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NH Rev Stat § 281-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:8 - Employees Presumed to Have Accepted.

    281-A:8 Employees Presumed to Have Accepted. –||I. An employee of an employer subject to this chapter shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the provisions of this chapter and, on behalf of the employee or the employee's personal or legal representatives, to have waived all rights of action whether at common law or by statute or provided under the laws of any other state or otherwise:||(a) Against the employer or the employer's insurance carrier or an association or group providing self-insurance to a number of employers; and||(b) Except for intentional torts, against any officer, director, agent, servant or employee acting on behalf of the employer or the employer's insurance carrier or an association or group providing self-insurance to a number of employers.||II. The spouse of an employee entitled to benefits under this chapter, or any other person who might otherwise be entitled to recover damages on account of the employee's personal injury or death, shall have no direct action, either at common law or by statute or otherwise, to recover for such damages against any person identified in subparagraph I(a) or (b).||III. Nothing in this chapter shall derogate from any rights a former employee may have under common law or other statute to recover damages for wrongful termination of, or constructive discharge from, employment. However, if a former employee makes a claim under this chapter for compensation for injuries allegedly caused by such wrongful termination or constructive discharge, the employee shall be deemed to have elected the remedies of this chapter, and to have waived rights to recover damages for such wrongful termination or constructive discharge under common law or other statute. Similarly, if a former employee brings an action under common law or other statute to recover damages for such wrongful termination or constructive discharge, the employee shall be deemed to have waived claims under this chapter for compensation allegedly caused by such termination or discharge.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1991, 376:3. 1993, 24:1. 2001, 47:2, eff. Aug. 10, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:9 - Termination Notices.

    281-A:9 Termination Notices. –||In all instances in which an insurance carrier is to cease providing workers' compensation insurance to an employer, whether by reason of cancellation or otherwise, such insurance carrier shall file a written termination notice with the commissioner and shall send a copy of the notice to the employer. Terminations shall take effect no sooner than the earliest of the following:||I. In case of termination for nonpayment of premium, 30 days after the date the termination notice is filed.||II. In case of termination for reasons other than nonpayment of premium, 45 days after the date the termination notice is filed.||III. In any case, the date on which the employer has obtained new coverage from another insurance carrier or on which the employer has qualified as a self-insurer under RSA 281-A:5, III.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:10 - Notice of Revocation.

    281-A:10 Notice of Revocation. –||Revocation of coverage under RSA 281-A:3 by termination of workers' compensation insurance shall be effective 30 days after the filing of a termination notice with the commissioner.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:11 - Self-Insurance for Public Employers.

    281-A:11 Self-Insurance for Public Employers. –||Any public employer as defined in RSA 281-A:2, IX may, subject to RSA 281-A:5, III and the rules adopted to enforce that section, self-insure for workers' compensation coverage as follows:||I. If a public employer chooses to self-insure for workers' compensation coverage, the legislative body of that employer shall appropriate sufficient funds to implement a self-insurance program including, but not limited to, legal costs, benefits, and administrative costs.||II. The amount of appropriated funds shall be based on an actuarial determination of the amounts needed for self-insurance purposes. Any appropriated funds that are not encumbered under this section at the end of the fiscal year may be transferred to the general fund of the public employer.||III. Each year, as actuarially determined, the legislative body shall appropriate sufficient funds to create a financial reserve until all outstanding claims are disposed of. If additional funds are needed to increase the loss fund in any given year, the legislative body shall appropriate such funds as are necessary.||IV. Any income from investment of the loss fund may be returned annually to the general fund of the public employer or may be applied to the ensuing year's appropriation to the loss fund.||V. A public employer may also purchase from an insurance carrier such levels of insurance as it deems appropriate to provide coverage in excess of the amount in the loss fund.||VI. Any public employer self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under this chapter is not an insurance company, reciprocal insurer or other insurer under the laws of this state, and administration of any activity of securing compensation to employees thereunder shall not constitute doing an insurance business for any purposes under title XXXVII.||VII. The department of labor shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any public employer or group or association of public employers self-insuring for workers' compensation coverage under this chapter or RSA 5-B.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1992, 43:6, eff. June 8, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:12 - Injuries Outside the State.

    281-A:12 Injuries Outside the State. –||I. If an employee is injured while employed elsewhere than in this state, and is injured under circumstances that would have entitled the employee or a dependent to workers' compensation under this chapter had such employee been injured in this state, then such employee or dependents of such employee shall be entitled to workers' compensation as provided in this chapter:||(a) If the employee or the employee's dependents release the employer from all liability under any other law;||(b) If the employer is engaged in business in this state;||(c) If the contract of employment was made in this state; and||(d) If the contract of employment was not expressly for service exclusively outside of this state.||II. However, recovery of damages in an action at law or recovery of workers' compensation under the law of any other state shall bar recovery of workers' compensation under the law of this state.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:14 - Employee's Fault.

    281-A:14 Employee's Fault. –||The employer shall not be liable for any injury to a worker which is caused in whole or in part by the intoxication, as defined in RSA 281-A:2, XII-a, or by the serious and willful misconduct of the worker. The provision as to intoxication shall not apply, however, if the employer knew that the employee was intoxicated.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1990, 254:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:16 - Determining Date of Injury for Occupational Disease and Cumulative Trauma.

    281-A:16 Determining Date of Injury for Occupational Disease and Cumulative Trauma. –||For the purpose of determining the date of injury for an occupational disease, the date of injury shall be taken to be the last date of injurious exposure to the hazards of such disease or the date on which the employee first knew or reasonably should have known of the condition and its relationship to the employee's employment, whichever is the later. For an injury caused by cumulative trauma, the date of injury shall be the date of first medical treatment. For an injury or condition aggravated by cumulative trauma, the date of injury shall be the date of first medical treatment for the aggravation.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 2005, 128:1, eff. Aug. 14, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:17-a - Repealed by 2018, 261:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.

    281-A:17-a Repealed by 2018, 261:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. –|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:17-b - Repealed by 2019, 251:5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

    281-A:17-b Repealed by 2019, 251:5, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. –|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:17-c - Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Presumption.

    281-A:17-c Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder;  Presumption. –||Notwithstanding RSA 281-A:2, XI and XIII, RSA 281-A:16, and RSA 281-A:27, there shall be a prima facie presumption that acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in an emergency responder, as defined in RSA 281-A:2, V-c are occupationally caused.|||Source. 2019, 251:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:18 - Contractor's Liability for Subcontractors.

    281-A:18 Contractor's Liability for Subcontractors. –||A contractor who subcontracts all or any part of a contract shall bear the liability of the subcontractor of that contract for the payment of compensation under this chapter to the employees of the subcontractor, unless the subcontractor has secured the payment of compensation as provided for in this chapter. Any contractor who shall become liable for compensation under this section may recover the amount of the compensation paid and necessary expenses from the subcontractor. For the purposes of this section, a contractor shall be defined as provided in RSA 281-A:2, III or as a person or organization which contracts with another to have work performed consisting of the removal, excavation or drilling of soil, rock or minerals, or the cutting or removal of timber from land and work done in connection with and in or about the area of such cutting or removal, other than the owner of the land containing such soil, rock or minerals or timber. For the purposes of this section, a subcontractor shall be defined as provided in RSA 281-A:2, IV and shall include a subcontractor of a contractor as defined in this section.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:18-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:18-a - Exclusion of Executive Officers and Members of Limited Liability Companies.

    281-A:18-a Exclusion of Executive Officers and Members of Limited Liability Companies. –||I. Any corporation or limited liability company may elect to exclude up to 3 executive officers or members from the compulsive coverage requirements under this chapter.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the filing of such an exclusion.||III. No exclusion shall be valid unless properly filed with the commissioner.||IV. Those executive officers and limited liability company members who elect to be excluded shall not be considered uninsured employees of a subcontractor under RSA 281-A:18.|||Source. 1994, 267:2. 2007, 323:1. 2008, 1:1, eff. Jan. 4, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:19 - Notice of Injury.

    281-A:19 Notice of Injury. –||Claims for benefits under this chapter shall be barred unless notice of injury is given to the employer within 2 years from the date of the injury; provided, however, that if the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment are not known to the employee, the time for filing notice shall not begin to run until the earlier of the following:||I. The date the employee knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment; or||II. In the event of death, the date any dependent knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employee's employment.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:20 - Contents of Notice.

    281-A:20 Contents of Notice. –||Notice of injury in writing on a form prescribed by the commissioner shall apprise the employer of the injury and shall state the name and address of the worker injured and the date and place of the accident. The employee shall execute the notice in duplicate and sign both copies. The employer shall acknowledge receipt of the notice by signing on both the original and the duplicate, and the employee shall retain the duplicate.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:21 - Service of Notice.

    281-A:21 Service of Notice. –||The employee may serve the notice personally or send it by certified mail addressed to the employer at the employer's last known residence or place of business.|||Source. 1988, 194:2, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:21-a - Time Limitations for Filing Claim.

    281-A:21-a Time Limitations for Filing Claim. –||Compensation for disability, rehabilitation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim is filed within 3 years after the date of injury; provided, however, that if the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment are not known to the employee, the time for filing a claim shall not begin to run until the earlier of the following:||I. The date the employee knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment; or||II. In the event of death, the date any dependent knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employee's employment.|||Source. 1990, 254:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:21-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:21-b - Confidentiality of Workers' Compensation Claims.

    281-A:21-b Confidentiality of Workers' Compensation Claims. –||Proceedings and records of the department of labor with respect to workers' compensation claims under RSA 281-A shall be exempt from RSA 91-A. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department of labor from releasing information on a person's claim or claims to the person, the person's legal representative, attorney, health care providers, employer, the employer's workers' compensation insurer, the attorneys for the employer or employer's insurer, or state and federal agencies with relevant jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, information relating to a person's claim or claims may be released to other parties only with the prior written permission of the claimant.|||Source. 2005, 278:1, eff. Sept. 20, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:22 - Waiting Period.

    281-A:22 Waiting Period. –||An employer subject to this chapter, or the employer's insurance carrier, shall pay workers' compensation to an employee sustaining a personal injury during a period of total or partial disability, but not for the first 3 days of disability unless the disability continues for 14 days or longer.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1990, 254:13, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:23-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:23-b - Alternative Work Opportunities.

    281-A:23-b Alternative Work Opportunities. –||All employers with 5 or more employees shall develop temporary alternative work opportunities for injured employees. If the employee fails to accept temporary alternative work, the employer may petition the commissioner pursuant to RSA 281-A:48, to reduce or end compensation. Notwithstanding RSA 281-A:22, if an injured employee returns to temporary alternative work within 5 days of sustaining the injury, such employee shall be paid workers' compensation from the first date of the injury. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the administration of this section.|||Source. 1994, 3:5. 1997, 343:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:24 - Payment for Reasonable Value of Services.

    281-A:24 Payment for Reasonable Value of Services. –||I. (a) The employer or the employer's insurance carrier shall pay the reasonable value of medical services provided under this chapter.||(b) The health care provider shall have the burden of establishing that its bill for services is reasonable.||(c) Effort shall be made to resolve any dispute as to the reasonable value of service prior to applying to the commissioner for resolution of such a dispute.||(d) Whenever an injured employee receives medical or hospital service or other remedial care under the provisions of this chapter and a dispute arises between the employer or the employer's insurance carrier and the person, firm, or corporation rendering such service or care as to the reasonable value of the service or care, the commissioner shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the reasonable value of such service or care. Any interested party may petition for a hearing and all interested parties shall be entitled to notice and hearing if it is determined that all reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute have failed.||(e) The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative shall make a finding as to the reasonable value of such services or care rendered.||(f) Any party in interest aggrieved by such a finding may appeal to the compensation appeals board under RSA 281-A:43.||II. If the commissioner finds that a health care provider, health care facility, or rehabilitation provider has required unnecessary treatment, hospitalization, rehabilitation services or office visits, or other excessive charges, the health care provider, health care facility, or rehabilitation provider shall not receive payment under this chapter from a carrier, employer, or employee for the excessive fees or unnecessary treatment, hospitalization, rehabilitation services, or visits. In addition, the health care provider, health care facility, or rehabilitation provider shall be required to return to the carrier, self-insurer, employer or injured employee any such fees or charges already collected.||III, IV. [Repealed.]||V. The commissioner shall assess a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for violations of this section which are willful or which demonstrate a pattern of improperly charging or overcharging employers or workers' compensation insurers.|||Source. 1988, 194:2. 1990, 198:1, 254:15. 1995, 15:1. 1997, 343:3, 4, eff. July 1, 1997; 343:5, 11, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2015, 210:3, eff. Sept. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 281-A:25-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXIII - Labor|Title 281-A - Workers' Compensation|Section 281-A:25-a - Reinstatement of Employee Sustaining Compensable Injuries.

    281-A:25-a Reinstatement of Employee Sustaining Compensable Injuries. –||I. An employee of an employer who employs 5 or more employees, who has sustained an injury, shall be reinstated by the employer to the employee's former position of employment upon request for such reinstatement, if the position exists and is available and the employee is not disabled from performing the duties of such position, with reasonable accommodations for the employee's limitations. For the purposes of this section an employee's former position is "available" even if that position has been filled by a replacement while the injured employee was absent. If the former position has been eliminated, the employee shall be reinstated in any other existing position which is vacant and suitable with reasonable accommodations for the employee's limitations. A certificate by the employee's attending physician that the physician approves the employee's return to the employee's regular employment with reasonable accommodations for the employee's limitations, shall be prima facie evidence that the employee is able to perform such duties. Reinstatement under this section shall be subject to the provisions for seniority rights and other employment restrictions contained in a valid collective bargaining agreement between the employer and a representative of the employer's employees.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I of this section:||(a) The right to reinstatement to the employee's former position under this section terminates when any one of the following events occurs:||(1) A medical determination by the attending physician or finding by the commissioner that the employee cannot return to the former position of employment.||(2) The employee accepts employment with another employer.||(3) Eighteen months from the date of injury.||(b) The right to reinstatement under this section shall not apply to:||(1) An employee hired on a temporary basis as a replacement for an injured employee.||(2) An employee whose employer employs 4 or fewer employees at the time of the employee's injury and at the time of the employee's demand for reinstatement.||(3) An employee employed on a construction project, when the project is completed.||III. The right to reinstatement shall not be forfeited if the employee refuses to return to the employee's regular or other offered employment without release to such employment by the employee's attending physician.||IV. The commissioner may assess employers in violation of this section all weekly wage benefits retroactive to the date the injured employee was eligible for reinstatement.|||Source. 1994, 3:6, eff. Feb. 8, 1994.|