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UT Code § 34A-2-403 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 403 - Dependents -- Presumption.

34A-2-403. Dependents -- Presumption.    (1)   (a) The following persons are presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon a deceased employee:   (i) a child under 18 years of age, subject to the conditions of Subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b);     (ii) a child who is 18 years of age or older:   (A) if the child is:   (I) physically or mentally incapacitated; and     (II) dependent upon the parent who is the deceased employee; and       (B) subject to the conditions of Subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b); and       (iii) for purposes of a payment to be made under Subsection 34A-2-702(5)(b)(i), a surviving spouse with whom the deceased employee lived at the time of the employee's death.       (b) Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii) require that:   (i) the deceased employee be the parent of the child; or     (ii)   (A) the deceased employee be legally bound to support the child; and     (B) the child be living with the deceased employee at the time of the death of the employee.           (2)   (a) In a case not provided for in Subsection (1), the question of dependency, in whole or in part, shall be determined in accordance with the facts in each particular case existing at the time of the injury or death of an employee:   (i) except for purposes of a dependency review under Subsection 34A-2-702(5)(b)(iv); and     (ii) subject to the other provisions of this section.       (b) A person may not be considered a dependent unless that person is:   (i) a member of the family of the deceased employee;     (ii) the spouse of the deceased employee;     (iii) a lineal descendant or ancestor of the deceased employee; or     (iv) a brother or sister of the deceased employee.        Amended by Chapter 27, 2008 General SessionAmended by Chapter 90, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-404 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 404 - Injuries to minors.

34A-2-404. Injuries to minors.    (1) A minor is considered sui juris for the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, and no other person shall have any cause of action or right to compensation for an injury to the minor employee.     (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), in the event of the award of a lump sum of compensation to a minor employee, the sum shall be paid only to the minor's legally appointed guardian.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-405 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 405 - Employee injured outside state -- Entitled to compensation -- Limitation of time.

34A-2-405. Employee injured outside state -- Entitled to compensation -- Limitation of time.    (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), 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 employment outside of this state, the employee, or the employee's dependents in case of the employee's death, shall be entitled to compensation according to the law of this state.     (2) This section applies only to those injuries received by the employee within six months after leaving this state, unless prior to the expiration of the six-month period the employer has filed with the division notice that the employer has elected to extend such coverage a greater period of time.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 406 - Exemptions from chapter for employees temporarily in state -- Conditions -- Evidence of insurance.

 Effective 12/31/2017  34A-2-406. Exemptions from chapter for employees temporarily in state -- Conditions -- Evidence of insurance.    (1) Any employee who has been hired in another state and the employee's employer are exempt from this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, while the employee is temporarily within this state doing work for the employee's employer if:   (a) the employer has furnished workers' compensation insurance coverage under the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state;     (b) the coverage covers the employee's employment while in this state; and     (c)   (i) the extraterritorial provisions of this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, are recognized in the other state and employers and employees who are covered in this state are likewise exempted from the application of the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state; or     (ii) the workers' compensation insurance carrier that provides workers' compensation insurance under Section 31A-22-1001:   (A) is an admitted insurance carrier in the other state; or     (B) has agreements with an insurance carrier and is able to furnish workers' compensation insurance or similar coverage to Utah employers and their subsidiaries or affiliates doing business in the other state.           (2) The benefits under the workers' compensation or similar laws of the other state are the exclusive remedy against an employer for any injury, whether resulting in death or not, received by an employee while working for the employer in this state.     (3) A certificate from an authorized officer of the industrial commission or similar department of the other state certifying that the employer is insured in the other state and has provided extraterritorial coverage insuring the employer's employees while working in this state is prima facie evidence that the employer carries compensation insurance.    Amended by Chapter 363, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-407.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 407.5 - Rules regarding treatment protocols and determinations of medical necessity -- Contracts.

34A-2-407.5. Rules regarding treatment protocols and determinations of medical necessity -- Contracts.    (1) The commission may by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, establish for purposes of health care goods and services compensable under this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, reasonable health care treatment protocols, that include determinations of medical necessity, and medical treatment and quality care guidelines that are:   (a) scientifically based;     (b) peer reviewed; and     (c) consistent with any general standards for health care treatment protocols that the commission establishes by rule.       (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the commission may authorize an insurer or employer to use all or part of reasonable health care treatment protocols, that include determinations of medical necessity, and medical treatment and quality care guidelines that are:   (a) scientifically based;     (b) peer reviewed; and     (c) consistent with any general standards for health care treatment protocols that the commission shall establish by rule.       (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent:   (a) an insurer or employer from contracting with a provider of health services as permitted by Subsection 34A-2-111(2)(c)(i)(B)(VII);     (b) the commission from adjudicating disputes arising under the terms of this section; or     (c) a provider of health services from bringing to the commission a dispute arising under protocols, guidelines, or other terms of this section.      Enacted by Chapter 72, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-408 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 408 - Compensation -- None for first three days after injury unless disability extended.

34A-2-408. Compensation -- None for first three days after injury unless disability extended.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (2), compensation may not be allowed for the first three days after the injury is received.     (b) The disbursements authorized in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, for medical, nurse and hospital services, and for medicines and funeral expenses are payable for the first three days after the injury is received.       (2) If the period of total temporary disability lasts more than 14 days, compensation shall also be payable for the first three days after the injury is received.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-410 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 410 - Temporary disability -- Amount of payments -- State average weekly wage defined.

 Effective 7/1/2018  34A-2-410. Temporary disability -- Amount of payments -- State average weekly wage defined.    (1)   (a) Subject to Subsections (1)(b) and (5), in case of temporary disability, so long as the disability is total, the employee shall receive 66-2/3% of that employee's average weekly wages at the time of the injury but:   (i) not more than a maximum of 100% of the state average weekly wage at the time of the injury per week; and     (ii)   (A) subject to Subsections (1)(a)(ii)(B) and (C), not less than a minimum of $45 per week plus:   (I) $20 for a dependent spouse; and     (II) $20 for each dependent child under the age of 18 years, up to a maximum of four dependent children;       (B) not to exceed the average weekly wage of the employee at the time of the injury; and     (C) not to exceed 100% of the state average weekly wage at the time of the injury per week.         (b) In no case shall the compensation benefits exceed 312 weeks at the rate of 100% of the state average weekly wage at the time of the injury over a period of 12 years from the date of the injury.       (2) If a light duty medical release is obtained before the employee reaches a fixed state of recovery and no light duty employment is available to the employee from the employer, temporary disability benefits shall continue to be paid.     (3) The "state average weekly wage" as referred to in this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, shall be determined by the commission as follows:   (a) On or before June 1 of each year, the total wages reported on contribution reports to the Unemployment Insurance Division for the preceding calendar year shall be divided by the average monthly number of insured workers determined by dividing the total insured workers reported for the preceding year by 12.     (b) The average annual wage obtained under Subsection (3)(a) shall be divided by 52.     (c) The average weekly wage determined under Subsection (3)(b) is rounded to the nearest dollar.       (4) The state average weekly wage determined under Subsection (3) shall be used as the basis for computing the maximum compensation rate for:   (a) injuries or disabilities arising from occupational disease that occurred during the 12-month period commencing July 1 following the June 1 determination; and     (b) any death resulting from the injuries or disabilities arising from occupational disease.       (5) The commission may reduce or terminate temporary disability compensation in accordance with Section 34A-2-410.5.    Amended by Chapter 451, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-411 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 411 - Temporary partial disability -- Amount of payments.

 Effective 7/1/2018  34A-2-411. Temporary partial disability -- Amount of payments.    (1) If the injury causes temporary partial disability for work, the employee shall receive weekly compensation equal to:   (a) 66-2/3% of the difference between the employee's average weekly wages before the accident and the weekly wages the employee is able to earn after the accident, but not more than 100% of the state average weekly wage at the time of injury; plus     (b) $20 for a dependent spouse and $20 for each dependent child under the age of 18 years, up to a maximum of four such dependent children, but only up to a total weekly compensation that does not exceed 100% of the state average weekly wage at the time of injury.       (2) The commission may order an award for temporary partial disability for work at any time prior to 12 years after the date of the injury to an employee:   (a) whose physical condition resulting from the injury is not finally healed and fixed 12 years after the date of injury; and     (b) who files an application for hearing under Section 34A-2-417.       (3) The duration of weekly payments may not exceed 312 weeks nor continue more than 12 years after the date of the injury. Payments shall terminate when the disability ends or the injured employee dies.    Amended by Chapter 451, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-415 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 415 - Increase of benefits to a dependent -- Effect of death, marriage, majority, or termination of dependency of children -- Death, divorce, or remarriage of spouse.

34A-2-415. Increase of benefits to a dependent -- Effect of death, marriage, majority, or termination of dependency of children -- Death, divorce, or remarriage of spouse.  If a benefit is made to, or increased because of a dependent spouse or dependent minor child, as provided in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, the benefit or increase in amount of the benefit shall cease on the day on which:  (1) a minor child:   (a) dies;     (b) marries;     (c) becomes 18 years of age; or     (d) is no longer dependent; or       (2) the spouse of the employee:   (a) dies;     (b) divorces the employee; or     (c) subject to Section 34A-2-414 relative to the remarriage of a spouse, remarries.      Amended by Chapter 90, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-416 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 416 - Additional benefits in special cases.

 Effective 5/10/2016  34A-2-416. Additional benefits in special cases.  Benefits received by a wholly dependent person under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, extend indefinitely if at the termination of the benefits:  (1) the wholly dependent person is still in a dependent condition; and     (2) under all reasonable circumstances the wholly dependent person should be entitled to additional benefits.    Amended by Chapter 235, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-418 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 418 - Awards -- Medical, nursing, hospital, and burial expenses -- Artificial means and appliances.

 Effective 12/3/2018  34A-2-418. Awards -- Medical, nursing, hospital, and burial expenses -- Artificial means and appliances.    (1) In addition to the compensation provided in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, and subject to Subsection 34A-2-407(11), the employer or the insurance carrier shall pay reasonable sums for medical, nurse, and hospital services, for medicines, and for artificial means, appliances, and prostheses necessary to treat the injured employee.     (2) The employer and the insurance carrier are not required to pay or reimburse for cannabis, a cannabis product, or a medical cannabis device, as those terms are defined in Section 26-61a-102.     (3) If death results from the injury, the employer or the insurance carrier shall pay the burial expenses in ordinary cases as established by rule.     (4) If a compensable accident results in the breaking of or loss of an employee's artificial means or appliance including eyeglasses, the employer or insurance carrier shall provide a replacement of the artificial means or appliance.     (5) An administrative law judge may require the employer or insurance carrier to maintain the artificial means or appliances or provide the employee with a replacement of any artificial means or appliance for the reason of breakage, wear and tear, deterioration, or obsolescence.     (6) An administrative law judge may, in unusual cases, order, as the administrative law judge considers just and proper, the payment of additional sums:   (a) for burial expenses; or     (b) to provide for artificial means or appliances.      Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 Special Session 3
UT Code § 34A-2-421 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 421 - Lump-sum payments.

34A-2-421. Lump-sum payments.  An administrative law judge, under special circumstances and when the same is deemed advisable, may commute periodic benefits to one or more lump-sum payments.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-423 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 423 - Survival of claim in case of death.

34A-2-423. Survival of claim in case of death.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Estate" is as defined in Section 75-1-201.     (b) "Personal representative" is as defined in Section 75-1-201.       (2) The personal representative of the estate of an employee may adjudicate an employee's claim for compensation under this chapter if in accordance with this chapter, the employee files a claim:   (a) before the employee dies; and     (b) for compensation for an industrial accident or occupational disease for which compensation is payable under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.       (3) If the commission finds that the employee is entitled to compensation under this chapter for the claim described in Subsection (2)(a), the commission shall order that compensation be paid for the period:   (a) beginning on the day on which the employee is entitled to receive compensation under this chapter; and     (b) ending on the day on which the employee dies.       (4)   (a) Compensation awarded under Subsection (3) shall be paid to:   (i) if the employee has one or more dependents on the day on which the employee dies, to the dependents of the employee; or     (ii) if the employee has no dependents on the day on which the employee dies, to the estate of the employee.       (b) The commission may apportion any compensation paid to dependents under this Subsection (4) in the manner that the commission considers just and equitable.       (5) If an employee that files a claim under this chapter dies from the industrial accident or occupational disease that is the basis of the employee's claim, the compensation awarded under this section shall be in addition to death benefits awarded in accordance with Section 34A-2-414.    Enacted by Chapter 67, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-424 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 4 - Compensation and Benefits|Section 424 - Prescribing policies for certain opioid prescriptions.

 Effective 5/9/2017  34A-2-424. Prescribing policies for certain opioid prescriptions.    (1) This section applies to a person regulated by this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.     (2) A self-insured employer, as that term is defined in Section 34A-2-201.5, an insurance carrier, and a managed health care program under Section 34A-2-111 may implement a prescribing policy for certain opioid prescriptions in accordance with Section 31A-22-615.5.    Enacted by Chapter 53, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-501 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 501 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/9/2017  34A-2-501. Definitions.    (1) "Harmful industrial noise" means:   (a) sound that results in acoustic trauma such as sudden instantaneous temporary noise or impulsive or impact noise exceeding 140 dB peak sound pressure levels; or     (b) the sound emanating from equipment and machines during employment exceeding the following permissible sound levels, dBA slow response, and corresponding durations per day, in hours:    Sound levelDuration   908   926   954   973   1002   1021.5   1051.0   1100.5   1150.25 or less         (2) "Loss of hearing" means binaural hearing loss measured in decibels with frequencies of 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 cycles per second (Hertz). If the average decibel loss at 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 cycles per second (Hertz) is 25 decibels or less, usually no loss of hearing exists.    Amended by Chapter 43, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 502 - Intensity tests.

34A-2-502. Intensity tests.    (1) The commission may conduct tests to determine the intensity of noise at places of employment.     (2) An administrative law judge may consider tests conducted by the commission, and any other tests taken by authorities in the field of sound engineering, as evidence of harmful industrial noise.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-503 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 503 - Loss of hearing -- Occupational hearing loss due to noise to be compensated.

34A-2-503. Loss of hearing -- Occupational hearing loss due to noise to be compensated.    (1) Permanent hearing loss caused by exposure to harmful industrial noise or by direct head injury shall be compensated according to the terms and conditions of this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.     (2) A claim for compensation for hearing loss for harmful industrial noise may not be paid under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, unless it can be demonstrated by a professionally controlled sound test that the employee has been exposed to harmful industrial noise as defined in Section 34A-2-501 while employed by the employer against whom the claim is made.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 504 - Hearing loss -- Extent of employer's liability.

 Effective 5/9/2017  34A-2-504. Hearing loss -- Extent of employer's liability.    (1) An employer is liable only for the hearing loss of an employee that arises out of and in the course of the employee's employment for that employer.     (2) If previous occupational hearing loss or nonoccupational hearing loss is established by competent evidence, the employer may not be liable for the prior hearing loss so established, whether or not compensation has previously been paid or awarded. The employer is liable only for the difference between the percentage of hearing loss presently established and that percentage of prior hearing loss established by preemployment audiogram or other competent evidence.     (3) The date for compensation for occupational hearing loss shall be determined by the date of direct head injury or the last date when harmful industrial noise contributed substantially in causing the hearing loss.    Amended by Chapter 43, 2017 General Session