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CA Labor Code § 4909 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4909.

4909.  Any payment, allowance, or benefit received by the injured employee during the period of his incapacity, or by his dependents in the event of his death, which by the terms of this division was not then due and payable or when there is any dispute or question concerning the right to compensation, shall not, in the absence of any agreement, be an admission of liability for compensation on the part of the employer, but any such payment, allowance, or benefit may be taken into account by the appeals board in fixing the amount of the compensation to be paid. The acceptance of any such payment, allowance, or benefit shall not operate as a waiver of any right or claim which the employee or his dependents has against the employer.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 4909.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 1 - Payment and Assignment|Section 4909.1.

4909.1.  Authorized representatives of the Department of Corrections, and the Department of the Youth Authority may request the State Compensation Insurance Fund to provide any payment, allowance, or benefit as described in Section 4909. When requested by an authorized representative, the State Compensation Insurance Fund shall administer the benefits in a timely fashion.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1233, Sec. 3.)
CA Labor Code § 5000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5000.

5000.  No contract, rule, or regulation shall exempt the employer from liability for the compensation fixed by this division, but nothing in this division shall:(a) Impair the right of the parties interested to compromise, subject to the provisions herein contained, any liability which is claimed to exist under this division on account of injury or death.(b) Confer upon the dependents of any injured employee any interest which the employee may not release by compromise or for which he, or his estate is in the event of such compromise by him accountable to dependents.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 5001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5001.

5001.  Compensation is the measure of the responsibility which the employer has assumed for injuries or deaths which occur to employees in his employment when subject to this division. No release of liability or compromise agreement is valid unless it is approved by the appeals board or referee.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5002.

5002.  A copy of the release or compromise agreement signed by both parties shall forthwith be filed with the appeals board. Upon filing with and approval by the appeals board, it may, without notice, of its own motion or on the application of either party, enter its award based upon the release or compromise agreement.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5003.

5003.  Every release or compromise agreement shall be in writing and duly executed, and the signature of the employee or other beneficiary shall be attested by two disinterested witnesses or acknowledged before a notary public. The document shall specify:(a) The date of the accident.(b) The average weekly wages of the employee, determined according to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of this division.(c) The nature of the disability, whether total or partial, permanent or temporary.(d) The amount paid, or due and unpaid, to the employee up to the date of the release or agreement or death, and the amount of the payment or benefits then or thereafter to be made.(e) The length of time such payment or benefit is to continue.(f) In the event a claim of lien under subdivision (f) or (g) of Section 4903 has been filed, the number of days and the amount of temporary disability indemnity which should be allowed to the lien claimant.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1721.)
CA Labor Code § 5004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5004.

5004.  In case of death there shall also be stated in the release or compromise agreement:(a) The date of death.(b) The name of the widow.(c) The names and ages of all children.(d) The names of all other dependents.(e) Whether the dependents are total or partial.(f) The amount paid or to be paid as a death benefit and to whom payment is to be made.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 5005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5005.

5005.  In any case involving a claim of occupational disease or cumulative injury, as set forth in Section 5500.5, the employee and any employer, or any insurance carrier for any employer, may enter into a compromise and release agreement settling either all or any part of the employee’s claim, including a part of his claim against any employer. Such compromise and release agreement, upon approval by the appeals board or a referee, shall be a total release as to such employer or insurance carrier for the portion or portions of the claim released, but shall not constitute a bar to a recovery from any one or all of the remaining employers or insurance carriers for the periods of exposure not so released.In any case where a compromise and release agreement of a portion of a claim has been made and approved, the employee may elect to proceed as provided in Section 5500.5 against any one or more of the remaining employers, or against an employer for that portion of his exposure not so released; in any such proceeding after election following compromise and release, that portion of liability attributable to the portion or portions of the exposure so released shall be assessed and deducted from the liability of the remaining defendant or defendants, but any such defendant shall receive no credit for any moneys paid by way of compromise and release in excess of the liability actually assessed against the released employments and the employee shall not receive any further benefits from the released employments for any liability assessed to them above what was paid by way of compromise and release.In approving a compromise and release agreement under this section, the appeals board or referee shall determine the adequacy of the compromise and release agreement as it shall then reflect the potential liability of the released exposure after apportionment, but need not make a final actual determination of the potential liability of the employer or employers for that portion of the exposure being released.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1164.)
CA Labor Code § 5006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 2 - Compromise and Release|Section 5006.

5006.  A determination of facts by the appeals board under this chapter has no collateral estoppel effect on a subsequent criminal prosecution and does not preclude litigation of those same facts in the criminal proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 158, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Labor Code § 5100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5100.

5100.  At the time of making its award, or at any time thereafter, the appeals board, on its own motion either upon notice, or upon application of either party with due notice to the other, may commute the compensation payable under this division to a lump sum and order it to be paid forthwith or at some future time if any of the following conditions appear:(a) That such commutation is necessary for the protection of the person entitled thereto, or for the best interest of the applicant. In determining what is in the best interest of the applicant, the appeals board shall consider the general financial condition of the applicant, including but not limited to, the applicant’s ability to live without periodic indemnity payments and to discharge debts incurred prior to the date of injury.(b) That commutation will avoid inequity and will not cause undue expense or hardship to the applicant.(c) That the employer has sold or otherwise disposed of the greater part of his assets or is about to do so.(d) That the employer is not a resident of this state.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1.)
CA Labor Code § 5100.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5100.5.

5100.5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5100, the appeals board shall not commute the compensation payable under this division to a lump sum when such compensation is payable under Section 4751 of the Labor Code.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5100.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5100.6.

5100.6.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5100, the appeals board shall not permit the commutation or settlement of prospective compensation or indemnity payments or other benefits to which the employee is entitled under vocational rehabilitation.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 524, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Labor Code § 5101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5101.

5101.  The amount of the lump sum shall be determined as follows:(a) If the injury causes temporary disability, the appeals board shall estimate the probable duration thereof and the probable amount of the temporary disability payments therefor, in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this division, and shall fix the lump sum at the amount so determined.(b) If the injury causes permanent disability or death, the appeals board shall fix the total amount of the permanent disability payment or death benefit payable therefor in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 2 of this division, and shall estimate the present value thereof, assuming interest at the rate of 3 percent per annum and disregarding the probability of the beneficiary’s death in all cases except where the percentage of permanent disability is such as to entitle the beneficiary to a life pension, and then taking into consideration the probability of the beneficiary’s death only in estimating the present value of such life pension.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5102.

5102.  The appeals board may order the lump sum paid directly to the injured employee or his dependents, or deposited with any savings bank or trust company authorized to transact business in this state, which agrees to accept the same as a deposit bearing interest; or the appeals board may order the lump sum deposited with the State Compensation Insurance Fund. Any lump sum so deposited, together with all interest derived therefrom, shall thereafter be held in trust for the injured employee, or in the event of his death, for his dependents. In the event of the employee’s death, his dependents shall have no further recourse against the employer under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5103.

5103.  Payments from the lump sum so deposited shall be made by the trustee only in the amounts and at the time fixed by order of the appeals board and until the lump sum and interest thereon are exhausted.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5104.

5104.  In the appointment of the trustee, preference may be given to the choice of the injured employee or his dependents.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 5105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5105.

5105.  Upon the payment of a lump sum, the employer shall present to the appeals board a proper receipt evidencing the same, executed either by the injured employee or his dependents, or by the trustee. The appeals board shall thereupon issue its certificate in proper form evidencing such payment. Such certificate, upon filing with the clerk of the superior court in which any judgment upon an award has been entered, operates as a satisfaction of the award and fully discharges the employer from any further liability on account thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 3 - COMPENSATION CLAIMS|CHAPTER 3 - Lump Sum Payments|Section 5106.

5106.  The appeals board shall, upon the request of the Director of Industrial Relations, where the employer is uninsured and the installments of compensation awarded are to be paid in the future, determine the present worth of the future payments, discounted at the rate of 3 percent per annum, and order the present worth paid into the Uninsured Employers Fund, which fund shall thereafter pay to the beneficiaries of the award the future payments as they become due.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 202, Sec. 3.)
CA Labor Code § 5300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5300.

5300.  All the following proceedings shall be instituted before the appeals board and not elsewhere, except as otherwise provided in Division 4:(a) For the recovery of compensation, or concerning any right or liability arising out of or incidental thereto.(b) For the enforcement against the employer or an insurer of any liability for compensation imposed upon the employer by this division in favor of the injured employee, his or her dependents, or any third person.(c) For the determination of any question as to the distribution of compensation among dependents or other persons.(d) For the determination of any question as to who are dependents of any deceased employee, or what persons are entitled to any benefit under the compensation provisions of this division.(e) For obtaining any order which by Division 4 the appeals board is authorized to make.(f) For the determination of any other matter, jurisdiction over which is vested by Division 4 in the Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director and the appeals board.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 152. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Labor Code § 5301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5301.

5301.  The appeals board is vested with full power, authority and jurisdiction to try and determine finally all the matters specified in Section 5300 subject only to the review by the courts as specified in this division.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5302.

5302.  All orders, rules, findings, decisions, and awards of the appeals board shall be prima facie lawful and conclusively presumed to be reasonable and lawful, until and unless they are modified or set aside by the appeals board or upon a review by the courts within the time and in the manner specified in this division.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5303.

5303.  There is but one cause of action for each injury coming within the provisions of this division. All claims brought for medical expense, disability payments, death benefits, burial expense, liens, or any other matter arising out of such injury may, in the discretion of the appeals board, be joined in the same proceeding at any time; provided, however, that no injury, whether specific or cumulative, shall, for any purpose whatsoever, merge into or form a part of another injury; nor shall any award based on a cumulative injury include disability caused by any specific injury or by any other cumulative injury causing or contributing to the existing disability, need for medical treatment or death.(Amended by Stats. 1968, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4.)
CA Labor Code § 5304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5304.

5304.  The appeals board has jurisdiction over any controversy relating to or arising out of Sections 4600 to 4605 inclusive, unless an express agreement fixing the amounts to be paid for medical, surgical or hospital treatment as such treatment is described in those sections has been made between the persons or institutions rendering such treatment and the employer or insurer.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5305.

5305.  The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director, and the appeals board have jurisdiction over all controversies arising out of injuries suffered outside the territorial limits of this state in those cases where the injured employee is a resident of this state at the time of the injury and the contract of hire was made in this state. Any employee described by this section, or his or her dependents, shall be entitled to the compensation or death benefits provided by this division.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 6, Sec. 71. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Labor Code § 5306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5306.

5306.  The death of an employer subsequent to the sustaining of an injury by an employee shall not impair the right of the employee to proceed before the appeals board against the estate of the employer, and the failure of the employee or his dependents to cause the claim to be presented to the executor or administrator of the estate shall not in any way bar or suspend such right.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5307.

5307.  (a) The appeals board may, by an order signed by four members, do all of the following:(1) Adopt reasonable and proper rules of practice and procedure.(2) Regulate and provide the manner in which, and by whom, minors and incompetent persons are to appear and be represented before it.(3) Regulate and prescribe the kind and character of notices, where not specifically prescribed by this division, and the service thereof.(4) Regulate and prescribe the nature and extent of the proofs and evidence.(b) No rule or regulation of the appeals board pursuant to this section shall be adopted, amended, or rescinded without public hearings. Any written request filed with the appeals board seeking a change in its rules or regulations shall be deemed to be denied if not set by the appeals board for public hearing to be held within six months of the date on which the request is received by the appeals board.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 559, Sec. 11. (AB 1426) Effective October 7, 2011.)
CA Labor Code § 5307.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5307.11.

5307.11.  A health care provider or health facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and a contracting agent, employer, or carrier may contract for reimbursement rates different from those in the fee schedule adopted and revised pursuant to Section 5307.1. When a health care provider or health facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and a contracting agent, employer, or carrier contract for reimbursement rates different from those in the fee schedule, the medical fee schedule for that health care provider or health facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code shall not apply to the contracted reimbursement rates. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 5307.1, the official medical fee schedule shall establish maximum reimbursement rates for all medical services for injuries subject to this division provided by a health care provider or health care facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code other than those specified in contracts subject to this section.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Labor Code § 5307.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction|Section 5307.12.

5307.12.  (a) If a health care provider or health facility, licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and an entity that provides physician network services, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 4616.5, or an entity that provides ancillary network services, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 4616.5, contract for a reimbursement rate that is more than 20 percent below the official medical fee schedule, excluding goods and pharmaceuticals, the entity that provides physician or ancillary network services shall provide the payor with a written disclosure, on a form promulgated by the administrative director, of the reimbursement amount paid to the provider.(b) Before providing the disclosure required pursuant to subdivision (a), the entity that provides physician or ancillary network services may require the payor to sign a nondisclosure agreement with the entity that provides physician or ancillary network services agreeing to maintain the confidentiality of the disclosed information.(c) A nondisclosure agreement signed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not prohibit the division from obtaining the information disclosed pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision is declaratory of existing law.(d) This section does not apply to an entity that provides physician or ancillary network services that discloses, or arranges for the disclosure of, the same pricing and payment information to both the health care provider or health facility and the person or entity paying for the services.(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2021.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 647, Sec. 9. (SB 537) Effective January 1, 2020. Operative July 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)