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2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.3.

3209.3. (a) “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons holding an M.D. or D.O. degree, psychologists, acupuncturists, optometrists, dentists, podiatrists, and chiropractic practitioners licensed by California state law and within the scope of their practice as defined by California state law.
(b) “Psychologist” means a licensed psychologist with a doctoral degree in psychology, or a doctoral degree deemed equivalent for licensure by the Board of Psychology pursuant to Section 2914 of the Business and Professions Code, and who either has at least two years of clinical experience in a recognized health setting or has met the standards of the National Register of the Health Service Providers in Psychology.
(c) When treatment or evaluation for an injury is provided by a psychologist, provision shall be made for appropriate medical collaboration when requested by the employer or the insurer.
(d) “Acupuncturist” means a person who holds an acupuncturist’s certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 4925) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize acupuncturists to determine disability for the purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 4650) of Chapter 2 of Part 2, or under Section 2708 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 26, Sec. 1) by Stats. 1997, Ch. 98, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.4.

3209.4. The inclusion of optometrists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any right or entitle any optometrist to represent, advertise, or hold himself out as a physician.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1404.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.5.

3209.5. Medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, and apparatus, includes, but is not limited to, services and supplies by physical therapists, licensed clinical social workers, chiropractic practitioners, and acupuncturists, as licensed by California state law and within the scope of their practice as defined by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 609, Sec. 2. (SB 1002) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.6.

3209.6. The inclusion of chiropractors in Sections 3209.3 and 3209.5 does not imply any right or entitle any chiropractor to represent, advertise, or hold himself out as a physician.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 629.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.7.

3209.7. Treatment of injuries at the expense of the employer may also include, either in addition to or in place of medical, surgical, and hospital services, as specified in Section 3209.5, any other form of therapy, treatment, or healing practice agreed upon voluntarily in writing, between the employee and his employer. Such agreement may be entered into at any time after employment and shall be in a form approved by the Department of Industrial Relations, and shall include at least the following items:
(a) A description of the form of healing practice intended to be relied upon and designation of individuals and facilities qualified to administer it.
(b) The employee shall not by entering into such an agreement or by selecting such therapy, treatment or healing practice, waive any rights conferred upon him by law, or forfeit any benefits to which he might otherwise be entitled.
(c) The employer and the employee shall each reserve the right to terminate such agreement upon seven days written notice to the other party.
No liability shall be incurred by the employer under the provisions of this section, except as provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3600), of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1250.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.8.

3209.8. Treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of an injury shall include the services of marriage and family therapists, professional clinical counselors, and clinical social workers licensed by California state law and within the scope of their practice as defined by California state law if the injured person is referred to the marriage and family therapist, the professional clinical counselor, or the clinical social worker by a licensed physician and surgeon, with the approval of the employer, for treatment of a condition arising out of the injury. This section does not authorize marriage and family therapists, professional clinical counselors, or clinical social workers to determine disability for the purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 4650) of Chapter 2 of Part 2. The requirement of this section that the employer approve the referral by a licensed physician or surgeon shall not be construed to preclude reimbursement for self-procured treatment, found by the appeals board to be otherwise compensable pursuant to this division, if the employer has refused to authorize any treatment for the condition arising from the injury treated by the marriage and family therapist, professional clinical counselor, or clinical social worker.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 389, Sec. 18. (AB 2296) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.9.

3209.9. The inclusion of acupuncturists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any right or entitle any acupuncturist to represent, advertise, or hold himself or herself out as a physician or surgeon holding an M.D. or D.O. degree.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 98, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.10.

3209.10. (a) Medical treatment of a work-related injury required to cure or relieve the effects of the injury may be provided by a state licensed physician assistant or nurse practitioner, acting under the review or supervision of a physician and surgeon pursuant to standardized procedures or protocols within their lawfully authorized scope of practice. The reviewing or supervising physician and surgeon of the physician assistant or nurse practitioner shall be deemed to be the treating physician. For the purposes of this section, “medical treatment” includes the authority of the nurse practitioner or physician assistant to authorize the patient to receive time off from work for a period not to exceed three calendar days if that authority is included in a standardized procedure or protocol approved by the supervising physician. The nurse practitioner or physician assistant may cosign the Doctor’s First Report of Occupational Injury or Illness. The treating physician shall make any determination of temporary disability and shall sign the report.
(b) The provision of subdivision (a) that requires the cosignature of the treating physician applies to this section only and it is not the intent of the Legislature that the requirement apply to any other section of law or to any other statute or regulation. Nothing in this section implies that a nurse practitioner or physician assistant is a physician as defined in Section 3209.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 100, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3209.11.

3209.11. (a) An employer, workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or agent of an employer, insurer, or self-insured employer may provide an employee with access to the services of a licensed clinical social worker acting within their scope of practice.
(b) Medical provider networks may add licensed clinical social workers to the physician providers listing in the networks established or modified pursuant to Section 4616.
(c) For purposes of this section, “licensed clinical social worker” means a licensed clinical social worker with a master’s degree in clinical social work, or a degree deemed equivalent for licensure by the Board of Behavioral Sciences pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 4996) of Chapter 14 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who either has at least two years of clinical experience in a recognized health setting or has met the standards of the Association of Social Work Boards.
(d) This section does not authorize licensed clinical social workers to determine disability for the purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 4650) of Chapter 2 of Part 2, or under Section 2708 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(e) This section authorizes a licensed clinical social worker to treat or evaluate an injured worker only upon referral from a physician as defined in Section 3209.3.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 609, Sec. 3. (SB 1002) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.

3211. “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any private company, corporation, mutual association, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized under the laws of this State to insure employers against liability for compensation and any employer to whom a certificate of consent to self-insure has been issued.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.5.

3211.5. For purposes of this division, whenever the term “firefighter,” “firefighting member,” and “member of a fire department” is used, the term shall include, but shall not be limited to, unless the context expressly provides otherwise, a person engaged in providing firefighting services who is an apprentice, volunteer, or employee on a partly paid or fully paid basis.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 870, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.9.

3211.9. “Disaster council” means a public agency established by ordinance which is empowered to register and direct the activities of disaster service workers within the area of the county, city, city and county, or any part thereof, and is thus, because of such registration and direction, acting as an instrumentality of the state in aid of the carrying out of the general governmental functions and policy of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.91.

3211.91. “Accredited disaster council” means a disaster council that is certified by the Office of Emergency Services as conforming with the rules and regulations established by the office pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 8610) of Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code. A disaster council remains accredited only while the certification of the Office of Emergency Services is in effect and is not revoked.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 400. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.92.

3211.92. (a) “Disaster service worker” means any natural person who is registered with an accredited disaster council or a state agency for the purpose of engaging in disaster service pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act without pay or other consideration.
(b) “Disaster service worker” includes public employees performing disaster work that is outside the course and scope of their regular employment without pay and also includes any unregistered person impressed into service during a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency by a person having authority to command the aid of citizens in the execution of his or her duties.
(c) Persons registered with a disaster council at the time that council becomes accredited need not reregister in order to be entitled to the benefits provided by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4351).
(d) “Disaster service worker” does not include any member registered as an active firefighting member of any regularly organized volunteer fire department, having official recognition, and full or partial support of the county, city, or district in which the fire department is located.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.93.

3211.93. “Disaster service” means all activities authorized by and carried on pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, including training necessary or proper to engage in such activities.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 438.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3211.93a.

3211.93a. “Disaster service” does not include any activities or functions performed by a person if the accredited disaster council with which that person is registered receives a fee or other compensation for the performance of those activities or functions by that person.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.2.

3212.2. In the case of officers and employees in the Department of Corrections having custodial duties, each officer and employee in the Department of Youth Authority having group supervisory duties, and each security officer employed at the Atascadero State Hospital, the term “injury” includes heart trouble which develops or manifests itself during a period while such officer or employee is in the service of such department or hospital.
The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by the workmen’s compensation laws of this state.
Such heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 466.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.3.

3212.3. In the case of a peace officer who is designated under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code and who has graduated from an academy certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, when that officer is employed upon a regular, full-time salary, the term “injury,” as used in this division, includes heart trouble and pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period while that officer is in the service of the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The compensation which is awarded for the heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by this division.
The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. However, a peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as designated under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code, shall have served five years or more in that capacity or as a peace officer with the former California State Police Division, or in both capacities, before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
The heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.
The term “peace officers” as used herein shall be limited to those employees of the Department of the California Highway Patrol who are designated as peace officers under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.4.

3212.4. In the case of a member of a University of California fire department located at a campus or other facility administered by the Regents of University of California, when any such member is employed by such a department upon a regular, full-time salary, on a nonprobationary basis, the term “injury” as used in this division includes heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period while such member is in the service of such a University of California fire department. The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
Such heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
Such heart trouble, hernia, or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation.
The term “member” as used herein shall exclude those employees of a University of California fire department whose principal duties are those of a telephone operator, clerk, stenographer, machinist, mechanic, or otherwise, and whose functions do not clearly fall within the scope of active firefighting and prevention service.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 466.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.5.

3212.5. In the case of a member of a police department of a city or municipality, or a member of the State Highway Patrol, when any such member is employed upon a regular, full-time salary, and in the case of a sheriff or deputy sheriff, or an inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county, employed upon a regular, full-time salary, the term “injury” as used in this division includes heart trouble and pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period while such member, sheriff, or deputy sheriff, inspector or investigator is in the service of the police department, the State Highway Patrol, the sheriff’s office or the district attorney’s office, as the case may be. The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
Such heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment; provided, however, that the member of the police department, State Highway Patrol, the sheriff or deputy sheriff, or an inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county shall have served five years or more in such capacity before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
Such heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation.
The term “members” as used herein shall be limited to those employees of police departments, the California Highway Patrol and sheriffs’ departments and inspectors and investigators of a district attorney’s office who are defined as peace officers in Section 830.1, 830.2, or 830.3 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 466.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.6.

3212.6. In the case of a member of a police department of a city or county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a member of the California Highway Patrol, or an inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service, or a prison or jail guard or correctional officer who is employed by a public agency, when that person is employed upon a regular, full-time salary, or in the case of members of fire departments of any city, county, or district, or other public or municipal corporations or political subdivisions, when those members are employed on a regular fully paid basis, and in the case of active firefighting members of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection whose duties require firefighting and first-aid response services, or of any county forestry or firefighting department or unit, where those members are employed on a regular fully paid basis, excepting those whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement, firefighting, or emergency first-aid response service such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other officeworkers, the term “injury” includes tuberculosis that develops or manifests itself during a period while that member is in the service of that department or office. The compensation that is awarded for the tuberculosis shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
The tuberculosis so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
A public entity may require applicants for employment in firefighting positions who would be entitled to the benefits granted by this section to be tested for infection for tuberculosis.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 833, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.7.

3212.7. In the case of an employee in the Department of Justice falling within the “state safety” class, when any such individual is employed under civil service upon a regular, full-time salary, the term “injury,” as used in this division, includes heart trouble or hernia or pneumonia or tuberculosis which develops or manifests itself during the period while such individual is in the service of the Department of Justice. The compensation which is awarded for any such injury shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
Such heart trouble, hernia, pneumonia, or tuberculosis so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
Such heart trouble, hernia, pneumonia, or tuberculosis developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 466.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.85.

3212.85. (a) This section applies to peace officers described in Sections 830.1 to 830.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code, and members of a fire department.
(b) The term “injury,” as used in this division, includes illness or resulting death due to exposure to a biochemical substance that develops or occurs during a period in which any member described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department or unit.
(c) The compensation that is awarded for injury pursuant to this section shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
(d) The injury that develops or manifests itself in these cases shall be presumed to arise out of, and in the course of, the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence. Unless controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Biochemical substance” means any biological or chemical agent that may be used as a weapon of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or nuclear or radiological agent, as these terms are defined in Section 11417 of the Penal Code.
(2) “Members of a fire department” includes, but is not limited to, an apprentice, volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid member of any of the following:
(A) A fire department of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision.
(B) A fire department of the University of California and the California State University.
(C) The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(D) A county forestry or firefighting department or unit.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 870, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.9.

3212.9. In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a member of the California Highway Patrol, or a county probation officer, or an inspector or investigator in a district attorney’s office of any county whose principal duties consist of active law enforcement service, when that person is employed on a regular, full-time salary, or in the case of a member of a fire department of any city, county, or district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision, or any county forestry or firefighting department or unit, when those members are employed on a regular full-time salary, excepting those whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement or firefighting, such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other officeworkers, the term “injury” includes meningitis that develops or manifests itself during a period while that person is in the service of that department, office, or unit. The compensation that is awarded for the meningitis shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
The meningitis so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a person following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 833, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.10.

3212.10. In the case of a peace officer of the Department of Corrections who has custodial or supervisory duties of inmates or parolees, or a peace officer of the Department of the Youth Authority who has custodial or supervisory duties of wards or parolees, or a peace officer as defined in Section 830.5 of the Penal Code and employed by a local agency, the term “injury” as used in this division includes heart trouble, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and meningitis that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any peace officer covered under this section is in the service of the department or unit. The compensation that is awarded for that injury shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
The heart trouble, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and meningitis so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 165. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.11.

3212.11. This section applies to both of the following: (a) active lifeguards employed by a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision, and (b) active state lifeguards employed by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The term “injury,” as used in this division, includes skin cancer that develops or manifests itself during the period of the lifeguard’s employment. The compensation awarded for that injury shall include full hospital, surgical, and medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by the provisions of this division.
Skin cancer so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board shall find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a lifeguard following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
Skin cancer so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall not be attributed to any disease existing prior to that development or manifestation.
This section shall only apply to lifeguards employed for more than three consecutive months in a calendar year.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 846, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3212.12.

3212.12. (a) This section applies to peace officers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, subdivisions (e), (f), and (g) of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, and corpsmembers, as defined by Section 14302 of the Public Resources Code, and other employees at the California Conservation Corps classified as any of the following:
Title
Class
Backcounty Trails Camp Supervisor,
California Conservation Corps ........................
1030
Conservationist I, California
Conservation Corps ........................
1029
Conservationist II, California
Conservation Corps ........................
1003
Conservationist II, Nursery
California Conservation Corps ........................
7370
(b) The term “injury,” as used in this division, includes Lyme disease that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any person described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department.
(c) The compensation that is awarded for Lyme disease shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits, as provided by this division.
(d) Lyme disease so developing or manifesting itself in these cases shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by evidence that the Lyme disease is not reasonably linked to the work performance. Unless so controverted, the appeals board shall find in accordance with the presumption. This presumption shall be extended to a person described in subdivision (a) following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 876, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3213.

3213. In the case of a member of the University of California Police Department who has graduated from an academy certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, when he and all members of the campus department of which he is a member have graduated from such an academy, and when any such member is employed upon a regular, full-time salary, the term “injury” as used in this division includes heart trouble and pneumonia which develops or manifests itself during a period while such member is in the service of such campus department of the University of California Police Department. The compensation which is awarded for such heart trouble or pneumonia shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
Such heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment; provided, however, that the member of the University of California Police Department shall have served five years or more in such capacity before the presumption shall arise as to the compensability of heart trouble so developing or manifesting itself. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a member following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
Such heart trouble or pneumonia so developing or manifesting itself in such cases shall in no case be attributed to any disease existing prior to such development or manifestation.
As used in this section:
(a) “Members” shall be limited to those employees of the University of California Police Department who are defined as peace officers in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code.
(b) “Campus” shall include any campus or other installation maintained under the jurisdiction of the Regents of the University of California.
(c) “Campus department” means all members of the University of California Police Department who are assigned and serve on a particular campus.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 466.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3213.2.

3213.2. (a) In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a peace officer employed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or a peace officer employed by the University of California, who has been employed for at least five years as a peace officer on a regular, full-time salary and has been required to wear a duty belt as a condition of employment, the term “injury,” as used in this division, includes lower back impairments. The compensation that is awarded for lower back impairments shall include full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits as provided by the provisions of this division.
(b) The lower back impairment so developing or manifesting itself in the peace officer shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment. This presumption is disputable and may be controverted by other evidence, but unless so controverted, the appeals board is bound to find in accordance with it. This presumption shall be extended to a person following termination of service for a period of three calendar months for each full year of the requisite service, but not to exceed 60 months in any circumstance, commencing with the last date actually worked in the specified capacity.
(c) For purposes of this section, “duty belt” means a belt used for the purpose of holding a gun, handcuffs, baton, and other items related to law enforcement.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 834, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3214.

3214. (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority shall, in conjunction with all recognized employee representative associations, develop policy and implement the workers’ compensation early intervention program by December 31, 1989, for all department employees who sustain an injury. The program shall include, but not be limited to, counseling by an authorized independent early intervention counselor and the services of an agreed medical panel to assist in timely decisions regarding compensability. Costs of services through early intervention shall be borne by the departments.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce all costs associated with the delivery of workers’ compensation benefits, in balance with the need to ensure timely and adequate benefits to the injured worker. Toward this goal the workers’ compensation early intervention program was established in the Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority. The fundamental concept of the program is to settle disputes rather than to litigate them. This is a worthwhile concept in terms of cost control for the employer and timely receipt of benefits for the worker. To ascertain the effectiveness of the program is crucial in helping guide policy in this arena.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 157. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3215.

3215. Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person acting individually or through his or her employees or agents, who offers, delivers, receives, or accepts any rebate, refund, commission, preference, patronage, dividend, discount or other consideration, whether in the form of money or otherwise, as compensation or inducement for referring clients or patients to perform or obtain services or benefits pursuant to this division, is guilty of a crime.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 116, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3217.

3217. (a) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prevent the recommendation of professional employment where that recommendation is not prohibited by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar.
(b) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prohibit a public defender or assigned counsel from making known his or her availability as a criminal defense attorney to persons unable to afford legal counsel, whether or not those persons are in custody.
(c) Any person who commits an act that violates both Section 3215 and either Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code or Section 750 of the Insurance Code shall, upon conviction, have judgment and sentence imposed for only one violation for any act.
(d) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prohibit the payment or receipt of consideration or services that is lawful pursuant to Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code.
(e) Notwithstanding Sections 3215 and 3219, and Section 750 of the Insurance Code, nothing shall prevent an attorney at law or a law firm from providing any person or entity with legal advice, information, or legal services, including the providing of printed, copied, or written documents, either without charge or for an otherwise lawfully agreed upon attorney fee.
(f) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prohibit a workers’ compensation insurer from offering, and an employer from accepting, a workers’ compensation insurance policy with rates that reflect premium discounts based upon the employer securing coverage for occupational or nonoccupational illnesses or injuries from a health care service plan or disability insurer that is owned by, affiliated with, or has a contractual relationship with, the workers’ compensation insurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 886, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3218.

3218. A violation of Section 3215 is a public offense punishable upon a first conviction by incarceration in the county jail for not more than one year, or by incarceration in the state prison, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both incarceration and fine. A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by incarceration in state prison.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 116, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 2 - Employers, Employees, and Dependents › ARTICLE 1 - Employers › Section 3300.

3300. As used in this division, “employer” means:
(a) The State and every State agency.
(b) Each county, city, district, and all public and quasi public corporations and public agencies therein.
(c) Every person including any public service corporation, which has any natural person in service.
(d) The legal representative of any deceased employer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Labor Code - LAB › DIVISION 4 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE › PART 1 - SCOPE AND OPERATION › CHAPTER 2 - Employers, Employees, and Dependents › ARTICLE 1 - Employers › Section 3301.

3301. As used in this division, “employer” excludes the following:
(a) Any person while acting solely as the sponsor of a bowling team.
(b) Any private, nonprofit organization while acting solely as the sponsor of a person who, as a condition of sentencing by a superior or municipal court, is performing services for the organization.
The exclusions of this section do not exclude any person or organization from the application of this division which is otherwise an employer for the purposes of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 21, Sec. 7. Effective April 18, 1981.)