34A-3-104 - Employer liability for compensation.
34A-3-104. Employer liability for compensation.
(1) Every employer is liable for the payment of disability and medical benefits to everyemployee who becomes disabled, or death benefits to the dependents of any employee who dies,by reason of an occupational disease under the terms of this chapter.
(2) Compensation shall not be paid when the last day of injurious exposure of theemployee to the hazards of the occupational disease occurred prior to 1941.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 375, 1997 General Session