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UT Code § 34A-2-505 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 505 - Loss of hearing -- Compensation for permanent partial disability.

34A-2-505. Loss of hearing -- Compensation for permanent partial disability.    (1) Compensation for permanent partial disability for binaural hearing loss shall be determined by multiplying the percentage of binaural hearing loss by 109 weeks of compensation benefits as provided in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.     (2) When an employee files one or more claims for hearing loss the percentage of hearing loss previously found to exist shall be deducted from any subsequent award by the commission.     (3) In no event shall compensation benefits be paid for total or 100% binaural hearing loss exceeding 109 weeks of compensation benefits.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-506 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 506 - Loss of hearing -- Time for filing claim.

34A-2-506. Loss of hearing -- Time for filing claim.  An employee's occupational hearing loss shall be reported to the employer pursuant to Section 34A-2-407 within 180 days of the date the employee:  (1) first suffered altered hearing; and     (2) knew, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that the hearing loss was caused by employment.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-507 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 5 - Industrial Noise|Section 507 - Measuring hearing loss.

34A-2-507. Measuring hearing loss.    (1) The degree of hearing loss shall be established, no sooner than six weeks after termination of exposure to the harmful industrial noise, by audiometric determination of hearing threshold level performed by medical or paramedical professionals recognized by the commission, as measured from 0 decibels on an audiometer calibrated to ANSI-S3.6-1969, American National Standard "Specifications for Audiometers" (1969).     (2)   (a) In any evaluation of occupational hearing loss, only hearing levels at frequencies of 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 cycles per second (Hertz) shall be considered. The individual measurements for each ear shall be added together and then shall be divided by four to determine the average decibel loss in each ear.     (b) To determine the percentage of hearing loss in each ear, the average decibel loss for each decibel of loss exceeding 25 decibels shall be multiplied by 1.5% up to the maximum of 100% which is reached at 91.7 decibels.       (3) Binaural hearing loss or the percentage of binaural hearing loss is determined by:   (a) multiplying the percentage of hearing loss in the better ear by five;     (b) adding the amount under Subsection (3)(a) with the percentage of hearing loss in the poorer ear; and     (c) dividing the number calculated under Subsection (3)(b) by six.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-602 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 6 - Medical Evaluations|Section 602 - Physical examinations.

34A-2-602. Physical examinations.    (1) The division or an administrative law judge may require an employee claiming the right to receive compensation under this chapter to submit to a medical examination at any time, and from time to time, at a place reasonably convenient for the employee, and as may be provided by the rules of the commission.     (2) If an employee refuses to submit to an examination under Subsection (1), or obstructs the examination, the employee's right to have the employee's claim for compensation considered, if the employee's claim is pending before an administrative law judge, commissioner, or Appeals Board, or to receive any payments for compensation theretofore granted by a final order of the commission, shall be suspended during the period of the refusal or obstruction.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-603 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 6 - Medical Evaluations|Section 603 - Autopsy in death cases -- Certified pathologist -- Attending physicians -- Penalty for refusal to permit -- Liability.

34A-2-603. Autopsy in death cases -- Certified pathologist -- Attending physicians -- Penalty for refusal to permit -- Liability.    (1)   (a) On the filing of a claim for compensation for death under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, when, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee it is necessary to accurately and scientifically ascertain the cause of death, an autopsy may be ordered by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee.     (b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall:   (i) designate the certified pathologist to make the autopsy; and     (ii) determine who shall pay the charge of the certified pathologist making the autopsy.         (2) Any person interested may designate a duly licensed physician to attend the autopsy ordered under Subsection (1).     (3) The findings of the certified pathologist performing the autopsy shall be filed with the commission.     (4) All proceedings for compensation shall be suspended upon refusal of a claimant or claimants to permit such autopsy when ordered under Subsection (1).     (5) When an autopsy has been performed pursuant to an order of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee no cause of action shall lie against any person, firm, or corporation for participating in or requesting the autopsy.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-604 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 6 - Medical Evaluations|Section 604 - Employee leaving place of treatment.

34A-2-604. Employee leaving place of treatment.    (1) An injured employee who desires to leave the locality in which the employee has been employed during the treatment of the employee's injury, or to leave this state, shall:   (a) report to the employee's attending physician for examination;     (b) notify the division in writing of the intention to leave; and     (c) accompany the notice with a certificate from the attending physician setting forth:   (i) the exact nature of the injury;     (ii) the condition of the employee; and     (iii) a statement of the probable length of time disability will continue.         (2) An employee may leave the locality in which the employee was employed only after:   (a) complying with Subsection (1); and     (b) receiving the written consent of the division.       (3) If an employee does not comply with this section, compensation may not be allowed during the absence.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-705 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 7 - Funds|Section 705 - Industrial Accident Restricted Account.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34A-2-705. Industrial Accident Restricted Account.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Account" means the Industrial Accident Restricted Account created by this section.     (b) "Advisory council" means the state workers' compensation advisory council created under Section 34A-2-107.       (2) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the "Industrial Accident Restricted Account."     (3)   (a) The account is funded from:   (i) .5% of the premium income remitted to the state treasurer and credited to the account pursuant to Subsection 59-9-101(2)(c)(iv); and     (ii) amounts deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.       (b) If the balance in the account exceeds $500,000 at the close of a fiscal year, the excess shall be transferred to the Uninsured Employers' Fund created under Section 34A-2-704.       (4)   (a) From money appropriated by the Legislature from the account to the commission and subject to the requirements of this section, the commission may fund:   (i) the activities of the Division of Industrial Accidents described in Section 34A-1-202;     (ii) the activities of the Division of Adjudication described in Section 34A-1-202;     (iii) the activities of the commission described in Section 34A-2-1005; and     (iv) the activities of the commission described in Subsection 34A-2-107(7)(c), up to $50,000 for each of the three reports described in Subsection 34A-2-107(7)(b).       (b) The money deposited in the account may not be used for a purpose other than a purpose described in this Subsection (4), including an administrative cost or another activity of the commission unrelated to the account.       (5)   (a) Each year before the public hearing required by Subsection 59-9-101(2)(d)(i), the commission shall report to the advisory council regarding:   (i) the commission's budget request to the governor for the next fiscal year related to:   (A) the Division of Industrial Accidents; and     (B) the Division of Adjudication;       (ii) the expenditures of the commission for the fiscal year in which the commission is reporting related to:   (A) the Division of Industrial Accidents; and     (B) the Division of Adjudication;       (iii) revenues generated from the premium assessment under Section 59-9-101 on an admitted insurer writing workers' compensation insurance in this state and on a self-insured employer under Section 34A-2-202; and     (iv) money deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.       (b) The commission shall annually report to the governor and the Legislature regarding:   (i) the use of the money appropriated to the commission under this section;     (ii) revenues generated from the premium assessment under Section 59-9-101 on an admitted insurer writing workers' compensation insurance in this state and on a self-insured employer under Section 34A-2-202; and     (iii) money deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.        Amended by Chapter 268, 2018 General SessionAmended by Chapter 319, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-706 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 7 - Funds|Section 706 - Investment of Employers' Reinsurance Fund and Uninsured Employers' Fund.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34A-2-706. Investment of Employers' Reinsurance Fund and Uninsured Employers' Fund.    (1) The state treasurer shall invest the assets of the Employers' Reinsurance Fund created under Section 34A-2-702 and the Uninsured Employers' Fund created under Section 34A-2-704 with the primary goal of providing for the stability, income, and growth of the principal.     (2) Nothing in this section requires a specific outcome in investing.     (3) The state treasurer may deduct any administrative costs incurred in managing fund assets from earnings before distributing the earnings.     (4)   (a) The state treasurer may employ professional asset managers to assist in the investment of the assets of the funds.     (b) The treasurer may only provide compensation to asset managers from earnings generated by the funds' investments.       (5)   (a) The state treasurer shall invest and manage the assets of the funds as a prudent investor would by:   (i) considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the funds; and     (ii) exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution in order to meet the standard of care of a prudent investor.       (b) In determining whether the state treasurer has met the standard of care of a prudent investor, the judge or finder of fact shall:   (i) consider the state treasurer's actions in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the investment decision or action, and not by hindsight; and     (ii) evaluate the state treasurer's investment and management decisions respecting individual assets:   (A) not in isolation, but in the context of a fund portfolio as a whole; and     (B) as a part of an overall investment strategy that has risk and return objectives reasonably suited to the funds.          Enacted by Chapter 207, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-802 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 8 - Adjudication|Section 802 - Rules of evidence and procedure before commission -- Admissible evidence.

34A-2-802. Rules of evidence and procedure before commission -- Admissible evidence.    (1) The commission, the commissioner, an administrative law judge, or the Appeals Board, is not bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence, or by any technical or formal rules or procedure, other than as provided in this section or as adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. The commission may make its investigation in such manner as in its judgment is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and to carry out justly the spirit of the chapter.     (2) The commission may receive as evidence and use as proof of any fact in dispute all evidence considered material and relevant including the following:   (a) depositions and sworn testimony presented in open hearings;     (b) reports of attending or examining physicians, or of pathologists;     (c) reports of investigators appointed by the commission;     (d) reports of employers, including copies of time sheets, book accounts, or other records; or     (e) hospital records in the case of an injured or diseased employee.      Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-803 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 8 - Adjudication|Section 803 - Violation of judgments, orders, decrees, or provisions of chapter -- Grade of offense.

 Effective 5/8/2018  34A-2-803. Violation of judgments, orders, decrees, or provisions of chapter -- Grade of offense.    (1) An employer, employee, or other person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if that employer, employee, or other person violates this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, including:   (a) doing any act prohibited by this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act;     (b) failing or refusing to perform any duty lawfully imposed under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; or     (c) failing, neglecting, or refusing to obey any lawful order given or made by the commission, or any judgment or decree made by any court in connection with the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act.       (2) Every day during which any person fails to observe and comply with any order of the commission, or to perform any duty imposed by this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, is a separate and distinct offense.    Amended by Chapter 148, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-901 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 9 - Presumptions For Emergency Medical Services Providers|Section 901 - Workers' compensation presumption for emergency medical services providers.

34A-2-901. Workers' compensation presumption for emergency medical services providers.    (1) An emergency medical services provider who claims to have contracted a disease, as defined by Section 78B-8-401, as a result of a significant exposure in the performance of his duties as an emergency medical services provider, is presumed to have contracted the disease by accident during the course of his duties as an emergency medical services provider if:   (a) his employment or service as an emergency medical services provider in this state commenced prior to July 1, 1988, and he tests positive for a disease during the tenure of his employment or service, or within three months after termination of his employment or service; or     (b) the individual's employment or service as an emergency medical services provider in this state commenced on or after July 1, 1988, and he tests negative for any disease at the time his employment or service commenced, and again three months later, and he subsequently tests positive during the tenure of his employment or service, or within three months after termination of his employment or service.       (2) Each emergency medical services agency shall inform the emergency medical services providers that it employs or utilizes of the provisions and benefits of this section at commencement of and termination of employment or service.    Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-902 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 9 - Presumptions For Emergency Medical Services Providers|Section 902 - Workers' compensation claims by emergency medical services providers -- Time limits.

34A-2-902. Workers' compensation claims by emergency medical services providers -- Time limits.    (1) For all purposes of establishing a workers' compensation claim, the "date of accident" is presumed to be the date on which an emergency medical services provider first tests positive for a disease, as defined in Section 78B-8-401. However, for purposes of establishing the rate of workers' compensation benefits under Subsection 34A-2-702(5), if a positive test for a disease occurs within three months after termination of employment, the last date of employment is presumed to be the "date of accident."     (2) The time limits prescribed by Section 34A-2-417 do not apply to an employee whose disability is due to a disease, so long as the employee who claims to have suffered a significant exposure in the service of his employer gives notice, as required by Section 34A-3-108, of the "date of accident."     (3) Any claim for workers' compensation benefits or medical expenses shall be filed with the Division of Adjudication of the Labor Commission within one year after the date on which the employee first acquires a disability or requires medical treatment for a disease, or within one year after the termination of employment as an emergency medical services provider, whichever occurs later.    Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-903 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 9 - Presumptions For Emergency Medical Services Providers|Section 903 - Failure to be tested -- Time limit for death benefits.

34A-2-903. Failure to be tested -- Time limit for death benefits.    (1) An emergency medical services provider who refuses or fails to be tested in accordance with Section 34A-2-901 is not entitled to any of the presumptions provided by this part.     (2) Death benefits payable under Section 34A-2-702 are payable only if it can be established by competent evidence that death was a consequence of or result of the disease and, notwithstanding Subsection 34A-2-702(5), that death occurred within six years from the date the employee first acquired a disability or required medical treatment for the disease that caused the employee's death.    Amended by Chapter 366, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-904 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 9 - Presumptions For Emergency Medical Services Providers|Section 904 - Volunteer emergency medical services providers -- Workers' compensation premiums.

34A-2-904. Volunteer emergency medical services providers -- Workers' compensation premiums.    (1) For purposes of receiving workers' compensation benefits, any person performing the services of an emergency medical services provider is considered an employee of the entity for whom it provides those services.     (2)   (a) With regard to emergency medical services providers who perform those services for minimal or no compensation on a volunteer basis, and who are primarily employed other than as emergency medical services providers, the amount of workers' compensation benefits shall be based on that primary employment. Any excess premiums necessary for workers' compensation shall be paid by the entity that utilized that individual as an emergency medical services provider.     (b) With regard to emergency medical services providers who perform those services for minimal or no compensation or on a volunteer basis, and who have no other employment, the amount of workers' compensation benefits shall be the minimum benefit. Any premium necessary for workers' compensation shall be paid by the entity that utilizes that individual as an emergency medical services provider.       (3) Workers' compensation benefits are the exclusive remedy for all injuries and occupational diseases, as provided by Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. However, emergency medical services providers described in Subsection (2) are not precluded from utilizing insurance benefits provided by a primary employer, or any other insurance benefits, in addition to workers' compensation benefits.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 243, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-905 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 9 - Presumptions For Emergency Medical Services Providers|Section 905 - Rulemaking authority -- Rebuttable presumption.

34A-2-905. Rulemaking authority -- Rebuttable presumption.    (1) The Labor Commission has authority to establish rules necessary for the purposes of this part.     (2) The presumption provided by this part is a rebuttable presumption.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 243, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-1001 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 10 - Workers' Compensation Coverage Waivers Act|Section 1001 - Title.

34A-2-1001. Title.  This part is known as the "Workers' Compensation Coverage Waivers Act."  Enacted by Chapter 328, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 34A-2-1002 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 34A - Utah Labor Code|Chapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Act|Part 10 - Workers' Compensation Coverage Waivers Act|Section 1002 - Definitions.

34A-2-1002. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "Business entity" means:   (a) a sole proprietorship;     (b) a corporation;     (c) a partnership;     (d) a limited liability company; or     (e) an entity similar to one described in Subsections (1)(a) through (d).       (2) "Waiver" means a workers' compensation coverage waiver issued under this part.    Enacted by Chapter 328, 2011 General Session