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CA Labor Code § 5602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 4 - Attachments|Section 5602.

5602.  No writ of attachment shall be issued except upon the order of the appeals board. Such order shall not be made where it appears from the application or affidavit in support thereof that the employer was, at the time of the injury to the employee, insured against liability imposed by this division by any insurer. If, at any time after the levying of an attachment, it appears that such employer was so insured, and the requisites for dismissing the employer from the proceeding and substituting the insurer as defendant under any method prescribed by this division are established, the appeals board shall forthwith discharge the attachment.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 4 - Attachments|Section 5603.

5603.  In levying attachments preference shall be given to the real property of the employer.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 5700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5700.

5700.  The hearing on the application may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place in the discretion of the appeals board or the workers’ compensation judge holding the hearing. Any hearing adjourned by the workers’ compensation judge shall be continued to be heard by and shall be concluded and the decision made by the workers’ compensation judge who previously heard it. Either party may be present at any hearing, in person, by attorney, or by any other agent, and may present testimony pertinent under the pleadings.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 326, Sec. 22.)
CA Labor Code § 5701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5701.

5701.  The appeals board may, with or without notice to either party, cause testimony to be taken, or inspection of the premises where the injury occurred to be made, or the timebooks and payroll of the employer to be examined by any member of the board or a workers’ compensation judge appointed by the appeals board. The appeals board may also from time to time direct any employee claiming compensation to be examined by a regular physician. The testimony so taken and the results of any inspection or examination shall be reported to the appeals board for its consideration.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 326, Sec. 23.)
CA Labor Code § 5702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5702.

5702.  The parties to a controversy may stipulate the facts relative thereto in writing and file such stipulation with the appeals board. The appeals board may thereupon make its findings and award based upon such stipulation, or may set the matter down for hearing and take further testimony or make the further investigation necessary to enable it to determine the matter in controversy.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5703.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5703.5.

5703.5.  (a) The appeals board, at any time after an application is filed and prior to the expiration of its jurisdiction may, upon the agreement of a party to pay the cost, direct an unrepresented employee to be examined by a qualified medical evaluator selected by the appeals board, within the scope of the qualified medical evaluator’s professional training, upon any clinical question then at issue before the appeals board.(b) The administrative director or his or her designees, upon the submission of a matter to an information and assistance officer, may, upon the agreement of a party to pay the cost, and with the consent of an unrepresented employee direct the injured employee to be examined by a qualified medical evaluator selected by the medical director, within the scope of the qualified medical evaluator’s professional training, upon any clinical question, other than those issues specified in Section 4061, then pertinent to the investigation of the information and assistance officer.(c) The 1989 and 1990 amendments to this section shall become operative for injuries occurring on and after January 1, 1991.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1550, Sec. 63.)
CA Labor Code § 5704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5704.

5704.  Transcripts of all testimony taken without notice and copies of all reports and other matters added to the record, otherwise than during the course of an open hearing, shall be served upon the parties to the proceeding, and an opportunity shall be given to produce evidence in explanation or rebuttal thereof before decision is rendered.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1003.)
CA Labor Code § 5705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5705.

5705.  The burden of proof rests upon the party or lien claimant holding the affirmative of the issue. The following are affirmative defenses, and the burden of proof rests upon the employer to establish them:(a) That an injured person claiming to be an employee was an independent contractor or otherwise excluded from the protection of this division where there is proof that the injured person was at the time of his or her injury actually performing service for the alleged employer.(b) Intoxication of an employee causing his or her injury.(c) Willful misconduct of an employee causing his or her injury.(d) Aggravation of disability by unreasonable conduct of the employee.(e) Prejudice to the employer by failure of the employee to give notice, as required by Sections 5400 and 5401.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 4, Sec. 9. Effective April 3, 1993.)
CA Labor Code § 5706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5706.

5706.  Where it is represented to the appeals board, either before or after the filing of an application, that an employee has died as a result of injuries sustained in the course of his employment, the appeals board may require an autopsy. The report of the physician performing the autopsy may be received in evidence in any proceedings theretofore or thereafter brought. If at the time the autopsy is requested, the body of the employee is in the custody of the coroner, the coroner shall, upon the request of the appeals board or of any party interested, afford reasonable opportunity for the attendance of any physicians named by the appeals board at any autopsy ordered by him. If the coroner does not require, or has already performed the autopsy, he shall permit an autopsy or reexamination to be performed by physicians named by the appeals board. No fee shall be charged by the coroner for any service, arrangement, or permission given by him.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5707.

5707.  If the body of a deceased employee is not in the custody of the coroner, the appeals board may authorize the performance of such autopsy and, if necessary, the exhumation of the body therefor. If the dependents, or a majority thereof, of any such deceased employee, having the custody of the body refuse to allow the autopsy, it shall not be performed. In such case, upon the hearing of any application for compensation it is a disputable presumption that the injury or death was not due to causes entitling the claimants to benefits under this division.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5708.

5708.  All hearings and investigations before the appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge are governed by this division and by the rules of practice and procedures adopted by the appeals board. In the conduct thereof they shall not be bound by the common law or statutory rules of evidence and procedure, but may make inquiry in the manner, through oral testimony and records, which is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and carry out justly the spirit and provisions of this division. All oral testimony, objections, and rulings shall be taken down in shorthand by a competent phonographic reporter.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 326, Sec. 25.)
CA Labor Code § 5709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5709.

5709.  No informality in any proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall invalidate any order, decision, award, or rule made and filed as specified in this division. No order, decision, award, or rule shall be invalidated because of the admission into the record, and use as proof of any fact in dispute, of any evidence not admissible under the common law or statutory rules of evidence and procedure.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 778.)
CA Labor Code § 5710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 5 - Hearings|Section 5710.

5710.  (a) The appeals board, a workers’ compensation judge, or any party to the action or proceeding, may, in any investigation or hearing before the appeals board, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the superior courts of this state under Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.010) of Part 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure. To that end the attendance of witnesses and the production of records may be required. Depositions may be taken outside the state before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge in any proceeding before the appeals board may cause evidence to be taken in other jurisdictions before the agency authorized to hear workers’ compensation matters in those other jurisdictions.(b) If the employer or insurance carrier requests a deposition to be taken of an injured employee, or any person claiming benefits as a dependent of an injured employee, the deponent is entitled to receive in addition to all other benefits:(1) All reasonable expenses of transportation, meals, and lodging incident to the deposition.(2) Reimbursement for any loss of wages incurred during attendance at the deposition.(3) One copy of the transcript of the deposition, without cost.(4) A reasonable allowance for attorney’s fees for the deponent, if represented by an attorney licensed by the State Bar of this state. The fee shall be discretionary with, and, if allowed, shall be set by, the appeals board, but shall be paid by the employer or his or her insurer. The administrative director shall, on or before July 1, 2018, determine the range of reasonable fees to be paid.(5) If interpretation services are required because the injured employee or deponent does not proficiently speak or understand the English language, upon a request from either, the employer shall pay for the services of a language interpreter certified or deemed certified pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, or Section 68566 of, the Government Code. The fee to be paid by the employer shall be in accordance with the fee schedule adopted by the administrative director and shall include any other deposition-related events as permitted by the administrative director.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 868, Sec. 11. (SB 1160) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Labor Code § 5800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5800.

5800.  All awards of the appeals board either for the payment of compensation or for the payment of death benefits, shall carry interest at the same rate as judgments in civil actions on all due and unpaid payments from the date of the making and filing of said award. Such interest shall run from the date of making and filing of an award, as to amounts which by the terms of the award are payable forthwith. As to amounts which under the terms of the award subsequently become due in installments or otherwise, such interest shall run from the date when each such amount becomes due and payable.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5800.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5800.5.

5800.5.  The 30-day period specified in Section 5313, shall run from the date of the submission of the application for decision and the provisions requiring the decision within such 30-day period shall be deemed mandatory and not merely directive.(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1256.)
CA Labor Code § 5801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5801.

5801.  The appeals board in its award may fix and determine the total amount of compensation to be paid and specify the manner of payment, or may fix and determine the weekly disability payment to be made and order payment thereof during the continuance of disability.In the event the injured employee or the dependent of a deceased employee prevails in any petition by the employer for a writ of review from an award of the appeals board and the reviewing court finds that there is no reasonable basis for the petition, it shall remand the cause to the appeals board for the purpose of making a supplemental award awarding to the injured employee or his attorney, or the dependent of a deceased employee or his attorney a reasonable attorney’s fee for services rendered in connection with the petition for writ of review. Any such fee shall be in addition to the amount of compensation otherwise recoverable and shall be paid as part of the award by the party liable to pay such award.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5802.

5802.  If, in any proceeding under this division, it is proved that an injury has been suffered for which the employer would be liable to pay compensation if disability had resulted therefrom, but it is not proved that any disability has resulted, the appeals board may, instead of dismissing the application, award a nominal disability indemnity, if it appears that disability is likely to result at a future time.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5803.

5803.  The appeals board has continuing jurisdiction over all its orders, decisions, and awards made and entered under the provisions of this division, and the decisions and orders of the rehabilitation unit established under Section 139.5. At any time, upon notice and after an opportunity to be heard is given to the parties in interest, the appeals board may rescind, alter, or amend any order, decision, or award, good cause appearing therefor.This power includes the right to review, grant or regrant, diminish, increase, or terminate, within the limits prescribed by this division, any compensation awarded, upon the grounds that the disability of the person in whose favor the award was made has either recurred, increased, diminished, or terminated.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 922, Sec. 16.)
CA Labor Code § 5803.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5803.5.

5803.5.  Any conviction pursuant to Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code that materially affects the basis of any order, decision, or award of the appeals board shall be sufficient grounds for a reconsideration of that order, decision, or award.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 116, Sec. 33.)
CA Labor Code § 5804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5804.

5804.  No award of compensation shall be rescinded, altered, or amended after five years from the date of the injury except upon a petition by a party in interest filed within such five years and any counterpetition seeking other relief filed by the adverse party within 30 days of the original petition raising issues in addition to those raised by such original petition. Provided, however, that after an award has been made finding that there was employment and the time to petition for a rehearing or reconsideration or review has expired or such petition if made has been determined, the appeals board upon a petition to reopen shall not have the power to find that there was no employment.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5805 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5805.

5805.  Any order, decision, or award rescinding, altering or amending a prior order, decision, or award shall have the effect herein provided for original orders, decisions, and awards.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 5806 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5806.

5806.  Any party affected thereby may file a certified copy of the findings and order, decision, or award of the appeals board with the clerk of the superior court of any county. Judgment shall be entered immediately by the clerk in conformity therewith. The words “any party affected thereby” include the Uninsured Employers Fund. In any case in which the findings and order, decision, or award of the appeals board is against an employer that has failed to secure the payment of compensation, the State of California on behalf of the Uninsured Employers Fund shall be entitled to have judgment entered not only against the employer, but also against any person found to be parents or substantial shareholders under Section 3717.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1226, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Labor Code § 5807 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5807.

5807.  The certified copy of the findings and order, decision, or award of the appeals board and a copy of the judgment constitute the judgment-roll. The pleadings, all orders of the appeals board, its original findings and order, decision, or award, and all other papers and documents filed in the cause shall remain on file in the office of the appeals board.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5808 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5808.

5808.  The appeals board or a member thereof may stay the execution of any judgment entered upon an order, decision, or award of the appeals board, upon good cause appearing therefor and may impose the terms and conditions of the stay of execution. A certified copy of such order shall be filed with the clerk entering judgment. Where it is desirable to stay the enforcement of an order, decision, or award and a certified copy thereof and of the findings has not been issued, the appeals board or a member thereof may order the certified copy to be withheld with the same force and under the same conditions as it might issue a stay of execution if the certified copy had been issued and judgment entered thereon.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5809 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5809.

5809.  When a judgment is satisfied in fact, otherwise than upon an execution, the appeals board may, upon motion of either party or of its own motion, order the entry of satisfaction of the judgment. The clerk shall enter satisfaction of judgment only upon the filing of a certified copy of such order.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)
CA Labor Code § 5810 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE|PART 4 - COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 6 - Findings and Awards|Section 5810.

5810.  The orders, findings, decisions, or awards of the appeals board made and entered under this division may be reviewed by the courts specified in Sections 5950 to 5956 within the time and in the manner therein specified and not otherwise.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)