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Article 5 WORKERS COMPENSATION

• 44-501. Employer obligation; burden of proof; defenses; exceptions; legislative intent; benefits reduced for certain retirement benefits.
• 44-501a
• 44-502. Reservation of penalties.
• 44-503. Subcontracting.
• 44-503a. Multiple employment; apportionment of liability.
• 44-503b
• 44-503c. Employment status of an owner-operator of a motor vehicle; definitions.
• 44-504. Remedy against negligent third party; employer and workers compensation fund subrogated, exclusion; credits against future payments; limitation of actions; attorney fees.
• 44-505. Application of act.
• 44-505a
• 44-505b. County as self-insurer; establishment of reserve fund; retransfers.
• 44-505c. Local political and taxing subdivision; payment of workmen's compensation coverage.
• 44-505d. Firemen's relief association members; procedure for exemption and for coverage under act after exemption therefrom.
• 44-505e. Schools, area vocational-technical schools and community colleges as self-insurer; establishment of reserve fund; retransfers.
• 44-505f. City as self-insurer; establishment of reserve fund; retransfers.
• 44-506. Application of act to certain businesses or employments, lands and premises.
• 44-507
• 44-508. Definitions.
• 44-508a
• 44-508b
• 44-509. Incapacitated workman or dependent; exercise of rights; limitation of actions.
• 44-510
• 44-510a. Reduction in compensation for prior compensable permanent injury; termination of reduction.
• 44-510b. Compensation where death results from injury; compensation upon remarriage; apportionment; burial expenses; limitations on compensation; annual statement by surviving spouse.
• 44-510c. Compensation for permanent total and temporary total disabilities.
• 44-510d. Compensation for certain permanent partial disabilities; schedule.
• 44-510e. Compensation for temporary or permanent partial general disabilities; extent of disability; functional impairment defined; termination upon death from other causes; limitations; other remedie
• 44-510f. Employer's maximum liability for disability compensation; credit for unearned wages.
• 44-510g. Vocational rehabilitation, agreement of employer or insurance carrier; vocational rehabilitation administrator and assistants; qualified service providers, referrals.
• 44-510h. Medical compensation; change of health care provider; examination by alternate health care provider; faith healing; preventative hepatitis treatment.
• 44-510i. Medical benefits; appointment of medical administrator; maximum medical fee schedule; advisory panel.
• 44-510j. Medical benefits; fee disputes; utilization and peer review.
• 44-510k. Post-award medical benefits; application; notice; attorney fees.
• 44-511. Average gross weekly wage computation; average yearly wage; state's average weekly wage.
• 44-512. Time and manner of compensation payments.
• 44-512a. Failure to pay compensation when due; civil penalty; imposition and collection; attorney fees; other remedies.
• 44-512b. Failure to pay compensation prior to award without just cause; interest, penalty.
• 44-513
• 44-513a. Minors entitled to compensation; payment.
• 44-513b. Same; act supplemental.
• 44-514. Payments not assignable; exception, orders for support.
• 44-515. Medical examinations; travel and living expenses; availability of reports; disqualification of certain medical evidence; consideration of health care providers' opinions.
• 44-516. Medical examination by neutral health care provider.
• 44-517
• 44-518. Refusal of medical examination; effect.
• 44-519. Certificate of health care provider as evidence.
• 44-520. Notice of injury.
• 44-520a. Claim for compensation; time limitation.
• 44-521. Agreements; approval.
• 44-522
• 44-523. Hearing procedure; time limitations on evidence and entry of award; prehearing settlement conference; closure of claims.
• 44-524
• 44-525. Form of findings and awards; effective date.
• 44-526. Filing agreements, awards, etc.
• 44-527. Final receipts.
• 44-528. Review and modification of awards; reinstatement; cancellation; effective date.
• 44-529. Judgment on agreement or awards.
• 44-530. Staying proceedings upon an award.
• 44-531. Redemption of liability; lump-sum payment of award; exception.
• 44-532. Subrogation of insurer or group-funded pool to rights and duties of employer; methods of securing payment of compensation; failure to secure; penalties; notice to director by insurers; change
• 44-532a. Liability of workers compensation fund for uninsured insolvent employers; cause of action against such employers.
• 44-532b
• 44-533
• 44-534. Proceedings; time limitations.
• 44-534a. Preliminary hearings; orders for medical treatment and temporary total disability benefits; review of preliminary findings and orders; reimbursement from workers compensation fund.
• 44-535. When the right to compensation accrues.
• 44-536. Attorney fees; limitations; lien; review of contracts and fees claimed; matters to consider upon review; powers and duties of director and administrative law judge.
• 44-536a. Signing of pleadings, motions and other papers; liability for frivolous filings.
• 44-537
• 44-538 to 44-541
• 44-542
• 44-542a. Election by individual employer, partner or self-employed person.
• 44-543. Election by certain employees.
• 44-544
• 44-545. Defenses available in certain cases.
• 44-546
• 44-547
• 44-548
• 44-549. Hearings, venue; final award of administrative law judge; hearing powers of director and board.
• 44-550. Records of proceedings, documents; custody and preservation.
• 44-550a
• 44-550b. Records open to public inspection, exceptions.
• 44-551. Assistant directors, administrative law judges and special local administrative law judges; application, qualifications, appointment, term; nominating and review committee; judges' powers
• 44-552. Record of hearing; certified shorthand reporter; transcript; costs.
• 44-553. Witness fees.
• 44-554. Depositions.
• 44-555. Reporter's fees, assessment.
• 44-555a
• 44-555b
• 44-555c. Workers compensation board; jurisdiction; composition and appointment; term of office; qualifications, salary and expenses; nominating committee; panels; final orders, content and issuance.
• 44-556. Judicial review of actions of the board; procedure; payment of compensation pending administrative and judicial review; application of 1993 amendments; reimbursement or credit for amounts paid
• 44-556a. Transfer of appeals due to constitutional defect.
• 44-557. Employer's duty to report accidents; limitation of actions; civil penalty for failure to report; recovery of penalties.
• 44-557a. Compilation and publication of statistics; database of information; submission of data; contracts for actuarial or statistical services.
• 44-558
• 44-559. Insurance against liability; form and contents of policy.
• 44-559a. Workers compensation insurance; deductibles option; occurrence deductible defined; payment of deductible amount by insurer, reimbursement; premium credits; Kansas workers compensation insuran
• 44-560
• 44-561. Reserves.
• 44-562. Reports to insurance commissioner; inspection.
• 44-563. Violation of act.
• 44-564
• 44-565. Invalidity of part.
• 44-566. Workers compensation fund to facilitate employment of handicapped workers; definitions.
• 44-566a. Workers compensation fund; annual assessment; administration; actions against fund, parties, settlement; liabilities of fund; annual report; actuarial review.
• 44-566b
• 44-567. Same; employment or retention of handicapped workers; relief from or apportionment of liability for subsequent injuries; knowledge of impairment; presumptions; commissioner of insurance to be
• 44-567a
• 44-568
• 44-569. Same; awards for subsequent injuries to handicapped workers; apportionment of amounts due; duties of commissioner of insurance; employer's liability when fund insufficient, reimbursement.
• 44-569a. Same; employer or insurance carrier reimbursed from fund, when.
• 44-570. Same; employer's liability for no-dependent deaths; awards to fund; duties of commissioner of insurance; refund.
• 44-571
• 44-572. Same; review; modification or cancellation of awards.
• 44-573. Rules and regulations; filing.
• 44-574. Construing and citing workers compensation laws; severability.
• 44-575. State workers compensation self-insurance fund; state agencies self-insured as single employer; administration; state workplace health and safety program.
• 44-576. State workers compensation self-insurance fund; self-insurance assessment against state agencies; rate.
• 44-577. Same; claims for compensation by state employees; service of claims; defense of fund; regional emergency medical response team.
• 44-578. Same; administrative rules and regulations.
• 44-579. Same; copies of accident reports to secretary of administration.
• 44-580. Same; construction of 44-575 to 44-580.
• 44-581. Group-funded workers compensation pools; requirements.
• 44-582. Same; certificate of authority; application; commissioner's review of surplus funds.
• 44-583. Same; irrevocable consent; service of process on commissioner of insurance.
• 44-584. Same; certificate of authority, renewal, suspension, revocation; examinations.
• 44-585. Same; premiums; contributions; deposit of premiums; refunds.
• 44-586. Same; premiums; use; investments.
• 44-587. Same; group-funded workers' compensation pools fee fund; expense of administration; assessments.
• 44-588. Same; premium tax; payment.
• 44-589. Same; assessments; subject to article 24 of chapter 40 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
• 44-590. Same; new members; application; termination.
• 44-591. Same; board of trustees; duties.
• 44-592. Same; licensing of persons soliciting workers compensation insurance.
• 44-593. Reorganization of pool agreement under 12-2216 et seq.
• 44-594. Same; confidentiality of certain financial information.
• 44-595. Reserved.
• 44-596. Workers compensation advisory council; composition and appointment; duties and functions; annual organization; vote required to adopt recommendations; closed meeting of employer or employee re
• 44-597 to 44-5,100. Reserved.
• 44-5,101. Informational and educational materials; contents; language; distribution to insured and self-insured.
• 44-5,102. Same; distribution upon notice of injury; preparation and dissemination.
• 44-5,103. Same; cooperation by and duties of self-insurers and insurance companies and other benefit delivery entities; continuing education activities.
• 44-5,104. Accident prevention programs; requirements and reports; inspections; duties of secretary of labor; failure to maintain, penalties.
• 44-5,105 to 44-5,109. Reserved.
• 44-5,110. Ombudsman program; qualifications and appointment of ombudsmen; special ombudsmen, contracts; dissemination of program information.
• 44-5,111 to 44-5,116
• 44-5,117. Mediation conferences.
• 44-5,118, 44-5,119. Reserved.
• 44-5,120. Fraudulent or abusive acts or practices; defined; powers, duties and functions of director of workers compensation and commissioner of insurance; application of section; administrative inves
• 44-5,121. Same; cause of action to recover economic losses.
• 44-5,122. Same; acts or practices constituting crimes, procedure; reporting alleged violations; review and investigation.
• 44-5,123. Same; immunity from civil liability for reporting information in good faith.
• 44-5,124. Assistant attorney general; appointment within division of workers compensation; duties.
• 44-5,125. Workers compensation fraud and other acts or practices constituting crimes; penalties; repayment of certain amounts, interest; cause of action, certain monetary damages.