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RI Gen L § 28-34-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-8 - Apportionment of liability among successive employers.

§ 28-34-8. Apportionment of liability among successive employers.The total compensation due shall be recovered from the employer who last employed the employee in the employment to the nature of which the disease was due and in which it was contracted. If, however, the disease was contracted while the employee was in the employment of a prior employer, the employer who is made liable for the total compensation as provided by this section may petition the workers' compensation court for an apportionment of the compensation among the several employers who since the contraction of the disease have employed the employee in the employment to the nature of which the disease was due. The apportionment shall be proportioned to the time the employee was employed in the service of the employers and shall be determined only after a hearing, notice of the time and place of which shall have been given to every employer alleged to be liable for any portion of the compensation. If the court finds that any portion of the compensation is payable by an employer prior to the employer who is made liable for the total compensation as provided by this section, it shall make an award accordingly in favor of the last employer, and that award may be enforced in the same manner as an award for compensation.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 8; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 8; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-8; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 8; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-34-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-9 - Notice to employer of claim.

§ 28-34-9. Notice to employer of claim.The employer to whom notice of death or disability is to be given, or against whom claim is to be made by the employee, shall be the employer who last employed the employee during the thirty-six (36) months in the employment to the nature of which the disease was due, and that notice and claim shall be deemed seasonable as against prior employers. The requirements as to notice as to occupational disease and death resulting from it and the requirements as to the bringing of proceedings for compensation for disability or death resulting from the occupational disease shall be the same as required in chapter 33 of this title, except that the notice shall be given to the employer within ninety (90) days after disablement.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 9; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 9; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-9; P.L. 1979, ch. 151, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-34-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-10 - Information as to previous employers.

§ 28-34-10. Information as to previous employers.The employee, or his or her dependents, if so requested, shall furnish the last employer or the director or the workers' compensation court with any information as to the names and addresses of all his or her other employers during the twenty-four (24) months that he or she or they possess. If that information is not furnished, or is not sufficient to enable the last employer to take proceedings against a prior employer under § 28-34-8, unless it is established that the occupational disease actually was contracted while the employee was in his or her employment, the last employer shall not be liable to pay compensation, or, if that information is not furnished or is not sufficient to enable the last employer to take proceedings against the other employers under § 28-34-8, the last employer shall be liable only for that part of the total compensation as under the particular circumstances the workers' compensation court deem just; but a false statement in the information furnished shall not impair the employer's rights unless the last employer is prejudiced by it.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 10; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 10; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-34-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-11 - Rights as to diseases not covered by chapter.

§ 28-34-11. Rights as to diseases not covered by chapter.Nothing in this chapter shall affect the rights of an employee, or his or her dependents, to recover compensation in respect to a disease to which this chapter does not apply, if the disease, apart from this chapter, is one for which compensation is payable under the other provisions of chapters 29 — 38 of this title.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 11; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 11; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-11.
RI Gen L § 28-34-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases|Section 28-34-12 - Diseases contracted before effective date of chapter.

§ 28-34-12. Diseases contracted before effective date of chapter.This chapter does not apply to cases of occupational disease in which the last injurious exposure to the hazards of the disease occurred prior to the fifteenth day of September 1936.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 12; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 12; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-12.
RI Gen L § 28-35-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-1 - Filing of memorandum of agreement.

§ 28-35-1. Filing of memorandum of agreement.(a) If the employer makes payments of compensation to an employee or those entitled to compensation on account of the death of an employee under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, a memorandum of that agreement signed by the employer or the employer's insurer shall be filed with the department which shall immediately docket it in a book kept for that purpose.(b) The memorandum shall include:(1) The names of the employee, employer and insurance carrier;(2) The date, place, nature, and location of the injury on the employee's body;(3) The names of the employee's other employers, if any, or a statement that there is no multiple employment, if that is the case;(4) The rate upon which the compensation is based;(5) Any other information required by the director; and(6) The average weekly straight time earnings earned by the employee for the thirteen (13) weeks prior to injury and the amount of overtime pay included in calculating the employee's average weekly wage.(c) The employer shall send a copy of the memorandum and any amendments to it to the employee and his or her attorney or the representative of the decedent and its attorney either with the payment of compensation made under § 28-35-40 or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the same time as it is filed with the department.(d) The employer shall file a memorandum pursuant to this section within ten (10) days of the initial payment by the employer or insurer.(e) Upon the filing of the memorandum of agreement with the department, the memorandum shall be as binding on the party filing the memorandum as a preliminary determination, order, or decree.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2272, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1988, ch. 452, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 1998, ch. 105, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 404, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 491, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-35-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-2 - Scope of memorandum of agreement with dependents of deceased employee.

§ 28-35-2. Scope of memorandum of agreement with dependents of deceased employee.When death has resulted from the injury and the dependents of the deceased employee entitled to compensation are, or the apportionment of compensation among them is, in dispute, the memorandum of agreement may relate only to the amount of compensation and to the persons to whom that compensation is payable.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2272, § 1; G.L. 1949, ch. 300, art. 3, § 2; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-2; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-35-3, 28-35-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-3, 28-35-4 - Repealed.

§ 28-35-3, 28-35-4. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-35-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-5 - Appeals from memorandum of agreement.

§ 28-35-5. Appeals from memorandum of agreement.Any employer or insurer who has made payment to an injured employee or those entitled to compensation on account of the death of an employee which payment has been procured by fraud, coercion, or mutual mistake of fact; or any injured employee or those entitled to compensation on account of the death of an employee who has been aggrieved by a memorandum of agreement in that it: (1) fails to correctly diagnose the injury; (2) fails to set out correctly all the injuries received by the injured employee; (3) fails to set out all parts of the body affected by injuries; fails to correctly set the rate of compensation; or (5) in any other way is affected by error; upon petition to the court setting forth all the additional facts, filed by the aggrieved party and served in the same manner as is provided for in chapters 29 — 38 of this title, the workers' compensation court shall hear any and all those matters and make their decision in accordance with those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2272, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3803, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-5; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-35-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-6 - Notice of amendments to memorandum of agreement.

§ 28-35-6. Notice of amendments to memorandum of agreement.(a) If the workers' compensation court makes any amendment or addition to the memorandum of agreement, the workers' compensation court shall immediately notify the department of the changes in the agreement.(b) If an employer or insurer and an employee and his or her attorney, if represented, reach an agreement, subsequent to the filing of a memorandum of agreement, order, or decree, as to any issue, the parties shall file a written agreement and receipt with the department, signed by the parties, and on a form prescribed by the department. A copy of any agreement and receipt shall be delivered to each of the parties. Upon the filing of the agreement and receipt with the department, it shall be as binding upon both parties as a preliminary determination order or decree.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2272, § 1; G.L. 1949, ch. 300, art. 3, § 2; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-6; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-7 - Enforcement of memorandum of agreement.

§ 28-35-7. Enforcement of memorandum of agreement.Any memorandum of agreement shall be enforceable by a suitable action or proceeding brought by either of the parties to it before the workers' compensation court, including executions against goods, chattels, and real estate, and including proceedings for contempt for willful failure or neglect to obey the provisions of the memorandum of agreement, and in cases involving future payments of compensation aggregating not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) the attorney general shall at the written request of the director prosecute a suitable action or proceeding for the court in the name of the director to compel either party to the agreement to comply with its terms.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2095, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 764, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2290, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2272, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-7; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10.
RI Gen L § 28-35-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-7.1 - Suspension agreement and receipt.

§ 28-35-7.1. Suspension agreement and receipt.If an employer or insurer and an employee reach an agreement in regard to the discontinuance or suspension of workers' compensation benefits, the parties shall file a written suspension agreement and receipt with the department, signed by the parties, and on a form prescribed by the department. A copy of any agreement and receipt shall be delivered to each of the parties. Upon the filing of the agreement and receipt with the department, it shall be as binding upon both parties as a preliminary determination, order, or decree.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 452, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-35-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-8 - Filing of non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement.

§ 28-35-8. Filing of non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement.(a) Notwithstanding § 28-35-1, if the employer files a memorandum of agreement but specifically designates that agreement as a "non-prejudicial" or "without prejudice," the employer may pay weekly compensation benefits not exceeding thirteen (13) weeks. In these cases, the employer shall send a copy of the non-prejudicial memorandum and any amendments to it to the employee and his or her attorney or the representative of the decedent and his or her attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the same time as it is filed with the department in the same manner as if it were a memorandum of agreement. The non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement shall contain all information as directed by § 28-35-1. Having done so, the non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement and any action taken pursuant to it shall be without prejudice to any party subsequently maintaining any position as to employer liability for payments under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, maintainable in the absence of an agreement. If at any time within or at the close of the thirteen-week period after payments of compensation have commenced the employer or insurer terminates weekly payments to the employee or to those entitled to payments on account of death of an employee, the employer or insurer shall notify the employee and his or her attorney or the representative of the decedent employee and his or her attorney within ten (10) days on a form prescribed by the department that:(1) Payments have terminated;(2) The claim has not been formally accepted; and(3) The employee has the right to file a petition, within the two (2) year limitation as set forth in § 28-35-57, to formally establish liability of the employer or insurer.(b) If the employer or insurer makes payments of weekly benefits to the employee or to those entitled to payments on account of death of an employee for more than the thirteen (13) week period, the payments shall constitute a conclusive admission of liability and ongoing incapacity as to the injuries set forth in the non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement. The employer or insurer shall within ten (10) days of making additional payments file a memorandum of agreement pursuant to § 28-35-1.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 9; P.L. 1993, ch. 474, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-35-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-9 - Payment of weekly benefits - Admission of entitlement to compensation - Payment of compensation without agreement.

§ 28-35-9. Payment of weekly benefits — Admission of entitlement to compensation — Payment of compensation without agreement.(a) In the event that an employer or insurer makes payment of weekly benefits to an employee without filing a memorandum of agreement or a non-prejudicial memorandum of agreement with the department the payment shall constitute a conclusive admission of liability and ongoing incapacity and that the employee is entitled to compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title and the employer or insurer shall not be entitled to any credit for the payment if the employee is awarded compensation in accordance with these chapters. The employer or insurer shall not file a petition to suspend or reduce payments until a memorandum has been filed with the department.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-9; P.L. 1980, ch. 383, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 8; P.L. 1986, ch. 1, § 5; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-10 - Duplicates of documents furnished to employee - Inadmissibility of documents when copies not furnished.

§ 28-35-10. Duplicates of documents furnished to employee — Inadmissibility of documents when copies not furnished.Where an employer, his insurer, or the agents or independent contractors of either obtains from an injured employee any paper, document, report, statement, or agreement, including hospital records, nurses' notes, personnel records, reports, or statements by forepersons or any other supervisory employees at the injured employee's place of employment, whether signed or unsigned, and regardless of the mode of obtaining it, concerning compensation, the injured employee shall receive an exact duplicate original copy of that paper, document, report, statement, or agreement, including hospital records, nurses' notes, personnel records, reports, or statements by forepersons or any other supervisory employees at the injured employee's place of employment which shall be signed by a duly authorized agent or the employer or his or her insurer. The paper, document, report, statement, or agreement, including hospital records, nurses' notes, personnel records, reports, or statements by forepersons or any other supervisory employees at the injured employee's place of employment, shall be furnished to the employee at the time it is obtained, and a copy shall also be furnished to the employee's attorney immediately upon request by that attorney. If a copy of a paper, document, report, statement, or agreement, including hospital records, nurses' notes, personnel records, reports, or statements by forepersons or any other supervisory employees at the injured employee's place of employment is not furnished strictly in accordance with this section, nothing contained in it may be used by an employer or his or her insurer or attorney for direct or cross-examination of the employee. The individual obtaining it may not testify in any proceeding and the paper, document, report, statement, or agreement, including hospital records, nurses' notes, personnel records, reports, or statements by forepersons or any other supervisory employees at the injured employee's place of employment shall be inadmissible in any proceeding, if objection by the employee to its admission is made.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2606, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-10; P.L. 1963, ch. 201, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 46.
RI Gen L § 28-35-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-11 - Questions determined by court.

§ 28-35-11. Questions determined by court.All questions arising under chapters 29 — 38 of this title and § 45-21.2-9 shall, except as otherwise provided, be determined by the workers' compensation court in accordance with the provisions of those chapters.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, §§ 3, 17; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-11; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 10; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 9; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 5; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 12, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-35-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-12.1 - Prompt decision required.

§ 28-35-12.1. Prompt decision required.The judge who hears a case pursuant to § 28-35-12 shall render his or her decision no later than thirty (30) days after each party has completed presenting its case. This provision shall not apply in any case for which the judge has shown just cause, as determined by rules of practice of the workers' compensation court adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the court by § 28-29-26, for delay beyond thirty (30) days.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 365, § 12; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 6; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 6.
RI Gen L § 28-35-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-35 - Workers' Compensation - Procedure|Section 28-35-13 - Insurance commissioner as agent to receive process.

§ 28-35-13. Insurance commissioner as agent to receive process.Every employer subject to or who elects to become subject to chapters 29 — 38 of this title and/or his or her insurer shall be deemed to have appointed the insurance commissioner of this state or his or her successor in office to be his or her true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful processes, petitions, and notices in any action or proceeding against the employer and/or insurer, wherever that service is provided for in §§ 28-35-14 — 28-35-28.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 9, § 9; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-35-13.