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NH Rev Stat § 281-A:42-aa (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:42-aa - Compensation Appeals Advisory Board.

    281-A:42-aa Compensation Appeals Advisory Board. –||I. There is hereby established a compensation appeals advisory board to advise the commissioner relative to candidates for the compensation appeals board, established in RSA 281-A:42-a. The board shall be composed of 5 members:||(a) One member representing labor, appointed by the commissioner from a list of nominees provided by the New Hampshire organized labor groups.||(b) One member representing business, appointed by the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.||(c) An attorney representing plaintiffs, appointed by the New Hampshire Association for Justice.||(d) An attorney representing defendants, appointed by the New Hampshire Bar Association.||(e) One member representing insurance, appointed by the New Hampshire Adjusters Association.||II. The term of office for each member of the board shall be for 3 years; provided, however, that of the members initially appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, 2 shall be appointed for 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for 3 years. Three members shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. No member shall serve for more than 2 consecutive terms. Members of the board may be removed from office for cause pursuant to RSA 4:1. The board shall meet as required to carry out its responsibilities. There shall be no monetary compensation provided to members who serve on the board.||III. The commissioner of labor shall be the non-voting chair of the advisory board.||IV. The advisory board shall:||(a) Evaluate candidates for the compensation appeals board based upon the nominee's education, knowledge, and experience in the area of workers' compensation law.||(b) Submit names of qualified candidates to the commissioner.||(c) Receive complaints from the commissioner, pursuant to RSA 281-A:42-e, regarding current appeals board members.||(d) Distribute an anonymous questionnaire to participants who are involved in the appeals process.||V. The board shall develop procedures which the commissioner shall adopt by rule, under RSA 541-A, relative to the duties established under paragraph IV.|||Source. 2003, 115:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2014, 21:1, eff. May 23, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:42-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:42-b - Hearing Officers.

    281-A:42-b Hearing Officers. –||The commissioner shall appoint as many individuals as necessary to carry out the department's responsibilities under this chapter. Such individuals shall have experience in workers' compensation and shall hear workers' compensation cases before the commissioner. The commissioner shall set forth the job qualification necessary to insure that each hearing officer is qualified to hear workers' compensation cases. The salary shall be commensurate with the responsibilities and experience required. The commissioner shall, by rules adopted under RSA 541-A, strengthen the reporting structure and the role of a hearing officer; develop a code of ethics for hearings and hearing officers; develop and require at least 15 hours of continuing education on an annual basis for hearing officers; and require a minimum of an additional 15 hours of annual training and briefing with the attorney general's staff.|||Source. 1990, 254:28, eff. July 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:42-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:42-c - Position Established for Assisting Unrepresented Injured Employees.

    281-A:42-c Position Established for Assisting Unrepresented Injured Employees. –||There is hereby created within the department of labor the classified full-time position of dispute resolution coordinator. The coordinator shall assist unrepresented injured employees in understanding, asserting, and protecting their rights under this chapter. The coordinator shall meet with or otherwise exchange information with injured employees, investigate injured employees' claims or potential claims, and communicate with employers, insurance carriers, group funded self-insurers, and health care providers on behalf of injured employees, with the objective of resolving claims or potential claims promptly and amicably. However, assistance provided under this section shall not include representing claimants in hearings.|||Source. 1993, 357:2. 1994, 3:13, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:42-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:42-d - Time Limitation for Petition for Hearing.

    281-A:42-d Time Limitation for Petition for Hearing. –||Compensation for disability, rehabilitation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter shall be barred unless the claimant petitions for a hearing under RSA 281-A:43 within 18 months after the claimant receives notice that the claim has been denied by the insurance carrier or self-insurer pursuant to RSA 281-A:42, I(b).|||Source. 1994, 3:14, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:42-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:42-e - Complaints Regarding Compensation Appeals Board Members.

    281-A:42-e Complaints Regarding Compensation Appeals Board Members. –||Any participant involved in the appeals process who has a complaint concerning the conduct of any member of the compensation appeals board shall write to the commissioner of labor stating such complaint. The commissioner shall investigate the complaint and, if the commissioner determines the complaint is valid, take such corrective action as is warranted. The commissioner shall make a list of the complaints filed against a member of the appeals board available to the advisory board, established in RSA 281-A:42-aa, when that appeals board member is being considered for nomination for a new term.|||Source. 2003, 115:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:45 - Manner of Giving Notice of Hearing.

    281-A:45 Manner of Giving Notice of Hearing. –||A notice of a hearing under the provisions of this chapter may be given by giving notice in hand or by sending it by regular or certified mail return receipt requested addressed to the employee, the employer and the employer's insurance carrier, at each party's last known residence or place of business.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 2005, 85:6, eff. June 7, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:46 - Payment Pending Determination of Coverage; Establishing Liability for Benefits.

    281-A:46 Payment Pending Determination of Coverage;  Establishing Liability for Benefits. –||I. If an employee's right to compensation, other benefits, or both, under this chapter is not in dispute either as to eligibility or amount, but a dispute arises between successive employers or between successive insurance carriers for the same employer regarding liability for benefits, the commissioner, following notice to all interested parties and hearing, shall enter an order setting forth the liability of an employer or insurance carrier for the payment of compensation, other benefits, or both, in the first instance. The employer or insurance carrier ruled liable shall immediately start payment pending final determination. The commissioner may make such orders for the deposit of security as may be necessary. When the issue of liability is finally determined, either the commissioner or the court in which the issue is finally resolved shall enter an order making such financial adjustment as may be appropriate in order to effectuate the decision.||II. Except as provided in RSA 281-A:54, if compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease, and any insurance carrier on the risk at the time such employee was last so exposed, shall alone be liable for that compensation without a right to contribution from any prior employer or insurance carrier.||III. Except as provided in RSA 281-A:54, if compensation is payable for an injury, other than an occupational disease, which aggravates a preexisting physical condition, the employer in whose employment the employee sustained the most recent injurious incident and any insurance carrier on the risk when such injurious incident occurred, shall alone be liable for any benefit allowable under this chapter without a right to contribution from any prior employer or insurance carrier.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:47 - Examination by Physician.

    281-A:47 Examination by Physician. –||I. When application is made to the commissioner, the commissioner may refer the injured employee to one or more duly licensed and impartial physicians or surgeons or may refer the injured employee to a medical facility for an examination, the results of which shall be reported to the commissioner. The physicians, surgeons, or medical facility shall receive a reasonable fee for services and reimbursement for necessary expenses, which shall be paid by the party requesting such an examination. However, in the event that an employee requesting such an examination prevails in the determination by the commissioner, the fee and expenses shall be paid by the employer.||II. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, additional expert medical evidence is required in any case, the commissioner may refer the injured employee to one or more duly licensed and impartial physicians or surgeons or to a medical facility for an examination, the results of which shall be reported to the commissioner. The physicians, surgeons, or medical facility shall receive a reasonable fee for services plus reimbursement for necessary expenses. The state shall pay any fee or reimbursement on vouchers approved by the commissioner unless, in the commissioner's discretion, the commissioner determines that the employer should pay. The commissioner shall ordinarily accept as determinative the results of such a referral unless, after hearing, the commissioner specifically finds that the results do not accurately reflect the employee's condition.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:49 - Witnesses; Blanks.

    281-A:49 Witnesses;  Blanks. –||All process and procedure under the provisions of this chapter shall be as summary and simple as reasonable. The commissioner shall have the power, so far as it is necessary for the determination of matters within the commissioner's jurisdiction, to subpoena witnesses, to administer oaths and to examine the books and records of parties to any proceedings under this chapter. The superior court shall, by proper proceedings, have power to enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and records before the commissioner.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:50 - Petition for Right to Appeal.

    281-A:50 Petition for Right to Appeal. –||Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner who was prevented from appealing from such decision within 30 days through mistake, accident, or misfortune and not through the person's own neglect may petition the compensation appeals board, established under RSA 281-A:42-a, at any time within one year after the commissioner's decision to be allowed an appeal. Such petition shall set forth the petitioner's interest, the reason for appealing, and the cause of the delay.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1993, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:51 - Preferences of Claims for Compensation.

    281-A:51 Preferences of Claims for Compensation. –||All rights of compensation granted by the provisions of this chapter shall have the same preference or priority against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for a claim by an employee against an employer for unpaid wages.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:52 - Assignments; Exemption From Claims of Creditors; Attorneys' Fees.

    281-A:52 Assignments;  Exemption From Claims of Creditors;  Attorneys' Fees. –||I. Claims for compensation under this chapter shall not be assignable, and the compensation and any claim for compensation shall be exempt from all claims of creditors except as provided in this section. Claims for payment by physicians, hospitals, and for other remedial care chargeable to the employee and rendered in connection with a compensated injury and claims of attorneys for services rendered an employee in prosecuting a claim under this chapter, when approved by the superior court, may be enforced against the compensation award in such manner as the superior court may direct.||II. Claims for child support payments, pursuant to RSA 458-B, may be enforced against compensation awards.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:53-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:53-a - Responsibility of Employee.

    281-A:53-a Responsibility of Employee. –||I. Any employee receiving workers' compensation benefits pursuant to this chapter has an affirmative duty to report any changes in his or her employment status or earnings, or both, to the carrier or self-insured.||II. Every carrier or self-insured shall notify any employee receiving benefits pursuant to this chapter of this duty on a form approved by the commissioner. Such form shall indicate that failure to report any change in employment status or earnings may subject the employee to civil or criminal penalties. The form shall further indicate that failure to complete and return the form to the carrier or self-insured within 30 days of the request may result in a suspension of the employee's compensation benefits.||III. In the event that the employee fails to return a completed form within 30 days of the carrier or self-insured's request, the carrier or self-insured may send a notice of intent to suspend compensation benefits to the employee and to the commissioner. If within 15 days of such notice the carrier, self-insured, or the commissioner has not received a completed form, the carrier or self-insured may petition the commissioner to suspend compensation benefits until such time as the form is filed. Upon receipt of a petition to suspend compensation, the commissioner may order compensation payments suspended until such time as the employee files the form. Upon receipt of the form, benefits shall be paid retroactive to the date of suspension.||IV. The carrier or self-insured shall send an employee receiving compensation benefits such a form not more than once every 3 months.|||Source. 2000, 158:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:55 - Special Fund for Second Injuries.

    281-A:55 Special Fund for Second Injuries. –||I. A special fund is hereby established in the state treasury for the purpose of making payments in accordance with RSA 281-A:15, III, RSA 281-A:54 and this section. The commissioner shall administer the fund. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund, and all moneys and securities in the fund shall be held in trust by the state treasurer and shall not constitute money or property of the state.||II. The state treasurer is authorized to disburse moneys from the fund only upon written order of the commissioner. The state treasurer shall be required to give bond in an amount to be fixed and with securities approved by the commissioner conditioned upon the faithful performance of the treasurer's duty as custodian of the fund. The premium of the bond shall be paid out of the fund.||III. Each insurance carrier and self-insurer shall, pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner, make payments to the fund in an amount equal to that proportion of 115 percent of the total obligation of the fund during the preceding 12 months, less the amount of the net assets in the fund as of March 31 of the current year, which the total workers' compensation benefits, including medical benefits, paid by each insurance carrier and self-insurer bore to the total workers' compensation benefits, including medical benefits, paid by all insurance carriers and self-insurers in the preceding calendar year.||IV. The commissioner shall conserve the assets of the fund. In furtherance of this purpose, the attorney general shall appoint an employee of the department of justice to represent the fund in all proceedings brought to enforce claims against the fund.||V. An insurance carrier or self-insurer failing without sufficient cause to make payment under this section within the period specified by the commissioner shall be assessed a civil penalty of $100 for each day that the payment is overdue, which shall be deposited into the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1989, 294:5. 2005, 85:3, eff. June 7, 2005. 2011, 224:64, eff. July 1, 2011. 2021, 91:129, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:55-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:55-a - Reimbursement for Payment of Additional Compensation.

    281-A:55-a Reimbursement for Payment of Additional Compensation. –||I. When an employer or carrier has paid additional compensation to an employee pursuant to RSA 281-A:15, III as a result of the employee's increased average weekly wages earned in concurrent employment, reimbursement for such additional compensation shall be made to the employer or carrier from the special fund created by RSA 281-A:55.||II. An employer or carrier shall notify the labor commissioner of any possible claim against the special fund as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 100 weeks after the injury or death.|||Source. 1989, 294:6, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:56 - Penalty for False Representation.

    281-A:56 Penalty for False Representation. –||I. A person who makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter, whether for himself or herself or for any other person, and who does not believe the statement or representation to be true, shall be subject to prosecution and punishment for false swearing under RSA 641:2, unsworn falsification under RSA 641:3, or perjury under RSA 641:1, as the case may be, and, upon conviction, the court may order forfeit all of the person's rights to the compensation sought. In addition to any other remedy, the employer or insurance carrier providing the benefit or payment shall be entitled to restitution as authorized in RSA 651:63.||II. An employer or insurance carrier, or any employee, agent, or person acting on behalf of an employer or insurance carrier, who makes a false statement or representation in the course of reporting, investigating or adjusting a claim for any benefit or payment under this chapter and who does not believe the statement or representation to be true shall be subject to prosecution and punishment for false swearing under RSA 641:2, unsworn falsification under RSA 641:3, or perjury under RSA 641:1, as the case may be.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1993, 239:2. 2000, 158:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:57 - General Penalty.

    281-A:57 General Penalty. –||Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any order issued by the superior court or by the commissioner under this chapter shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:57-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:57-a - Penalty Collection Powers.

    281-A:57-a Penalty Collection Powers. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, with respect to the collection of any fees, penalties, or interest administered by the department, the department of labor shall cause a certified copy of the notice and demand for payment of such fees, penalties, or interest to be filed in accordance with RSA 454-B:2 and such filing and service of the notice and demand shall constitute a lien upon the real estate, personal estate, property interest, right, or credit to which the notice and demand relates, or which may be subsequently discovered.||II. If the party liable for such fees, penalties, or interest neither resides in nor owns property in this state, then the notice and demand in paragraph I of this section shall be filed with the secretary of state and shall constitute a lien in the manner as provided in paragraph I.||III. Any lien filed pursuant to this section shall continue and shall be valid and binding until the liability for the sum, with interest, costs, and attorney's fees is satisfied or 6 years from the date such lien is filed, whichever is earlier.||IV. In the event the liability, interest, costs, and attorney's fees are not satisfied before the end of the original term of the lien, any lien filed pursuant to this section may be renewed for the same term as the original term of the lien by refiling according to the procedures set forth in paragraphs I-III.||V. A bankruptcy filing shall not affect the validity of any lien properly filed or renewed in accordance with this section.||VI. Upon neglect or refusal of any person or corporation to pay the fees, penalties, or interest assessed upon them, the department may distrain the personal estate, property interest, right, or credit of such person or corporation.|||Source. 2008, 270:4, eff. June 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:58 - Administration.

    281-A:58 Administration. –||The commissioner shall administer and enforce all provisions of this chapter except as otherwise provided in this chapter.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|