the commission shall give bond in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of a surety company authorized to do business in the state, for the faithful performance of their duties. The premium upon such bonds shall be paid out of the workmen's compensation administration fund.
MS Code § 71-3-89 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-89. Seal

 The commission shall have a seal for authentication of its orders, awards, and proceedings, upon which shall be inscribed the words "workmen's compensation commission-Mississippi-seal," and it shall be judicially noticed.
MS Code § 71-3-91 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-91. Traveling expenses

 Commissioners and employees of the commission shall receive their necessary traveling expenses and costs of subsistence while traveling on official business and away from their designated station. Expense accounts shall be sworn to by the person presenting them and, upon approval by the chairman of the commission, shall be allowed and paid as provided in Section 71-3-97.
MS Code § 71-3-93 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-93. Administrative staff

 The commission shall appoint such officers and employees as are necessary adequately to administer the Workers' Compensation Law, including not more than eight (8) administrative judges to be appointed by the commission with the consent of the Governor and an executive director who shall serve at the will of the commission and shall have such administrative duties as are assigned by the commission, a secretary, a statistician, a rehabilitation unit, and any other employees deemed essential to the administration of the law including court reporters whose salaries shall be the same as set for court reporters for circuit and chancery courts by Section 9-13-19. The annual salary of the executive director shall be equal to that of an administrative judge. An administrative judge shall be a member of the Mississippi State Bar and shall have a minimum of three (3) years' experience in the practice of law.   All salaries not specifically fixed by law shall be set by the commission. The establishing of a merit system or career service for employees of the commission is declared to be in the public interest because of the length of time required for understanding the details and problems involved in administering this legislation. The commission shall establish and enforce fair and reasonable rules for the appointment, promotion and demotion of personnel. All employees of the commission with the exception of medical consultants shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office.   For the purpose of conducting hearings and making decisions upon claims, the administrative judge or administrative judges appointed by the commission shall have the authority of a commissioner.
MS Code § 71-3-95 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-95. Payment of operating expense

  The commission shall make such expenditures as may be necessary for the adequate administration of this chapter, including salaries and traveling expense, the cost of personal services, office rent at the seat of government and elsewhere, the purchase of books, periodicals, office equipment and supplies, printing and binding reports, the cost of membership in official organizations, and other purposes. All expenditures of the commission in the administration of this chapter shall be allowed and paid out of the State General Fund as provided in Section 71-3-100, upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the commission.   The commission is authorized, in its discretion, to transfer a sum or sums not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to the Second Injury Fund. The commission is further authorized, in its discretion, to replace any funds so transferred in the event that funds become available.
MS Code § 71-3-97 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-97. Collection of civil penalties authorized by chapter; deposit of civil penalties into State General Fund

 All civil penalties provided in this chapter, if not voluntarily paid, may be collected by civil suit brought by the commission, and shall be paid into the State General Fund.
MS Code § 71-3-100 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-100. Payment and deposit in State General Fund of funds received by Workers' Compensation Commission; funding of commission expenses

 All funds received by the Workers' Compensation Commission, as established by Section 71-3-85 et seq., shall be paid to the State Treasurer, who shall issue receipts therefor and who shall deposit such funds into the State General Fund in the State Treasury.   From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized by Section 71-3-85 et seq. shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law.   From and after July 1, 2016, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall not charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent or other charge for services or resources received by authority of Section 71-3-85 et seq.
MS Code § 71-3-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-101. Registration of insurance companies

 Each insurance company and all other carriers which desire to write workmen's compensation insurance in compliance with this chapter shall be required, before writing such insurance, to register with the workmen's compensation commission and pay a registration fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). This shall be deposited by the commission in the administration expense fund.
MS Code § 71-3-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-103. Annual report

 The commission shall each calendar year make a report to the governor upon the operation of this chapter, including suggestions and recommendations as to improvements in the law and administration, a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements, and an exposition of industrial injury experience and compensation and medical cost.
MS Code § 71-3-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-105. Rehabilitation

 The commission shall cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies in the rehabilitation of handicapped workers, and shall promptly report to the proper authority industrial injury cases in which retraining or job placement may be needed.
MS Code § 71-3-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-107. Compensation and death benefits for minors illegally employed

 Compensation and death benefits shall be double the amount otherwise payable if the injured employee at the time of the injury is a minor under eighteen (18) years of age employed, permitted, or suffered to work in violation of any provision of the Mississippi labor laws. The employer alone and not the insurance carrier shall be liable for such increased compensation or increased death benefits. Any provision in an insurance policy undertaking to relieve an employer from such increased liability shall be void. The provisions of this section shall not apply, and double compensation and double death benefits shall not be payable, for death or injury to an employee under eighteen (18) years of age employed in the following programs:   Students fourteen (14) years of age and over and regularly enrolled in an accredited secondary school or college and employed between regular terms or semesters with the written consent of their parent or parents or person standing in loco parentis.   Students fourteen (14) years of age and over and employed in on-the-job training as a part of a regular program of education in an accredited secondary school with the written consent of their parent or parents or person standing in loco parentis.
MS Code § 71-3-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-109. Extraterritorial application

  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 his employment while temporarily employed outside of this state, he or his dependents in case of his death shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of this state. This provision shall apply only to those injuries received by the employee within six (6) months after leaving this state unless, prior to the expiration of such six (6) months' period, the employer has filed with the commission of Mississippi notice that he has elected to extend such coverage a greater period of time.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to an employee whose departure from this state is caused by a permanent assignment or transfer.   Any employee who has been hired or is regularly employed outside of this state and his employer shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter while such employee is temporarily within this state doing work for his employer if such employer has furnished workmen's compensation insurance coverage under the workmen's compensation or similar laws for a state other than this state so as to cover such employee's employment while in this state, provided the extra-territorial provisions of this chapter are recognized in such other state and provided employers and employees who are covered in this state are likewise exempted from the application of the workmen's compensation or similar laws of such other state. The benefits under the workmen's compensation or similar laws of such other state shall be the exclusive remedy against such employer for any injury, whether resulting in death or not, received by such employee while working for such employer in this state.
MS Code § 71-3-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-115. Medical Advisory Board; appointment; qualifications; expenses; recommendations

  The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission shall appoint a medical advisory board to serve in an advisory capacity to study the possibility of the use of a medical fee schedule and to provide assistance to the commission in the performance of its functions relating to regulation of medical fees and charges pursuant to Section 71-3-15(3), Mississippi Code of 1972.   Such board shall consist of five (5) members, one (1) appointed from each congressional district as they existed on January 1, 1985. Members of the board shall serve at the will and pleasure of the commission. All members of the medical advisory board shall be health care providers.   Such board shall meet upon the call of the chairman of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. The board shall receive per diem and mileage as authorized by Section 25-3-69, Mississippi Code of 1972, for attendance at called meetings to be paid from the administrative expense fund as provided in Section 71-3-97, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission shall provide all office space and clerical assistance that might be required by the board.   The Workers' Compensation Commission shall file a report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives not later than December 15, 1987, concerning the result of the medical fee schedule study, together with any recommendations that the commission may consider necessary in regard to the regulation of medical fees and other costs. Such report shall contain any available comparative data generated by the commission or the medical advisory board.
MS Code § 71-3-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-117. Review and evaluation of alternative systems of workers' compensation; expenses; recommendations

  The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to review and make recommendations to the Legislature concerning alternative systems of workers' compensation for the State of Mississippi. The commission shall evaluate (a) the feasibility of group self-insurance and a self-insurance guarantee fund; (b) the deregulation of compensation insurance rates, including the impact of reserving practices, return on investments and profitability on workers' compensation ratemaking; (c) structural alternatives, such as the utilization of a state fund to operate the compensation system; and (d) the provisions of vocational rehabilitation services for covered employees. The Mississippi Department of Insurance shall cooperate and assist the Workers' Compensation Commission in preparing its recommendations.   The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission may employ an actuary and such other staff as may be required to properly conduct this study. The expense of this study shall be paid from the administrative expense fund as provided in Section 71-3-97, Mississippi Code of 1972.   The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission shall file its report with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, together with recommendations for legislation, no later than December 15, 1987, with respect to the subject matter set forth in paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(d) and no later than November 1, 1988, with respect to the subject matter set forth in paragraphs (1)(b) and (1)(c).
MS Code § 71-3-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 71 - Labor and Industry|Chapter 3 - Workers' Compensation|General Provisions|§ 71-3-119. Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; qualifications; appointment; compensation; expenses; purpose; reports

  There is hereby created the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Advisory Council composed of individuals who, by their practice, experience and expertise, reflect the general composition of those involved with the workers' compensation field. The council shall consist of not more than twenty-five (25) members excluding the members of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission, who shall be ex officio members. The members of such council shall be appointed by the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission within thirty (30) days of March 19, 1987, to a one-year term or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The members of the council shall select one of their number to be chairman. The advisory council shall consider and advise the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission on all matters related to the administration of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law. In its discretion the council may recommend to the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission changes it deems needed in the substance and administration of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law. The council shall report periodically to the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission regarding the performance of its duties and functions.   The members of the advisory council shall receive the per diem under Section 25-3-69 for attendance of meetings of the council and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary mileage and travel expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties pursuant to Section 25-3-41. The Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission may provide personnel to aid the council in the performance of its functions. The amounts allowed to the members of the council for per diem compensation, travel and other council expenses is an expense incurred in the administration of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law.