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LA Rev Stat § 23:1124 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1124. Refusal to submit to an additional medical opinion regarding an examination; effect on right to compensation

RS 1124 - Refusal to submit to an additional medical opinion regarding an examination; effect on right to compensation  If the employee refuses to submit himself to an additional medical opinion regarding a medical examination at the behest of the employer or an examination conducted pursuant to R.S. 23:1123, or in anywise obstructs the same, his right to compensation and to take or prosecute any further proceedings under this Chapter may be suspended by the employer or payor until the examination takes place. Such suspension of benefits by the employer or payor shall be made in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 23:1201.1(A)(4) and (5). When the employee has filed a disputed claim, the employer or payor may move for an order to compel the employee to appear for an additional medical opinion regarding an examination. The employee shall receive at least fourteen days written notice prior to the additional medical opinion regarding an examination. When a right to compensation is suspended no compensation shall be payable in respect to the period of suspension.  Acts 1997, No. 393, §1; Acts 2013, No. 337, §1; Acts 2017, No. 381, §2, eff. June 23, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1124.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1124.1. Cumulative medical testimony; medical examination

RS 1124.1 - Cumulative medical testimony; medical examination Neither the claimant nor the respondent in hearing before the hearing officer shall be permitted to introduce the testimony of more than two physicians where the evidence of any additional physician would be cumulative testimony. However, the hearing officer, on his own motion, may order that any claimant appearing before it be examined by other physicians. Acts 1988, No. 938, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. Acts 1989, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1125 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1125. Right of employee to written report of medical examination; penalty for failure to furnish

RS 1125 - Right of employee to written report of medical examination; penalty for failure to furnish A. Whenever an employee who is being treated by his choice of medical provider shall, at the request of the employer, the employer's insurer, or the representative of the employer or its insurer, submit to any type of medical examination and a medical report is received by said requester, such employee or his representative shall be entitled to a copy of the written report of the results of said examination within thirty days from the date the requester receives the report. B. Whenever an employee has accepted medical treatment by a health care provider referred by the employer, the employer's insurer, or the representative of the employer or its insurer, he shall be entitled to receive a copy of any medical records of the medical provider that are in the possession of the employer or its insurer within thirty days from the date of the written demand upon the employer, the employer's insurer, or the representative of the employer or its insurer. C. Such written report or records shall be furnished to said employee or his representative at no cost to the employee. Any employer who without just cause fails to furnish such report or records to an employee so requesting same within the thirty-day period provided for above shall be liable to the employee for a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars, plus reasonable attorney fees for the collection of such penalty. Added by Acts 1976, No. 243, §1; Acts 1999, No. 134, §1, eff. June 9, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1126 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1126. Monitoring procedures of toxic substances in places of employment; access to records; penalties

RS 1126 - Monitoring procedures of toxic substances in places of employment; access to records; penalties Whenever any employer shall order or permit to be performed any procedure for the purpose of monitoring, detection or otherwise establishing the presence of any toxic substance, it shall be the duty of said employer, within thirty days of written request therefor, to provide each employee or his representative access to such employer records as will indicate such employee's own exposure to such toxic substances. In those instances where, with just cause, the employer is unable to provide such access within the time specified, he shall have the obligation to provide such access when the records become available. Any employer who shall fail to so furnish such access without just cause within thirty days from demand therefor shall be liable to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars payable to the state together with all costs and attorney's fees for the enforcement of this Section in a civil proceeding brought by such employee or his representative. Added by Acts 1976, No. 242, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1131. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 261, §1, eff. June 15, 2004.

RS 1131 - Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 261, §1, eff. June 15, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1141 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1141. Attorney fees; privilege on compensation awards

RS 1141 - Attorney fees; privilege on compensation awards A. Claims of attorneys for legal services arising under this Chapter shall not be enforceable unless reviewed and approved by a workers' compensation judge. If so approved, such claims shall have a privilege upon the compensation payable or awarded, but shall be paid therefrom only in the manner fixed by the workers' compensation judge. No privilege shall exist or be approved by a workers' compensation judge on injury benefits as provided in R.S. 23:1221(4)(s). B. The fees of an attorney who renders service for an employee coming under this Chapter shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount recovered. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 496, §1; Acts 1980, No. 599, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 938, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 23, §1, eff. June 15, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 609, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 31, §1, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 88, §1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 647, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1143 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1143. Excessive fees or solicitation of employment; penalty; withholding attorney fees; approval by workers' compensation judge

RS 1143 - Excessive fees or solicitation of employment; penalty; withholding attorney fees; approval by workers' compensation judge A. Whoever exacts or receives a fee or gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of a claimant for compensation, except in the amount determined by the workers' compensation judge, or solicits the business of appearing before the office on behalf of a claimant, or makes it a business to solicit employment for an attorney in connection with any claim for compensation under this Chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than twelve months, or both. B.(1) An attorney may withhold, as proposed attorney fees, a sum not to exceed twenty percent of all amounts recovered in his trust account which funds shall remain the property of the claimant, pending approval of such fees by the workers' compensation judge. (2) An application for approval of fees shall be filed by the attorney within thirty days after the payment of the final weekly benefit, settlement of the claim, or payment of the judgment, whichever occurs later. Otherwise the funds shall be returned to the claimant. Acts 1990, No. 202, §1; Acts 1997, No. 88, §1, eff. June 11, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 672, §1; Acts 2004, No. 647, §1, eff. July 5, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1144 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1144. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1014, §2, eff. June 27, 2001.

RS 1144 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1014, §2, eff. June 27, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1161. Insurance policies; application of provisions; approval by insurance commissioner; admitted carriers; exceptions

RS 1161 - Insurance policies; application of provisions; approval by insurance commissioner; admitted carriers; exceptions A. Every policy for the insurance of the compensation herein provided for, or against liability therefor, shall be deemed to be made subject to the provisions of this Chapter. No company or association shall enter into any such policy of insurance unless its form has been approved by the insurance commissioner, and no domestic insurance company shall be denied servicing carrier status. B. Except as provided in R.S. 23:1195 et seq., every insurance policy or contract to provide workers' compensation insurance shall be written in accordance with either of the following: (1) By an insurer organized pursuant to R.S. 22:61 through 69, or admitted pursuant to Subpart K of Part I of Chapter 2 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to do business in Louisiana, except policies of an industrial insured meeting one of the following qualifications, and electing to secure an insurance policy with an insurer which is not admitted to do business in Louisiana: (a) An insured who procures the insurance policy by use of the services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or buyer. (b) An insured whose aggregate annual premium for insurance on all risks totals at least twenty-five thousand dollars. (c) An insured having at least twenty-five full-time employees. (2) Pursuant to and in accordance with R.S. 23:1167. Acts 1986, No. 889, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1021, §2; Acts 2001, No. 927, §1, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1162 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1162. Contents of insurance contract; enforcement by employee; subrogation of insurer

RS 1162 - Contents of insurance contract; enforcement by employee; subrogation of insurer A. No policy of insurance against liability arising under this Chapter shall be issued unless it contains the agreement of the insurer that it will promptly pay to the person entitled to compensation all installments of the compensation that may be awarded or agreed upon, and that this obligation shall not be affected by any default of the insured after the injury, or by any default in the giving of any notice required by such policy, or otherwise. This agreement shall be construed to be a direct obligation by the insurer to the person entitled to compensation, enforceable in his name. No policy of insurance against liability under this Chapter shall be made unless the policy covers the entire liability of the employer; provided, that as to the question of the liability as between the employer and the insurer the terms of the insurance contract shall govern, and provide, further, that a contract of indemnity may be issued to an employer qualified as a self-insured under this Chapter, by which contract an insurer may undertake to indemnify such employer against loss or losses arising with respect to his obligations under this Chapter in excess of a stated or determinable amount. B. When an employer is engaged in more than one business for the purpose of insurance against his liability under this Chapter, each separate and distinct business may be covered by separate policies. C. All policies insuring the payment of compensation must contain a clause to the effect that as between the employee and the insurer, the notice of the insured or the knowledge of the occurrence of the injury on the part of the insured, shall be deemed to be notice or knowledge on the part of the insurer, as the case may be. D. The insurer shall be subrogated to all rights and actions which the employer is entitled to under this Chapter. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 457, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1163 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1163. Premium; contribution by employees prohibited; penalty

RS 1163 - Premium; contribution by employees prohibited; penalty A. It shall be unlawful for any employer, or his agent or representative, to collect from any of his employees directly or indirectly either by way of deduction from the employee's wages, salary, compensation, or otherwise, any amount whatever, or to demand, request, or accept any amount from any employee, either for the purpose of paying the premium in whole or in part on any liability or compensation insurance of any kind whatever on behalf of any employee or to reimburse such employer in whole or in part for any premium on any insurance against any liability whatever to any employee or for the purpose of the employer carrying any such insurance for the employer's own account, or to demand or request of any employee to make any payment or contribution for any such purpose to any other person. B. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any employer from carrying his own insurance towards his own employees; nothing herein shall apply to an employer qualified under the laws of this state to engage in the liability insurance business. In addition, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent an independent contractor who is a sole proprietor and who has elected by written agreement not to be covered by the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with R.S. 23:1035 from entering into a contract with his principal pursuant to which the independent contractor is responsible for securing insurance or self-insurance for the benefits provided pursuant to this Chapter or to reduce payments to the independent contractor for coverage of the independent contractor or his employees pursuant to a contract, nor shall it be a violation of this Section if a principal has agreed to provide workers' compensation insurance to all contractors working under a contract with the principal and for the cost of this coverage to be a consideration in the contract between the principal and the contractors. C. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both. D. In addition to the criminal penalties provided for in Subsection C of this Section, any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be assessed civil penalties by the workers' compensation judge of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars payable to the employee and reasonable attorney fees. Restitution shall be ordered up to the amount collected from the employee's wages, salary or other compensation. The award of penalties, attorney fees, and restitution shall have the same force and effect and may be satisfied as a judgment of a district court. Acts 1995, No. 368, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 1014, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 416, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1164 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1164. Insolvency of employer; employee's rights against insurer

RS 1164 - Insolvency of employer; employee's rights against insurer If any employer carrying insurance against liability under this Chapter is or becomes insolvent, or if any execution upon a judgment for compensation against him is returned unsatisfied, any person entitled to payments may enforce his claim against the insurer of the employer to the same extent that the employer could have enforced his claim against such insurer had he made such payments, any provision contained in any policy or agreement of insurance written after January 1, 1915, to the contrary notwithstanding. And the making of accrued payments to the person entitled thereto, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, shall relieve such insurer from liability.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1165 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1165. Additional compensation agreements; insurance

RS 1165 - Additional compensation agreements; insurance An employer and employee who have elected to come under the provisions of this Chapter or who may be subject thereto as provided for in R.S. 23:1034 may, by written agreement between themselves, provide for compensation in event of injury over and above the compensation to be awarded under the provisions hereof. Such additional compensation may be provided for by the employer insuring his liability therefor in any insurance company or association authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana, but the premium therefor must be paid by the employer.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1166 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1166. Issuance of policies; liability

RS 1166 - Issuance of policies; liability When an insurance company issues a policy of insurance to an employer covering claims for injuries to employees that may arise within the scope of the employer's business, the insurance company shall be estopped to deny liability on the grounds that the employment was not hazardous and during the period such insurance is in effect, claims for injuries occurring during such period by such employees against the employer or the insurance company shall be exclusively under the workers' compensation act. Added by Acts 1958, No. 495, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1167 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1167. Insolvency of unauthorized ceding insurer; claim against assuming insurer

RS 1167 - Insolvency of unauthorized ceding insurer; claim against assuming insurer A. If worker's compensation insurance for an individual risk cannot be procured from an authorized insurer, such coverage may be procured from an unauthorized insurer pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 22:432 through 445 and 1902 through 1910; however, such worker's compensation insurance shall be placed with an unauthorized insurer pursuant to R.S. 22:432 through 445 and 1902 through 1910 only if, in addition, the following condition is met: if such unauthorized insurer cedes all or a part of such worker's compensation risk, the contract of reinsurance with the assuming insurer must provide that, only in the event of the insolvency of the ceding insurer, any reinsurance proceeds owing with respect to such risk shall be payable by the assuming insurer to the insured of the insolvent ceding insurer for the amount of loss sustained by the insured to the extent that the liability therefor was ceded by ceding insurer through a reinsurance agreement to the assuming insurer. B. This Section shall apply only to an insurance policy or contract to provide worker's compensation insurance which is written on or after January 1, 1987. Acts 1986, No. 889, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 23:1168.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation|§1168.1. Self-insurance

RS 1168.1 - Self-insurance A.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 23:1168(A)(5)(a), an insurer with an A.M. Best rating of A-minus or better providing excess workers' compensation coverage to more than one employer shall be entitled to satisfy all of the initial and renewal certification requirements for self-insurer status and security obligations of all its insureds to the office of workers' compensation, by depositing and maintaining with the office a single surety bond, or other acceptable security as determined by the office, in an amount equal to the greater of: (a) The aggregate average workers' compensation losses incurred over the most recent three-year period multiplied by one hundred fifty percent. (b) The total amount of unpaid workers' compensation reserves at the time of the annual review of all self-insurers secured by the single security multiplied by one hundred fifty percent. (2) For those employers that have not been in business for at least three calendar years, the single security provided for under this Subsection shall be increased for each such employer by the greater of three hundred thousand dollars or three times the estimated annual loss fund for the next year. (3) The security deposited by an insurer under this Subsection shall serve to secure the obligations of its self-insured employers only for those years in which they were provided excess coverage by that one particular insurer. B.(1) The insurer shall satisfy the self-insurer requirements of its insured employers under Subsection A by submitting to the office of workers' compensation written notification of excess workers' compensation coverage, the insured's workers' compensation losses incurred over the most recent three-year period and the insured's total unpaid workers' compensation reserves. For those employers that have not been in business for at least three calendar years, the insurer shall submit written notification of excess coverage and the employers estimated annual loss fund for the next year. (2) Upon the insurer's supplying the information contained in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to determine the appropriate security as required by Subsection A, the employer shall be deemed a self-insurer under Subsection A. The insurer shall thereafter provide the information contained in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection once per year at the time of the annual review of all self-insurers secured by the single security provided for in Subsection A. C. In computing security requirements under this Section, a self-insured hospital against whom a workers' compensation claim has been filed and said self-insured hospital provides medical services to the claimant for which there is no cash outlay, the self-insured hospital shall be entitled to have the medical services portion of such workers' compensation claim deducted from any computation used in determining the hospital's surety bond or other acceptable security. Acts 1999, No. 625, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1200, §1.