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GA Code § 34-9-48.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-48.1. Senior Administrative Law Judge of the Board

  There is created the office of senior administrative law judge of the board.Any director or administrative law judge who is retired on July 1, 1991, or who shall retire after such date shall be eligible for appointment as a senior administrative law judge if such person is not engaged in the practice of law.   A senior administrative law judge shall be appointed by the chairman of the State Board of Workers' Compensation and shall serve at the pleasure of the chairman.All persons appointed to the office of senior administrative law judge as provided in this Code section shall receive allowances not to exceed $150.00 per day plus actual and necessary expenses as provided for state employees while traveling on the business of the board, but the expenses shall be sworn to by such person incurring them and shall be approved by the chairman or his designee before payment is made.Said payment shall be made from the per diem and fee allocations in the budget of the State Board of Workers' Compensation.     (Code 1981, §34-9-48.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 405, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-9-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-49. Appointment and Removal of Executive Director

  There is created the position of executive director of the board. The executive director shall be both appointed and removed by the board. Subject to the general policy established by the board, the executive director shall:   Plan, organize, direct, supervise, account for, and execute the administrative functions vested in the board; and   Employ such clerical and other assistants as may be needed.     All of the salaries and expenses of the board members, executive director, administrative law judges, and assistants of the board shall be audited and paid out of funds appropriated by the General Assembly as prescribed by law and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the board.    (Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1303; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 830 et seq.
GA Code § 34-9-50 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-50. Appointment of Secretary-Treasurer; Employment of Clerical and Other Assistants; Payment of Salaries and Expenses of Members, Deputy Directors, and Assistants

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 8, effective July 1, 1988.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 114-701.15, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.
GA Code § 34-9-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-51. Payment by State of Traveling Expenses of Members, Administrative Law Judges, and Assistants

 The members, administrative law judges, and assistants of the State Board of Workers' Compensation shall be entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses while traveling on the business of the board, either within or without the State of Georgia, but the expenses shall be sworn to by such person incurring them and shall be approved by the chairman or his designee before payment is made.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 9.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, §§ 809, 811, 812, 815, 821, 822, 826.
GA Code § 34-9-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-54. Directors Emeritus of Board - Term of Office; Compensation

 All persons appointed to the office of director emeritus of the board, as provided and created by Code Section 34-9-53, shall hold such office for life. A director emeritus shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to two-thirds of the annual salary provided by law for a director of the board at the time of appointment of the director emeritus, such salary to be paid to such director emeritus by the board in monthly or semimonthly installments out of the funds provided by law for the operation of the board.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.)
GA Code § 34-9-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-55. Directors Emeritus of Board - Duties

 It shall be the duty of a director emeritus of the board to serve in an advisory capacity to the board and to lend his advice and counsel concerning matters of administration of this chapter when called upon to do so by the board; provided, however, that a director emeritus shall not participate directly or indirectly in the hearing or the decision of any cases coming before the board for decision.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.12, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.)
GA Code § 34-9-56 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-56. Directors Emeritus of Board - Filling of Board Vacancies Caused by Appointment of Director Emeritus

 Vacancies on the board caused by the resignation of a member of the board and his appointment as director emeritus as provided in Code Section 34-9-53 shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law for filling vacancies otherwise occurring on the board, but no vacancy shall be deemed to exist on the board because of the death or resignation of a director emeritus as defined and created by Code Section 34-9-53.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.13, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.)
GA Code § 34-9-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-58. Powers and Duties of Board as to Enforcement of Chapter Generally

 The State Board of Workers' Compensation shall exercise all powers and perform all the duties relating to the enforcement of this chapter.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, §§ 809 et seq., 815 et seq., 821 et seq.
GA Code § 34-9-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-59. Adoption of Rules of Procedure

 The board is empowered and authorized to adopt proper rules of procedure to govern the exercise of its functions and hearings before the board or any of its members or administrative law judges.   (Code 1933, § 114-701.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, §§ 828, 829.
GA Code § 34-9-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-61. Publication of Blank Forms and Literature; Publication of Tabulations of Accident Reports

  The board shall prepare and cause to be printed and, upon request, shall furnish free of charge to any employee or employer such blank forms and literature as it shall deem necessary to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of this chapter.   The board shall tabulate the accident reports received from employers in accordance with Code Section 34-9-12 and shall publish in print or electronically the same in its annual report and as often as it may deem advisable, in such detailed or aggregate form as it may deem best. The name of the employer or employee shall not appear in such publications, and the employers' reports themselves shall be private records of the board and shall not be open for public inspection except for the inspection of the parties directly involved, and then only to the extent of such interest. These reports shall not be used as evidence against any employer in any action at law brought by any employee for the recovery of damages or in any proceeding under this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 54; Code 1933, § 114-704; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 34; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, §§ 828, 829.
GA Code § 34-9-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-62. Limitations on Authority of Commissioner of Labor With Respect to Officers or Employees of Board

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 15, effective July 1, 1988.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1933, § 114-701.16, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 6.
GA Code § 34-9-63 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 2 - Administration|§ 34-9-63. Proration of Board's Expenses; Required Annual Reports and Statements; Audit of Board; Collection of Delinquent Assessments

  The total expenses of the board shall be prorated among the qualified insurance companies writing compensation insurance in this state, hereinafter referred to as insurers, and employers subject to the provisions of this chapter whose workers' compensation insurance coverage is not written by these companies, hereinafter referred to as self-insurers, including, but not limited to, the state, counties, municipalities, and any political subdivisions or authorities thereof. Such proration shall be on the basis, in the case of the insurers, of the gross earned premium and, in the case of self-insurers, on the basis of the amount of premium which they would have had to pay in the event they had insured their liability with an insurer; provided, however, the board may establish by rule a minimum assessment, based upon the administrative cost necessary to provide licensure support and basic computer management reports for each insurer or self-insurer, to be paid by insurers and self-insurers whose actual prorated assessment otherwise would be less than the minimum assessment. Prorated assessments based on the experience of the previous calendar year shall be made on July 1, based on the budget of the board for that fiscal year.   Sworn reports of the compensation premium writing of the insurers and sworn payroll statements of others for the preceding calendar year shall be filed with the board not later than March 1 of each year.   The books of the board shall be audited annually and a copy of such audit shall be available for inspection during normal business hours by all parties among whom the expenses of the board are prorated. All moneys assessed against insurers and others under this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and held as a special fund solely for the operation of the board to administer this chapter.   The Attorney General shall enforce collection against insurers and others failing to comply with this Code section, based on reports of violation furnished by the board and investigation; the costs of collection shall be borne by the delinquent party.   Any insurer, private employer, or governing authority of a public employer that violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1922, p. 77, § 2; Code 1933, § 114-717; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, § 11; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1679, § 16.)   Cross references.   - Punishment for misdemeanors generally, § 17-10-3.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Petty v. Mayor of College Park, 63 Ga. App. 455, 11 S.E.2d 246 (1940).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Payment of assessments into general fund.   - Assessments made by the board pursuant to this section must be paid into the general fund of the state treasury, and the operating expenses of the board may be funded only through an appropriation by the General Assembly. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-62.
GA Code § 34-9-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-122. Type of Insurance Policy to Be Issued; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations When Accident Prevention and Safety Engineering Are Questioned

 Any policy of insurance issued under this chapter shall be the standard workers' compensation policy of insurance containing the usual and customary provisions found in such policies and shall include a provision that the premium charge shall be promptly paid. If there is any question regarding the lack of accident prevention and safety engineering with respect to a particular risk, reasonable rules and regulations are to be promulgated, which shall be put into full force and effect when approved by the board. The requirements of this Code section and Code Sections 34-9-131 through 34-9-134 shall be in addition to anything required of insurance companies under the general laws of this state as embodied in Title 33.   (Code 1933, § 114-613, enacted by Ga. L. 1935, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1585, § 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 644, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, § 474 et seq.
GA Code § 34-9-122.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-122.1. Workers' Compensation Health Benefits Pilot Projects

  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, workers' compensation health benefits pilot projects are authorized under the provisions of this Code section.   The Commissioner of Insurance shall adopt rules to enable employers and employees to enter into agreements to provide the employees with workers' compensation medical payments benefits through comprehensive health insurance that covers workplace injury and illness.The Commissioner of Insurance shall review all pilot project proposals and may approve a proposal only if it confers medical benefits upon injured employees substantially similar to benefits available under this chapter. The Commissioner shall revoke approval if the pilot project fails to deliver the intended benefits to the injured employees.   The comprehensive health insurance may provide for health care by a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization.The premium must be paid entirely by the employer.The program may use deductibles, coinsurance, and copayment by the employees not to exceed $5.00 per visit or $50.00 maximum per occurrence.   The Commissioner of Insurance shall report annually to the standing committees of the General Assembly having jurisdiction over insurance and labor matters by November 1 on the status of any pilot projects approved by the Commissioner.     (Code 1981, §34-9-122.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2424, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-9-123 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-123. Policy Provisions Regarding Effect of Notice or Knowledge by Insured Employer as to Occurrence of Injury

 All policies insuring the payment of compensation under this chapter, including all contracts of mutual, reciprocal, or interinsurance must contain a clause to the effect that, as between the employer and the insurer or insurers, the notice to or knowledge of the occurrence of the injury on the part of the insured employer shall be deemed notice or knowledge, as the case may be, on the part of the insurer or insurers; that jurisdiction of the insured, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be jurisdiction of the insurer or insurers; and that the insurer or insurers shall in all things be bound by and subject to awards, judgments, or decrees rendered against such insured employer.   (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 70; Ga. L. 1933, p. 182, § 1; Code 1933, § 114-606.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, § 500 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 971.   ALR.    - Right of insurer under Workmen's Compensation Act to recover from employer, who has breached warranty, the amount it has been obliged to pay employee, 22 A.L.R. 1481.   Insurance carrier's liability for part of employer's liability attributable to violation of law or other misconduct on his part, 1 A.L.R.2d 407.
GA Code § 34-9-124 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-124. Policy or Contract of Insurance to Contain Agreement of Insurer to Pay Compensation; Payment of Compensation When Employer or Employee Exempt From Provisions of Chapter

  No policy or contract of insurance shall be issued unless it contains the agreement of the insurer or insurers that it or they will promptly pay all benefits conferred by this chapter and all installments of the compensation that may be awarded or agreed upon to the person entitled to them and that the obligation shall not be affected by any default of the insured after the injury or by any default in giving notice required by such policy or otherwise. Such agreement shall be construed to be a direct promise by the insurer or insurers to the person entitled to compensation and shall be enforceable in his name.   A policy of insurance issued under this chapter shall always first be construed as an agreement to pay compensation; and an insurer who issues a policy of compensation insurance to an employer not subject to this chapter shall not plead as a defense that the employer is not subject to the chapter; and an insurer who issues to an employer subject to this chapter a policy of compensation insurance covering an employee or employees ordinarily exempt from its provisions shall not plead the exemption as a defense. In either case compensation shall be paid to an injured employee or to the dependents of a deceased employee for a compensable accident as if the employer or the employee or both were subject to this chapter, the policy of compensation insurance constituting a definite contract between all parties concerned.    (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 71; Ga. L. 1933, p. 184, § 1; Code 1933, § 114-607.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Workers' compensation insurance policies containing standard deductibles are prohibited in Georgia  since they do not provide for the direct payment to covered employees of all benefits by an insurer. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-126.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, § 480.   C.J.S.   - 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 875 et seq.   ALR.    - Right of insurer under Workmen's Compensation Act to recover from employer, who has breached warranty, the amount it has been obliged to pay employee, 22 A.L.R. 1481.    Insurance under Workmen's Compensation Act as coextensive with insured's liability under act, 108 A.L.R. 812.    Policy of workmen's compensation insurance issued to individual as covering employees of partnership of which he is a member, 114 A.L.R. 724.    Refusal of workmen's compensation or employers' liability insurer to act upon claim against employer, or delay or repudiation of liability in that regard, as justifying payment or compromise by employer without complying with provisions of policy that make judgment against employer or agreement with insurer's consent a condition of its liability, 128 A.L.R. 565.
GA Code § 34-9-124.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-124.1. Optional Deductibles to Be Offered by Insurers

  Each insurer issuing a policy under this chapter shall offer, as a part of the policy or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to the policyholder for benefits payable under this chapter. Deductible amounts offered shall be fully disclosed to the prospective policyholder in writing in the amount of $100.00, $200.00, $300.00, $400.00, $500.00, or increments of $500.00 up to a maximum of $2,500.00 per compensable claim.The policyholder exercising the deductible option shall choose only one deductible amount.   If the policyholder exercises the option and chooses a deductible, the insured employer shall be liable for the amount of the deductible for benefits paid for each compensable claim of work injury suffered by an employee.The insurer shall pay all or part of the deductible amount, whichever is applicable to a compensable claim, to the person or provider entitled to the benefits conferred by this chapter and then seek reimbursement from the insured employer for the applicable deductible amount.The payment or nonpayment of deductible amounts by the insured employer to the insurer shall be treated under the policy insuring the liability for workers' compensation in the same manner as payment or nonpayment of premiums.   Optional deductibles shall be offered in each policy insuring liability for workers' compensation which is issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed under this chapter on or after July 1, 1990, unless an insured employer and insurer agree to renegotiate a workers' compensation policy in effect on July 1, 1990, so as to include a provision allowing for a deductible.   Premium reduction for deductibles shall be determined before the application of any experience modification, premium surcharge, or premium discounts.To the extent that an employer's experience rating or safety record is based on benefits paid, money paid by the insured employer under a deductible as provided in this Code section shall not be included as benefits paid so as to harm the experience rating of such employer.   This Code section shall not apply to employers who are approved to self-insure against liability for workers' compensation or group self-insurance funds for workers' compensation established pursuant to Article 5 of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §34-9-124.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 392, § 1.)
GA Code § 34-9-124.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations|Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation|Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally|§ 34-9-124.2. Restrictions on Requirements Requiring Recipients of Benefits to Utilize Out-of-State Mail Order Pharmacy Services

  A policy, plan, or contract of workers' compensation insurance issued under this chapter may not be issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after July 1, 1990, and a certificate of authority for a group self-insurance fund under Article 5 of this chapter may not be issued or renewed on or after July 1, 1990, if such policy, plan, contract, or fund requires that recipients of benefits thereunder obtain pharmacy services, including but not limited to prescription drugs, from an out-of-state mail order pharmacy or which requires that such recipients who do not utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy must pay a copayment fee or have imposed any other condition for the receipt of pharmacy services when that payment or condition is not imposed upon those recipients who utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy for those services.   An employer who provides workers' compensation benefits as a self-insurer under this chapter may not require that any recipient of benefits under that self-insurance plan who becomes an employee of that employer on or after July 1, 1990, and who obtains pharmacy services under that plan, including but not limited to prescription drugs, must obtain those services from an out-of-state mail order pharmacy or must pay a copayment fee or have imposed any other condition for the receipt of pharmacy services when that payment or condition is not imposed upon those recipients who utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy for those services.     (Code 1981, §34-9-124.2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1087, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, this Code section, which was enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1087, § 1, as Code Section 34-9-124.1 was renumbered as Code Section 34-9-124.2, since Ga. L. 1990, p. 392, § 1, also enacted a Code Section 34-9-124.1.