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IN Code § 22-3-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-5. Insurance; Certificates Authorizing Carrying of Risk Without Insurance; State Self-Insurance Program

Sec. 5. (a) Every employer who is bound by the compensation provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, except the state, counties, townships, cities, towns, school cities, school towns, other municipal corporations, state institutions, state boards, state commissions, banks, trust companies, and building and loan associations, shall insure the payment of compensation to the employer's employees and their dependents in the manner provided in IC 22-3-3, or procure from the worker's compensation board a certificate authorizing the employer to carry such risk without insurance. While such insurance or such certificate remains in force, the employer or those conducting the employer's business and the employer's worker's compensation insurance carrier shall be liable to any employee and the employee's dependents for personal injury or death by accident arising out of and in the course of employment only to the extent and in the manner specified in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6.(b) The state may not purchase worker's compensation insurance. The state may establish a program of self-insurance to cover its liability under this article. The state may administer its program of self-insurance or may contract with any private agency, business firm, limited liability company, or corporation to administer any part of the program. The state department of insurance may, in the manner prescribed by IC 4-22-2, adopt the rules necessary to implement the state's program of self-insurance.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.5; Acts 1961, c.187, s.1; Acts 1974, P.L.108, SEC.3. As amended by P.L.28-1983, SEC.56; P.L.28-1988, SEC.22; P.L.8-1993, SEC.279; P.L.233-2015, SEC.319.
IN Code § 22-3-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-6. Exclusive Remedies

Sec. 6. The rights and remedies granted to an employee subject to IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 on account of personal injury or death by accident shall exclude all other rights and remedies of such employee, the employee's personal representatives, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or otherwise, on account of such injury or death, except for remedies available under IC 5-2-6.1.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.6. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.21, SEC.50; P.L.2-1992, SEC.740; P.L.47-1993, SEC.11.
IN Code § 22-3-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-7. Performance of Statutory Duties; Application of Law

Sec. 7. Nothing in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be construed to relieve any employer or employee from penalty for failure or neglect to perform any statutory duty.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.7. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.24.
IN Code § 22-3-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-8. Qualifications; Burden of Proof

Sec. 8. No compensation is allowed for an injury or death due to the employee's knowingly self-inflicted injury, his intoxication, his commission of an offense, his knowing failure to use a safety appliance, his knowing failure to obey a reasonable written or printed rule of the employer which has been posted in a conspicuous position in the place of work, or his knowing failure to perform any statutory duty. The burden of proof is on the defendant.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.8. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2209.
IN Code § 22-3-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-9. Exempt Employees; Waiver of Exemption; Notice of Acceptance

Sec. 9. (a) IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall not apply to:(1) casual laborers (as defined in IC 22-3-6-1);(2) farm or agricultural employees;(3) household employees; or(4) a person who enters into an independent contractor agreement with a nonprofit corporation that is recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (as defined in IC 6-3-1-11(a)) to perform youth coaching services on a part-time basis.IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 do not apply to the employers or contractors of the persons listed in this subsection.(b) An employer who is exempt under this section from the operation of the compensation provisions of this chapter may at any time waive such exemption and thereby accept the provisions of this chapter by giving notice as provided in subsection (c).(c) The notice of acceptance referred to in subsection (b) shall be given thirty (30) days prior to any accident resulting in injury or death, provided that if any such injury occurred less than thirty (30) days after the date of employment, notice of acceptance given at the time of employment shall be sufficient notice thereof. The notice shall be in writing or print in a substantial form prescribed by the worker's compensation board and shall be given by the employer by posting the same in a conspicuous place in the plant, shop, office, room, or place where the employee is employed, or by serving it personally upon the employee; and shall be given by the employee by sending the same in registered letter addressed to the employer at the employer's last known residence or place of business, or by giving it personally to the employer, or any of the employer's agents upon whom a summons in civil actions may be served under the laws of the state.(d) A copy of the notice in prescribed form shall also be filed with the worker's compensation board, within five (5) days after its service in such manner upon the employee or employer.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.9; Acts 1963, c.387, s.2; Acts 1974, P.L.108, SEC.4. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.23; P.L.258-1997(ss), SEC.1; P.L.201-2005, SEC.2.
IN Code § 22-3-2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-15. Employers Not Relieved of Obligations by Contracts, Agreements, or Rules; Voluntary Agreements; Minors; Approval; Effect; Payment of Compensation; Civil Penalty

Sec. 15. (a) No contract, agreement (written or implied), rule, or other device shall, in any manner, operate to relieve any employer in whole or in part of any obligation created by IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. However, nothing in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be construed as preventing the parties to claims under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 from entering into voluntary agreements in settlement thereof, but no agreement by an employee or his dependents to waive his rights under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be valid nor shall any agreement of settlement or compromise of any dispute or claim for compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 be valid until approved by a member of the board, nor shall a member of the worker's compensation board approve any settlement which is not in accordance with the rights of the parties as given in IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6. No such agreement shall be valid unless made after seven (7) days from the date of the injury or death.(b) A compromise settlement approved by a member of the worker's compensation board during the employee's lifetime shall extinguish and bar all claims for compensation for the employee's death if the settlement compromises a dispute on any question or issue other than the extent of disability or the rate of compensation.(c) A minor dependent, by parent or legal guardian, may compromise disputes and may enter into a compromise settlement agreement, and upon approval by a member of the worker's compensation board, the settlement agreement shall have the same force and effect as though the minor had been an adult. The payment of compensation by the employer in accordance with the settlement agreement shall discharge the employer from all further obligation.(d) Payment of compensation under an agreement authorized by this section must be made not later than thirty (30) days after the date the worker's compensation board approves the agreement. An employer that fails to comply with this subsection is subject to a civil penalty under IC 22-3-4-15.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.15; Acts 1943, c.136, s.1; Acts 1945, c.284, s.1; Acts 1974, P.L.108, SEC.6. As amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.25; P.L.1-1991, SEC.148; P.L.204-2018, SEC.1.
IN Code § 22-3-2-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-16. Claims for Compensation; Priorities

Sec. 16. All rights of compensation granted by IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed by law for any unpaid wages for labor.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.16. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.25.
IN Code § 22-3-2-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-17. Claims for Compensation; Assignment; Creditor Claims; Child Support Income Withholding

Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no claims for compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors.(b) Compensation awards under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 are subject to child support income withholding under IC 31-16-15 and other remedies available for the enforcement of a child support order. The maximum amount that may be withheld under this subsection is one-half (1/2) of the compensation award.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.17. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.26; P.L.95-1988, SEC.2; P.L.1-1997, SEC.106; P.L.213-1999, SEC.7.
IN Code § 22-3-2-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-18. Coal Mining; Application of Law

Sec. 18. The provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall apply to the state, to all political divisions thereof, to all municipal corporations within the state, to persons, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations engaged in mining coal, and to the employees thereof, without any right of exemption from the compensation provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6, except as provided in section 15 of this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.18; Acts 1943, c.136, s.2. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.27; P.L.8-1993, SEC.281.
IN Code § 22-3-2-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-19. Interstate or Foreign Commerce; Exemptions

Sec. 19. IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall not apply to employees and employers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce wherein the laws of the United States provide for compensation or for liability for injury or death by accident to such employees.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.19; Acts 1963, c.387, s.4. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.28.
IN Code § 22-3-2-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-20. Place of Accident

Sec. 20. Every employer and employee under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be bound by the provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 whether injury by accident or death resulting from such injury occurs within the state or in some other state or in a foreign country.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.20. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.29.
IN Code § 22-3-2-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-21. Prior Injuries; Application of Law

Sec. 21. The provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall not apply to injuries or death nor to accident which occurred prior to May 21, 1929.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.21. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.30.
IN Code § 22-3-2-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies|22-3-2-22. Notice; Worker's Compensation Coverage; Mobile or Remote Employees

Sec. 22. (a) Each employer subject to IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall post a notice in the employer's place of business to inform the employees that their employment is covered by worker's compensation. The notice must also contain the name, address, and telephone number of the employer's insurance carrier or the person responsible for administering the employer's worker's compensation claims if the employer is self insured.(b) The notice required under this section must be in a form approved by the board and shall be posted at a conspicuous location at the employer's place of business to provide reasonable notice to all employees. If the employer is required by federal law or regulation to post a notice for the employer's employees, the notice required under this section must be posted in the same location or locations where the notice required by federal law or regulation is posted.(c) An employer that has mobile or remote employees shall convey the information required under subsection (a) to the employer's employees in an electronic format or in the same manner as the employer conveys other employment related information. Changes to the information required under subsection (a) must be conveyed promptly to the employer's employees in the same manner.(d) An employer who fails to comply with this section is subject to a civil penalty under IC 22-3-4-15.As added by P.L.170-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.168-2011, SEC.2; P.L.204-2018, SEC.2.
IN Code § 22-3-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments|22-3-3-1. Notice of Injury; Time

Sec. 1. Unless the employer or his representative shall have actual knowledge of the occurrence of an injury or death at the time thereof or shall acquire such knowledge afterward, the injured employee or his dependents, as soon as practicable after the injury or death resulting therefrom, shall give written notice to the employer of such injury or death.Unless such notice is given or knowledge acquired within thirty (30) days from the date of the injury or death, no compensation shall be paid until and from the date such notice is given or knowledge obtained. No lack of knowledge by the employer or his representative, and no want, failure, defect or inaccuracy of the notice shall bar compensation, unless the employer shall show that he is prejudiced by such lack of knowledge or by such want, failure, defect or inaccuracy of the notice, and then only to the extent of such prejudices.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.22.
IN Code § 22-3-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments|22-3-3-2. Notice of Injury; Contents; Signature

Sec. 2. The notice provided for in the preceding section shall state the name and address of the employee, the time, place, nature and cause of the injury or death, and shall be signed by the injured employee or by some one in his behalf or by one (1) or more of the dependents, in case of death, or by some person in their behalf. Said notice may be served personally upon the employer, or upon any foreman, superintendent or manager of the employer to whose orders the injured or deceased employee was required to conform or upon any agent of the employer upon whom a summons in a civil action may be served under the laws of the state, or may be sent to the employer by registered letter, addressed to his last known residence or place of business.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.23.
IN Code § 22-3-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments|22-3-3-3. Limitation of Actions; Radiation

Sec. 3. The right to compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be forever barred unless within two (2) years after the occurrence of the accident, or if death results therefrom, within two (2) years after such death, a claim for compensation thereunder shall be filed with the worker's compensation board. However, in all cases wherein an accident or death results from the exposure to radiation, a claim for compensation shall be filed with the board within two (2) years from the date on which the employee had knowledge of his injury or by exercise of reasonable diligence should have known of the existence of such injury and its causal relationship to his employment.Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.24; Acts 1947, c.162, s.2; Acts 1961, c.101, s.1. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.31; P.L.28-1988, SEC.26.
IN Code § 22-3-3-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments|22-3-3-4.5. Repackaged Drugs; Maximum Reimbursement Amount

Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "legend drug" has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-14-7.(b) As used in this section, "repackage" has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-14-9.3.(c) This subsection does not apply to a retail or mail order pharmacy. Except as provided in subsection (d), whenever a prescription covered by IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 is filled using a repackaged legend drug:(1) the maximum reimbursement amount for the repackaged legend drug must be computed using the average wholesale price set by the original manufacturer for the legend drug;(2) the medical service provider may not be reimbursed for more than one (1) office visit for each repackaged legend drug prescribed; and(3) the maximum period during which a medical service provider may receive reimbursement for a repackaged legend drug begins on the date of the injury and ends at the beginning of the eighth day after the date of the injury.(d) If the National Drug Code (established under Section 510 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 360) for a legend drug cannot be determined from the medical service provider's billing or statement, the maximum reimbursement amount for the repackaged legend drug under subsection (c) is the lowest cost generic for that legend drug.As added by P.L.275-2013, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.99-2014, SEC.1.
IN Code § 22-3-3-4.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 22. Labor and Safety|Article 3. Worker's Compensation System|Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments|22-3-3-4.7. Formulary; Reimbursement for "N" Drug

Sec. 4.7. (a) As used in this section, "formulary" refers to the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Workers' Compensation Drug Formulary Appendix A published by MCG Health.(b) As used in this section, "medical emergency" means the sudden onset of a medical condition manifested by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that in the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:(1) serious jeopardy to the employee's health or bodily functions; or(2) serious dysfunction of a body part or organ.(c) Beginning January 1, 2019, reimbursement is not permitted for a claim for payment for a drug that:(1) is prescribed for use by an employee who files a notice of injury under this chapter; and(2) according to the formulary, is an "N" drug.However, if the employee begins use of the "N" drug before July 1, 2018, and the use continues after January 1, 2019, reimbursement is permitted for the "N" drug until January 1, 2020.(d) If a prescribing physician submits to an employer a request to permit use of an "N" drug described in subsection (c), including the prescribing physician's reason for requesting use of an "N" drug, and the employer approves the request, the prescribing physician may prescribe the "N" drug for use by the injured employee.(e) If the employer does not approve the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) to permit use of an "N" drug, the employer shall:(1) send the request to a third party that is certified by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission to make a determination concerning the request; and(2) notify the prescribing physician and the injured employee of the third party's determination not more than five (5) business days after receiving the request.(f) If an employer fails to provide the notice required by subsection (e)(2), the prescribing physician's request under subsection (d) is considered approved, and reimbursement of the "N" drug prescribed for use by the injured employee is authorized.(g) If the third party's determination under subsection (e) is to deny the prescribing physician's request to permit the use of an "N" drug:(1) the employer shall notify the prescribing physician and the injured employee; and(2) the injured employee may apply to the worker's compensation board for a final determination concerning the third party's determination under subsection (e).(h) Notwithstanding subsections (c) through (g), during a medical emergency, an employee shall receive a drug prescribed for the employee even if the drug is an "N" drug according to the formulary.As added by P.L.206-2018, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.95.