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Ohio Rev Code § 4121.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.29 | Priority to Be Given Actions.

Effective: November 3, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly|All actions and proceedings under sections 4101.01 to 4101.16 and 4121.01 to 4121.29 of the Revised Code and all actions or proceedings to which the bureau of workers' compensation or the state is a party, and in which any question arises under such sections, or under or concerning any order of the bureau, shall be preferred over all other civil cases, except election causes and causes involving or affecting the public utilities commission, irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application of the attorney of the bureau in any action or proceeding in which he may be allowed to intervene.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.30 | Administrative Rules.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) All rules governing the operating procedure of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that determinations of the bureau, district hearing officers, staff hearing officers, and the commission, with respect to an individual employee's claim to participate in the state insurance fund are governed only by Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The administrator of workers' compensation and commission shall proceed jointly, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, including a joint hearing, to adopt joint rules governing the operating procedures of the bureau and commission.(B) Upon submission to the bureau or the commission of a petition containing not less than fifteen hundred signatures of adult residents of the state, any individual may propose a rule for adoption, amendment, or rescission by the bureau or the commission. If, upon investigation, the bureau or commission is satisfied that the signatures upon the petition are valid, it shall proceed, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to consider adoption, amendment, or rescission of the rule.(C) The administrator shall make available electronically all rules adopted by the bureau and the commission and shall make available in a timely manner all rules adopted by the bureau and the commission that are currently in force.(D) The rule-making authority granted to the administrator under this section does not limit the commission's rule-making authority relative to its overall adjudicatory policy-making and management duties under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. The administrator shall not disregard any rule adopted by the commission, provided that the rule is within the commission's rule-making authority.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.31 | Joint Adoption of Administrative Rules.

Effective: June 14, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 611 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission jointly shall adopt rules covering the following general topics with respect to this chapter and Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code:(1) Rules that set forth any general policy and the principal operating procedures of the bureau of workers' compensation or commission, including but not limited to:(a) Assignment to various operational units of any duties placed upon the administrator or the commission by statute;(b) Procedures for decision-making;(c) Procedures governing the appearances of a claimant, employer, or their representatives before the agency in a hearing;(d) Procedures that inform claimants, on request, of the status of a claim and any actions necessary to maintain the claim;(e) Time goals for activities of the bureau or commission;(f) Designation of the person or persons authorized to issue directives with directives numbered and distributed from a central distribution point to persons on a list maintained for that purpose.(2) A rule barring any employee of the bureau or commission from having a workers' compensation claims file in the employee's possession unless the file is necessary to the performance of the employee's duties.(3) All claims, whether of a state fund or self-insuring employer, be processed in an orderly, uniform, and timely fashion.(4) Rules governing the submission and sending of applications, notices, evidence, and other documents by electronic means. The rules shall provide that where this chapter or Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code requires that a document be in writing or requires a signature, the administrator and the commission, to the extent of their respective jurisdictions, may approve of and provide for the electronic submission and sending of those documents, and the use of an electronic signature on those documents.(B) As used in this section:(1) "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, facsimile, or any other form of technology that entails capabilities similar to these technologies.(2) "Electronic record" means a record generated, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system or for transmission from one information system to another.(3) "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic form attached to or logically associated with an electronic record.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.34 | District Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 362 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) District hearing officers shall hear the matters listed in division (B) of this section. District hearing officers are in the classified civil service of the state, are full-time employees of the industrial commission, and shall be persons admitted to the practice of law in this state. District hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours.(B) District hearing officers shall have original jurisdiction on all of the following matters:(1) Determinations under section 4123.57 of the Revised Code;(2) All appeals from a decision of the administrator of workers' compensation under division (B) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code;(3) All other contested claims matters under this chapter and Chapters 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code, except those matters over which staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction.(C) The administrator of workers' compensation shall make available to each district hearing officer the facilities and assistance of bureau employees and furnish all information necessary to the performance of the district hearing officer's duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.35 | Staff Hearing Officers - Jurisdiction.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 362 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) Staff hearing officers shall consider and decide all matters specified in division (B) of this section. All staff hearing officers are full-time employees of the industrial commission and shall be admitted to the practice of law in this state. Staff hearing officers shall not engage in any other activity that interferes with their full-time employment by the commission during normal working hours. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, staff hearing officers have original jurisdiction to hear and decide the following matters:(1) Applications for permanent, total disability awards pursuant to section 4123.58 of the Revised Code;(2) Appeals from an order of a district hearing officer issued under division (C) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code;(3) Applications for additional awards for violation of a specific safety rule of the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to Section 35 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution;(4) Applications for reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officers on reconsideration pursuant to division (A) of section 4123.57 of the Revised Code are final.(5) Reviews of settlement agreements pursuant to section 4123.65 of the Revised Code. Decisions of the staff hearing officer under that section are final and not appealable to the commission or to court under section 4123.511 or 4123.512 of the Revised Code.(C) The decision of a staff hearing officer under division (D) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code is the decision of the commission for the purposes of section 4123.512 of the Revised Code unless the commission hears an appeal under division (E) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code.(D) Staff hearing officers shall hold hearings on all matters referred to them for hearing. Hearing procedures shall conform to the rules the commission adopts pursuant to section 4121.36 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.38 | Impairment Evaluation.

Effective: November 3, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 222 - 118th General Assembly|(A) The industrial commission shall:(1) Implement a program of impairment evaluation training for its staff physicians;(2) Issue a manual of commission policy as to impairment evaluation so as to increase consistency of medical reports. This manual shall be available to the public at cost but shall be provided free to all physicians who treat claimants or to whom claimants are referred for evaluation. The commission shall take steps to ensure that the manual receives the widest possible distribution to physicians.(3) Develop a method of peer review of medical reports prepared by the commission referral doctors;(4) Issue a policy manual as to the basis upon which referrals to other than commission specialists will be made;(5) Designate two hearing examiners and two medical staff members who shall be specially trained in medical-legal analysis. The specialists shall write evaluations of medical-legal problems upon assignment by other hearing examiners or the commission. The director of administrative services upon commission advice shall assign such employees to a salary schedule commensurate with expertise required of them.(6) Require that prior to any examination, a physician to whom a claimant is referred for examination receives all necessary medical information in the claim file about the claimant and a complete statement as to the purpose of the examination.(B) The commission may establish a medical section within the commission to perform the duties assigned to the commission under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.39 | Administrator of Workers' Compensation - Powers and Duties.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|The administrator of workers' compensation shall do all of the following:(A) Except as provided in section 4123.402 of the Revised Code, review and process all applications for claims;(B) Award compensation and make payment on all noncontested claims;(C) Make payment on orders of the industrial commission and district and staff hearing officers as provided in section 4123.511 of the Revised Code;(D) Serve as representative of the state insurance fund;(E) Establish a legal section within the bureau to provide legal advice and assistance to the administrator and the administrator's staff as to claims procedure and policy; appeals to be lodged on behalf of the state insurance fund; and other legal issues. The bureau legal section shall act as attorney for the state fund in administrative appeals.(F) Establish a program for quality control, systems design, and internal auditing. In the operation of the program, the administrator shall ensure that audits are performed at least annually to determine whether or not the bureau meets the performance goals the administrator establishes.(G) Ensure that there exists the coordination between the central office and the service offices necessary to facilitate open lines of communication and the standardized procedures in conformity with the requirements set forth in the operating manuals of the bureau. The administrator shall establish a line of authority from the central office to the service offices of the bureau sufficient to avoid ambiguity in the performance of any management or policy function.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.40 | Service Directors - Investigators and Field Auditors - Duties.

Effective: October 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly|(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall appoint a service director for each service office who shall have all of the following duties:(1) Provide each claimant and employer fair, impartial, and equal treatment;(2) Recommend any needed improvements for changes in staff size and accessibility to service offices;(3) Recommend to the administrator appropriate action concerning any allegations of misconduct, abuse of authority, or fraud committed in his service office;(4) Ensure that all current bureau rules and operating procedures are carried out by all employees under his direction;(5) Assist claimants and employers who contact the service office for information or assistance with respect to claims processing and coverage.(B) The administrator shall assign to each service office an adequate number of investigators and field auditors.Service directors shall make investigators available to district hearing officers as needed.In addition to other duties the administrator may assign to investigators, they shall, at the service directors' direction, investigate alleged instances of persons receiving compensation pursuant to section 4123.58 of the Revised Code and engaging in remunerative employment that is incompatible with the terms of that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.41 | Information on Rights and Responsibilities - Optimum Level of Premium Payment - Complaints.

Effective: July 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 123 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The administrator of workers' compensation shall operate a program designed to inform employees and employers of their rights and responsibilities under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and as part of that program prepare and distribute pamphlets, which clearly and simply explain at least all of the following: (1) The rights and responsibilities of claimants and employers;(2) The procedures for processing claims;(3) The procedure for fulfilling employer responsibility;(4) All applicable statutes of limitation;(5) The availability of services and benefits;(6) The claimant's right to representation in the processing of a claim or to elect no representation.The administrator shall ensure that the provisions of this section are faithfully and speedily implemented.(B) The bureau of workers' compensation shall maintain an ongoing program to identify employers subject to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code and to audit employers to ensure an optimum level of premium payment. The bureau shall coordinate such efforts with other governmental agencies which have information as to employers who are subject to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code.(C) The administrator shall handle complaints through the service offices, the claims section, and the ombudsperson program. The administrator shall provide toll free telephone lines for employers and claimants in order to expedite the handling of complaints. The bureau shall monitor complaint traffic to ensure an adequacy of telephone service to bureau offices and shall compile statistics on complaint subjects. Based upon those compilations, the bureau shall revise procedures and rules to correct major problem areas and submit data and recommendations annually to the appropriate committees of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.42 | In-Service Training Programs.

Effective: October 20, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly|(A) The administrator of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall cooperatively implement with adequate staff a comprehensive in-service training program for their respective personnel that provides training with respect to the workers' compensation system in at least all of the following areas:(1) General policies;(2) Organization;(3) Regulations;(4) Management training, including supervision, system design, and budget drafting.(B) The in-service training programs may be conducted by the permanent staff of the commission and the bureau or by any public or private person the commission or bureau designates.(C) Personnel of each administrative section of the bureau and the commission shall receive training programs adequate to ensure all of the following:(1) Familiarity with section duties and policy;(2) Familiarity with duties and policy of sections which directly relate to their section;(3) Continuous updating of policy and techniques for accomplishing section duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.43 | Compensation Payments.

Effective: September 28, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 75 - 134th General Assembly|The administrator of workers' compensation shall: (A) Adopt rules to ensure that all compensation payments are accompanied by information which clearly indicates the source of payment, type of payment, method of computation, inclusive days of payment, reason for changes in payment, and telephone number or address for inquiries; (B) Adopt rules to govern the method of issuing and delivering checks, including time limits for issuance of checks; (C) Set standards and inform claimant of procedure for attorney or other representative pick-up of compensation payment check, and ensure that claimant has recently executed a proper authorization to pick up the check; (D) Implement a written procedure for effectively obtaining notices of death of claimant and terminating compensation payments; (E) Adopt rules to require that a claimant of whom medical examinations have been requested by the claimant's employer shall submit to such examinations and shall be reimbursed by the employer for reasonable expenses incurred in submitting to the examination and provide that the claimant shall be reimbursed by the employer in an amount equal to the wages lost during the time required to attend any such examination, in the event said claimant sustains lost wages as a result of any such examination. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 2:16 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.446 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.446 | Selection of Managed Care Organizations.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|The department of administrative services shall select one or more managed care organizations for each state office, agency, institution, board, or commission, except for a public college or university, unless otherwise agreed to between the department and a state office, agency, institution, board, or commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.447 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.447 | Data Security Agreement.

Effective: September 17, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 341, House Bill 493, House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|Each contract the administrator of workers' compensation enters into with a managed care organization under division (B)(4) of section 4121.44 of the Revised Code shall require the managed care organization to enter into a data security agreement with the state board of pharmacy governing the managed care organization's use of the board's drug database established and maintained under section 4729.75 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply if the board no longer maintains the drug database.
Ohio Rev Code § 4121.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 41 | Labor and Industry|Chapter 4121 | Industrial Commission; Bureau of Workers' Compensation|Section 4121.47 | Violating Specific Safety Rule or Employee Welfare Legislation.

Effective: July 11, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 75 - 124th General Assembly|(A) No employer shall violate a specific safety rule adopted by the administrator of workers' compensation pursuant to section 4121.13 of the Revised Code or an act of the general assembly to protect the lives, health, and safety of employees pursuant to Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution. Chapter 4167. of the Revised Code and rules and standards adopted thereunder are not the rules or enactment referred to in this division and shall not be considered as such for purposes of this section.(B) If a staff hearing officer, in the course of the staff hearing officer's determination of a claim for an additional award under Section 35 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, finds the employer guilty of violating division (A) of this section, the staff hearing officer shall, in addition to any award paid to the claimant, issue an order to the employer to correct the violation within the period of time the staff hearing officer fixes. For any violation occurring within twenty-four months of the last violation, the staff hearing officer shall assess against the employer a civil penalty in an amount the staff hearing officer determines up to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars for each violation. In fixing the exact penalty, the staff hearing officer shall base the decision upon the size of the employer as measured by the number of employees, assets, and earnings of the employer.(C) An employer dissatisfied with the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to division (B) of this section may appeal the staff hearing officer's decision, if the commission refuses to hear the appeal under division (E) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code, or a decision of the commission, if the commission hears the appeal under that division, to a court of common pleas pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. An appeal operates to stay the payment of the fine pending the appeal.(D) The administrator shall deposit all penalties collected pursuant to this section in the safety and hygiene fund established pursuant to section 4121.37 of the Revised Code.