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AR Code § 11-9-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 4 - Employer Liability — Insurance|§ 11-9-405. Substitution of carrier for employer

 (a) In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer, in order that the liability for compensation imposed by this chapter may be most effectively discharged by the employer and in order that the administration of this chapter with respect to that liability may be facilitated, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall by rule provide for the discharge by the carrier, for the employer, of the obligations and duties of the employer with respect to such liability imposed by this chapter upon the employer as it considers proper in order to effectuate the provisions of this chapter.  (b) For such purpose:  (1) Notice to or knowledge of an employer of the occurrence of the injury shall be notice to or knowledge of the carrier;  (2) Jurisdiction over the employer by the commission or by any court under this chapter shall be jurisdiction over the carrier; and  (3) Any requirements by the commission or any court under any compensation order, finding, or decision shall be binding upon the carrier in the same manner and to the same extent as upon the employer.
AR Code § 11-9-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 4 - Employer Liability — Insurance|§ 11-9-407. Posting notice of compliance

 (a) Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in and about the employer's place of business typewritten or printed notices in accordance with a form prescribed by the Workers' Compensation Commission. The notices shall state that the employer has secured the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  (b) The notices shall contain the name and address of the carrier, if any, with whom the employer has secured payment of compensation and the date of the expiration of the policy.
AR Code § 11-9-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 4 - Employer Liability — Insurance|§ 11-9-411. Effect of payment by other insurers

 (a)  (1) Any benefits payable to an injured worker under this chapter shall be reduced in an amount equal to, dollar-for-dollar, the amount of benefits the injured worker has previously received for the same medical services or period of disability, whether those benefits were paid under a group health care service plan of whatever form or nature, a group disability policy, a group loss of income policy, a group accident, health, or accident and health policy, a self-insured employee health or welfare benefit plan, or a group hospital or medical service contract.  (2) The reduction specified in subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not apply to any benefit received from a group policy for disability if the injured worker has paid for the policy.    (b) The claimant shall be required to disclose in a manner to be determined by the Workers' Compensation Commission the identity, address, or phone number of any person or entity which has paid benefits described in this section in connection with any claim under this chapter.  (c)  (1) Prior to any final award or approval of a joint petition, the claimant shall be required to furnish the respondent with releases of all subrogation claims for the benefits described in this section.  (2)  (A) In the event that the claimant is unable to produce releases required by this section, then the commission shall determine the amount of such potential subrogation claims and shall direct the carrier or self-insured employer to hold in reserve only said sums for a period of five (5) years.  (B) If, after the expiration of five (5) years, no release or final court order is presented otherwise directing the payment of said sums, then the carrier or self-insured employer shall tender said sums to the Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund.
AR Code § 11-9-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 4 - Employer Liability — Insurance|§ 11-9-412. Motor carrier drivers — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property;  (2) “Driver” means a person, including but not limited to a member of a team, who operates a commercial motor vehicle;  (3) “Motor carrier” means a person, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that provides truck transportation; and  (4) “Owner-operator” means a person, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that owns or holds under a bona fide lease a commercial motor vehicle that is provided to a motor carrier.    (b)  (1) Notwithstanding any other law, an owner-operator that provides a commercial motor vehicle and the services of one (1) or more drivers to a motor carrier under a written contract, and each driver so provided, is not an employee of the motor carrier but is an independent contractor of the motor carrier.  (2) The motor carrier shall not be liable for any compensation required by this chapter to the owner-operator, its employees, or subcontractors.  (3) An owner-operator that is under exclusive contract to the motor carrier may elect to secure coverage for the owner-operator and for one (1) or more drivers of the owner-operator through a workers' compensation insurance policy or authorized self-insurance plan that insures the motor carrier if:  (A) The election by the owner-operator is made in writing as part of a written contract between the owner-operator and the motor carrier; and  (B) The owner-operator pays the premiums as requested by the motor carrier.    (4) An owner-operator's election, whether or not under subdivision (b)(3) of this section, to be covered and to have one (1) or more of its drivers covered under a workers' compensation insurance policy or authorized self-insurance plan shall not terminate or otherwise affect the independent-contractor status of the owner-operator or of any of its drivers.
AR Code § 11-9-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-502. Limitations on compensation — Exceptions

 (a) The benefits shall be paid for a period not to exceed four hundred fifty (450) weeks of disability, except that this limitation shall not apply in cases of permanent total disability or death.  (b)  (1)  (A) For injuries occurring on or after March 1, 1981, but on or before December 31, 2007, and a claim for death or permanent total disability benefits filed on or before June 30, 2019, the first seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) of weekly benefits for death or permanent total disability shall be paid by the employer or its insurance carrier in the manner provided in this chapter.  (B) For injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2008, and a claim for death or permanent total disability benefits filed on or before June 30, 2019, the employer or its insurance carrier shall pay weekly benefits for death or permanent total disability not to exceed three hundred twenty-five (325) times the maximum total disability rate established for the date of the injury under this chapter.    (2)  (A) An employee or a dependent of an employee who has filed a claim for death or permanent total disability benefits on or before June 30, 2019, and who receives a total of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in weekly benefits for injuries sustained on or before December 31, 2007, shall be eligible to continue to draw benefits at the rates prescribed in this chapter, but all benefits in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be payable from the Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund.  (B) An employee or a dependent of an employee who has filed a claim for death or permanent total disability benefits on or before June 30, 2019, and who receives the maximum amount specified in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section shall be eligible to continue to draw benefits at the rates prescribed by this chapter payable from the trust fund.    (3) The trust fund shall consist of such funds as may be prescribed by law and shall be administered, invested, and disbursed by the Workers' Compensation Commission.  (4) Each employer or the insurance carrier of the employer in each case of death of an employee where there are no dependents shall pay into the trust fund the sum of five hundred dollars ($500).    (c)  (1) A claim against the trust fund shall not be filed later than June 30, 2019, regardless of the date of injury or death, or otherwise.  (2) The trust fund is not liable for a claim for permanent total disability or death filed after June 30, 2019.  (3) For a claim for permanent total disability or death filed after June 30, 2019, the employer at the time of the employee's compensable injury is liable for permanent total disability or death benefits under this chapter, excluding this section and any claim pending under § 11-9-525 on June 30, 2019.  (4) Upon satisfaction of the liabilities of the trust fund, the trust fund shall be terminated.
AR Code § 11-9-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-503. Violation of safety provisions

 (a)  (1) Notwithstanding any other definition of extra-hazardous employer as provided by § 11-9-409(c), any employer who fails to utilize the consultative safety services available through the Division of Labor, its own insurance carrier, or a private safety consultant shall be identified as an extra-hazardous employer if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that an injury or death is caused in substantial part by the failure of the employer to comply with any Arkansas statute or official rule pertaining to the health or safety of employees or fails to follow safety consultant recommendations.  (2) When so notified, the employer shall comply with § 11-9-409(c)(2)-(8).    (b) Provided, if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee is injured as a result of the employee's violation of the employer's safety rules or instructions, the provisions of this section shall not apply.
AR Code § 11-9-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-504. Additional compensation — Illegally employed minor

 (a) Where an injury or death is sustained by a minor employed in violation of federal or state statutes pertaining to minimum ages for employment of minors, compensation or death benefits provided for by this chapter shall be doubled.  (b) However, the penalty shall not apply when the minor misrepresents his or her age, in writing, to the employer.
AR Code § 11-9-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-505. Additional compensation — Rehabilitation

 (a)  (1) Any employer who without reasonable cause refuses to return an employee who is injured in the course of employment to work, where suitable employment is available within the employee's physical and mental limitations, upon order of the Workers' Compensation Commission, and in addition to other benefits, shall be liable to pay to the employee the difference between benefits received and the average weekly wages lost during the period of the refusal, for a period not exceeding one (1) year.  (2) In determining the availability of employment, the continuance in business of the employer shall be considered, and any written rules promulgated by the employer with respect to seniority or the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement with respect to seniority shall control.    (b)  (1) In addition to benefits otherwise provided for by this chapter, an employee who is entitled to receive compensation benefits for permanent disability and who has not been offered an opportunity to return to work or reemployment assistance shall be paid reasonable expenses of travel and maintenance and other necessary costs of a program of vocational rehabilitation if the commission finds that the program is reasonable in relation to the disability sustained by the employee.  (2) The employer's responsibility for additional payments shall not exceed seventy-two (72) weeks, regardless of the length of the program requested.  (3) The employee shall not be required to enter any program of vocational rehabilitation against his or her consent; however, no employee who waives rehabilitation or refuses to participate in or cooperate for reasonable cause with either an offered program of rehabilitation or job placement assistance shall be entitled to permanent partial disability benefits in excess of the percentage of permanent physical impairment established by objective physical findings.  (4) A request for the program, if elected by the claimant, must be filed with the commission prior to a determination of the amount of permanent disability benefits payable to the employee.    (c) This section shall not be construed as creating an exception to the common law regarding employment at will.  (d) The purpose and intent of this section is to place an emphasis on returning the injured worker to work, while still allowing and providing for vocational rehabilitation programs when determined appropriate by the commission.
AR Code § 11-9-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-506. Limitations on compensation — Recipients of unemployment benefits

 (a) Any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, no compensation in any amount for temporary total, temporary partial, or permanent total disability shall be payable to an injured employee with respect to any week for which the injured employee receives unemployment insurance benefits under the Division of Workforce Services Law, § 11-10-101 et seq., or the unemployment insurance law of any other state.  (b) Provided, however, if a claim for temporary total disability is controverted and later determined to be compensable, temporary total disability shall be payable to an injured employee with respect to any week for which the injured employee receives unemployment benefits but only to the extent that the temporary total disability otherwise payable exceeds the unemployment benefits.
AR Code § 11-9-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-507. Special project to improve safety

 (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall allocate one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to a special project for the following purposes:  (1) Identification of industries or jobs having a high incidence of injuries;  (2) Determination of the causes of injuries of which there is a high incidence; and  (3) The provision of educational or advisory services to employers and employees designed to reduce the incidence of such injuries.    (b) It is the intent of this section to provide information and other services to employers and employees that will improve workplace safety in the State of Arkansas.  (c) For succeeding fiscal years, the commission shall determine to what extent the project should be funded.
AR Code § 11-9-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-509. Medical services and supplies — Amounts and time periods

 The amounts payable or time periods allowable for authorized medical, hospital, and other services and treatment furnished under §§ 11-9-508 — 11-9-516, unless waived by the employer-respondent or approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission and warranted by the preponderance of the evidence on the basis of the record as a whole, are:   (1) Six (6) months if the claimant lost no compensable time from work as a result of his or her injury;  (2) Six (6) months following the return to work by an injured employee who has been receiving authorized medical or hospital or other services or treatment;  (3) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) aggregate for all authorized medical, hospital, and other services and treatment, including any amounts paid under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section.
AR Code § 11-9-510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-510. Medical services and supplies — Contest of liability

 The employer shall not be liable for any of the payments provided for in §§ 11-9-508 — 11-9-516 in the case of a contest of liability where the Workers' Compensation Commission shall decide that the injury does not come within the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 11-9-511 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-511. Medical services and supplies — Physical examination

 (a) An injured employee claiming to be entitled to compensation shall submit to such physical examination and treatment by another qualified physician, designated or approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission, as the commission may require from time to time if reasonable and necessary.  (b) The places of examination and treatment shall be reasonably convenient for the employee.  (c) Such physician as the employee, employer, or insurance carrier may select and pay for may participate in the examination if the employee, employer, or insurance carrier so requests.  (d) In cases where the commission directs examination or treatment, proceedings shall be suspended, and no compensation shall be payable for any period during which the employee refuses to submit to examination and treatment or otherwise obstructs the examination or treatment.  (e) Failure of the employee to obey the order of the commission in respect to examination or treatment for a period of one (1) year from the date of suspension of compensation shall bar the right of the claimant to further compensation in respect to the injury.
AR Code § 11-9-512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-512. Medical services and supplies — Refusal to submit to operation

 Except in cases of hernia, which are specifically covered by § 11-9-523, where an injured person unreasonably refuses to submit to a surgical operation which has been advised by at least two (2) qualified physicians and where the recommended operation does not involve unreasonable risk of life or additional serious physical impairment, the Workers' Compensation Commission, in fixing the amount of compensation, may take into consideration such refusal to submit to the advised operation.
AR Code § 11-9-513 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-513. Medical services and supplies — Approval of charges

 (a) All persons who render services or provide things mentioned in §§ 11-9-508 — 11-9-516 shall submit the reasonableness of the charges to the Workers' Compensation Commission for its approval, and, when so approved, the charges shall be enforceable by the commission in the same manner as is provided for the enforcement of compensation payments.  (b) However, the provisions of this section relating to charges shall not apply where a written contract exists between the employer and the person who renders the service or furnishes the things.
AR Code § 11-9-515 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-515. Medical services and supplies — Spiritual treatment

 (a) When an employer and employee so agree in writing, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent an employee whose injury or disability has been established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter from relying in good faith on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof, and having nursing services appropriate therewith, without suffering loss or diminution of the compensation benefits under this chapter.  (b) However, the employee shall submit to all physical examinations required by this chapter.  (c) The cost of the treatment and nursing care shall be paid by the employee unless the employer agrees to make the payment.
AR Code § 11-9-516 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-516. Medical services and supplies — Information furnished by provider

 (a)  (1) Every hospital or other person furnishing the injured employee with medical services shall permit its records to be copied by and shall furnish full written information to the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation Unit, the employer, the carrier, and the employee or the employee's dependents.  (2) The reasonable cost of copies as set forth in Workers' Compensation Commission Rule 30 shall be paid by the one requesting them to the healthcare or medical service provider furnishing them.    (b) No person who in good faith pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or pursuant to rules established by the commission reports medical information shall incur legal liability for the disclosure of the information.
AR Code § 11-9-517 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-517. Medical services and supplies — Rules

 The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to establish rules, including schedules of maximum allowable fees for specified medical services rendered with respect to compensable injuries, for the purpose of controlling the cost of medical and hospital services and supplies provided pursuant to §§ 11-9-508 — 11-9-516.
AR Code § 11-9-518 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 11 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subchapter 5 - Accidental Injury or Death|§ 11-9-518. Weekly wages as basis for compensation

 (a)  (1) Compensation shall be computed on the average weekly wage earned by the employee under the contract of hire in force at the time of the accident and in no case shall be computed on less than a full-time workweek in the employment.  (2) Where the injured employee was working on a piece basis, the average weekly wage shall be determined by dividing the earnings of the employee by the number of hours required to earn the wages during the period not to exceed fifty-two (52) weeks preceding the week in which the accident occurred and by multiplying this hourly wage by the number of hours in a full-time workweek in the employment.    (b) Overtime earnings are to be added to the regular weekly wages and shall be computed by dividing the overtime earnings by the number of weeks worked by the employee in the same employment under the contract of hire in force at the time of the accident, not to exceed a period of fifty-two (52) weeks preceding the accident.  (c) If, because of exceptional circumstances, the average weekly wage cannot be fairly and justly determined by the above formulas, the commission may determine the average weekly wage by a method that is just and fair to all parties concerned.