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RI Gen L § 28-30-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-6 - Administrator and deputy administrator to devote full time to office - Disability of administrator or deputy administrator.

§ 28-30-6. Administrator and deputy administrator to devote full time to office — Disability of administrator or deputy administrator.The administrator and deputy administrator shall not be active in determining the policies or conducting the affairs of any employers' association or labor organization, but they shall impartially devote their full time to the duties of their offices. In the event of sickness, absence, or disability which renders it impossible for the administrator to act, the deputy administrator shall serve until the disability is removed. In the event of sickness, absence, or disability which renders it impossible for the deputy administrator to act, the worker's compensation court shall appoint a temporary deputy administrator to serve until the disability is removed.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3802, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-6; P.L. 1979, ch. 111, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-7 - Clerical assistance to administrator.

§ 28-30-7. Clerical assistance to administrator.The administrator, with the approval of the chief judge of the workers' compensation court, may employ any clerical assistance that he or she may require for copying, recording, indexing, and attending upon the files of the court, and may appoint additional staff as necessary.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 111, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 206, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 33; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-8 - Repealed.

§ 28-30-8. [Repealed.]History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-8; P.L. 1979, ch. 111, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 3, effective June 9, 2014; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 3, effective June 9, 2014.
RI Gen L § 28-30-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-9 - Location of court - Place of hearings.

§ 28-30-9. Location of court — Place of hearings.The workers' compensation court shall be located in Providence and all hearings before the court concerning compensation shall be conducted in Providence, unless the workers' compensation court otherwise designates.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-9; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-30-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-10 - Hearings open - Recording of decisions.

§ 28-30-10. Hearings open — Recording of decisions.All matters heard by the workers' compensation court shall be in open session and decisions and decrees shall only be recorded in Providence.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-10.
RI Gen L § 28-30-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-11 - Representation of parties before court.

§ 28-30-11. Representation of parties before court.An employee who is a party to any proceeding before the workers' compensation court may appear before the court on his or her own behalf. An employer who is a party to any proceeding before the workers' compensation court may appear before the court on his or her own behalf, or may be represented as provided in § 28-35-63.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-11; P.L. 1984, ch. 142, art. 7, § 9; P.L. 1984 (s.s.), ch. 450, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 3.
RI Gen L § 28-30-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-12 - Forms - Rules of procedure.

§ 28-30-12. Forms — Rules of procedure.The workers' compensation court, with the approval of the supreme court, shall prescribe forms, make suitable orders, and adopt rules of procedure to secure a speedy, efficient, informal, and inexpensive disposition of its proceedings under chapters 29 — 38 of this title; and in making those orders, the court is not bound by the provisions of the general laws relating to practice. In the absence of those orders, special orders shall be made in each case. The court is authorized to order "last best offer" procedures to apply in its discretion in appropriate cases to encourage resolution of cases. In the event the court orders and implements those procedures in a case, either party's last best offer, if selected by the judge or master, shall be final and binding on the parties.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 3, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 3, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-12; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 29, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 44, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-13 - Controversies submitted to court.

§ 28-30-13. Controversies submitted to court.(a) Any controversy over which the workers' compensation court has jurisdiction in accordance with chapters 29 — 38 and chapter 53 of this title, including compensation, reasonableness of medical and hospital bills, degree of functional impairment and/or disability, a dispute between an insurance carrier and an employer under a workers' compensation insurance contract, except disputes under the jurisdiction of the workers' compensation appeals board established pursuant to § 27-9-29, failure of an employer to secure the payment of compensation under chapters 29 — 38 and chapter 53 of this title and any controversy in which the state or any of its political subdivisions is a party, and appeals from an order of the retirement board pursuant to § 45-21.2-9 shall be submitted to the court in the manner provided in chapters 33 and 35 of this title.(b) Disputes between an insurance carrier and an employer under a workers' compensation insurance contract shall not be subject to a pretrial conference in accordance with § 28-35-20, but shall be assigned consistent with the rules of practice of the workers' compensation court.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 3, § 3; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-30-13; P.L. 1986, ch. 507, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 332, art. 1, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 491, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 388, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 395, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 509, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 12, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-14 - Repealed.

§ 28-30-14. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1958, ch. 207, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 3, effective June 9, 2014; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 3, effective June 9, 2014.
RI Gen L § 28-30-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-15 - Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on reduced pay.

§ 28-30-15. Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on reduced pay.(a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge on or before July 2, 1997, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years, or has so served for ten (10) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, he or she may retire from active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during life a sum equal to three-fourths (¾) of the annual salary that he or she was receiving at the time of retirement. In determining eligibility under this section, any judge who has served as a general officer may include that service as if that service had been on the workers' compensation court. Whenever a judge or magistrate shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, such absence shall not be credited towards active service time for the purposes of retirement.(b) Any judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of this section may at his or her own request and at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court, subject to the retiree's physical and mental competence, be assigned to perform any services that a judge on the workers' compensation court as the chief judge prescribes. When so assigned and performing those services, he or she shall have all the powers and authority of a judge. A retired judge shall not be counted in the number of judges provided by law for the workers' compensation court. Whenever a judge shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, such absence shall not be credited towards active service time for the purposes of retirement.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 203, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 415, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 126, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 179, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-15.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-15.1 - Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997.

§ 28-30-15.1. Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997.(a) Whenever any person first engaged as a judge:(1) Subsequent to July 2, 1997, and prior to January 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years, or has so served for ten (10) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, he or she may retire from active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during life a sum equal to three-fourths (¾) of his or her average highest three (3) consecutive years of compensation;(2) On or after January 1, 2009, and prior to July 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years or has so served for ten (10) years and reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, he or she may retire from active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during life a sum equal to seventy percent (70%) of his or her average highest three (3) consecutive years or compensation.(3) On or after July 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years, or has served for ten (10) years, and reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, he or she may retire from regular active service and thereafter said justice shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to sixty-five (65%) percent of his or her average highest five (5) consecutive years of compensation.(b) In determining eligibility under this section, any judge who has served as a general officer may include that service as if that service had been on the workers' compensation court. Whenever a judge shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, such absence shall not be credited towards active service time for the purposes of retirement.(c) Any judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of this section may at his or her own request and at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court subject to the retiree's physical and mental competence, be assigned to perform those services that a judge on the workers' compensation court as the chief judge prescribes. When so assigned and performing those services, he or she shall have all the powers and authority of a judge. A retired judge shall not be counted in the number of judges provided by law for the workers' compensation court.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 4; P.L. 2007, ch. 126, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 179, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 35, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 7; P.L. 2013, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-15.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-15.2 - No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-15 or 28-30-15.1.

§ 28-30-15.2. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-15 or 28-30-15.1.No increment in salary resulting from the temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer for purposes of retirement under § 28-30-15 or 28-30-15.1.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-16 - Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on full pay.

§ 28-30-16. Retirement of judges engaged on or before July 2, 1997, on full pay.(a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge on or before July 2, 1997, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has served for fifteen (15) years and reached the age of seventy (70) years, he or she may retire from regular active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to the annual salary he or she was receiving at the time of his or her retirement. Whenever a judge or magistrate shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, such absence shall not be credited towards active service time for the purposes of retirement.(b) Any judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of this section shall at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court, subject to the retiree's physical and mental competence, be assigned to perform those services that a judge as the chief judge prescribes. When so assigned and performing that service, the retiree shall have all the powers and authority of a judge. The retired judge shall not be counted in the number of judges provided by law for the workers' compensation court.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 415, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 126, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 179, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 40, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-30-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-16.1 - Salary for service after retirement.

§ 28-30-16.1. Salary for service after retirement.Any workers' compensation judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of §§ 28-30-15 and 28-30-16, and who is subsequently assigned to perform services in accordance with §§ 28-30-15 and 28-30-16, and when so assigned and performing that service, shall receive in addition to his or her retirement pension the difference in pay and fringe benefits between what he or she was entitled to receive under §§ 28-30-15 and 28-30-16 prior to exercising his or her options under § 28-30-17, and what a judge with comparable state service time is receiving as a judge of the workers' compensation court to which he or she is assigned.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 415, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-16.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-16.2 - Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997, on full pay.

§ 28-30-16.2. Retirement of judges engaged after July 2, 1997, on full pay.(a) Whenever any person first engaged as a judge:(1) Subsequent to July 2, 1997, and prior to January 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has served for fifteen (15) years and reached the age of seventy (70) years, he or she may retire from regular active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to his or her average highest three (3) consecutive years of compensation;(2) On or after January 1, 2009, and prior to July 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has served for fifteen (15) years and reached the age of seventy (70) years, he or she may retire from regular active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to ninety percent (90%) of his or her average highest three (3) consecutive years of compensation.(3) On or after July 1, 2009, has served as a workers' compensation judge for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has served for fifteen (15) years and reached the age of seventy (70) years, he or she may retire from regular active service and subsequently he or she shall receive annually during his or her life a sum equal to eighty percent (80%) of his or her average highest five (5) consecutive years of compensation.(b) Whenever a judge or magistrate shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, such absence shall not be credited towards active service time for the purposes of retirement.(c) Any judge who retires in accordance with the provisions of this section shall at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court, subject to the retiree's physical and mental competence be assigned to perform those services as a judge that the chief judge prescribes. When so assigned and performing that service, the retiree shall have all the powers and authority of a judge. The retired judge shall not be counted in the number of judges provided by law for the workers' compensation court.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 4; P.L. 2007, ch. 126, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 179, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 35, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 68, art. 7, § 7; P.L. 2013, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 40, § 1.
RI Gen L § 28-30-16.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-16.3 - No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-16 or 28-30-16.2.

§ 28-30-16.3. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge retired pursuant to § 28-30-16 or 28-30-16.2.No increment in salary resulting from the temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer for purposes of retirement under § 28-30-16 or 28-30-16.2.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 87, § 2.
RI Gen L § 28-30-18.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-18.2 - State contributions.

§ 28-30-18.2. State contributions.The state of Rhode Island shall make its contribution for the maintaining of the system established by § 28-30-18.1 and providing the annuities, benefits, and retirement allowances in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by annually appropriating an amount that will pay a rate percent of the compensation paid after December 31, 1989, to judges engaged after December 31, 1989. The rate percent shall be computed and certified in accordance with the procedures set forth in §§ 36-8-13 and 36-10-2 under rules and regulations promulgated by the retirement board pursuant to § 36-8-3 and shall be transmitted on the date contributions are withheld but no later than three (3) business days following the pay period ending in which contributions were withheld.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 494, § 8; P.L. 1990, ch. 507, § 6; P.L. 2019, ch. 205, § 5; P.L. 2019, ch. 271, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-30-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-19 - Repealed.

§ 28-30-19. [Repealed.]
RI Gen L § 28-30-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-20 - Calculation of retirement benefits.

§ 28-30-20. Calculation of retirement benefits.For purposes of the calculation of retirement benefits, in the event that any judge of the workers' compensation court who participates or acquiesces in a state shutdown or in a reduced salary or a salary deferral plan consistent with any plan imposed upon or agreed to by other state employees, his or her annual salary shall be calculated as if he or she had not participated or acquiesced in any shutdown or plan.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 129, § 5; P.L. 1991, ch. 174, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-30-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-21 - Name change.

§ 28-30-21. Name change.Wherever in the general or public laws there appear the words, "workers' compensation commission" it shall read "workers' compensation court."History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 132, § 6; P.L. 1991, ch. 205, § 5.
RI Gen L § 28-30-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-23 - Immunity from liability.

§ 28-30-23. Immunity from liability.Any person serving as a member of the medical advisory board or fee dispute panel, and any medical service provider appointed as an impartial medical examiner, participating on a comprehensive independent health care review team, or serving as a member of the medical fee arbitration panel, shall be immune from any civil liability in that capacity so long as that person acts in good faith, without malice, and not for improper personal enrichment.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 4.
RI Gen L § 28-30-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-24 - Domestic partner - Definition.

§ 28-30-24. Domestic partner — Definition.For purposes of this chapter, "domestic partner" shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent's death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications:(1) Both partners were at least eighteen (18) years of age and were mentally competent to contract;(2) Neither partner was married to anyone else;(3) Partners were not related by blood to a degree which would prohibit marriage in the state of Rhode Island;(4) Partners resided together and had resided together for at least one year at the time of death; and(5) Partners were financially interdependent as evidenced by at least two (2) of the following:(i) Domestic partnership agreement or relationship contract;(ii) Joint mortgage or joint ownership of primary residence;(iii) Two (2) of: (A) joint ownership of motor vehicle; (B) joint checking account; (C) joint credit account; (D) joint lease; and/or(iv) The domestic partner had been designated as a beneficiary for the decedent's will, retirement contract or life insurance.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 510, § 8.
RI Gen L § 28-30-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations|Chapter 28-30 - Workers' Compensation Court|Section 28-30-25 - Severability.

§ 28-30-25. Severability.The holding of any section or sections or parts of this chapter to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part hereof.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 408, § 20; P.L. 2011, ch. 409, § 20.