N.J. Stat. tit. 34, ch. 15
N.J. Stat. tit. 34, ch. 15
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section15-1. Employees' right to recover for negligent injury; willful negligence as defense; jury questionsection15-2. Defenses abolishedsection15-3. Contract not to bar liabilitysection15-4. Death of employeesection15-5. Burden of proofsection15-6. Liens for legal servicessection15-7. Compensation by agreement; defenses; burden of proofsection15-7.1. Horseplay or skylarking on part of fellow employeessection15-7.2. Claim based on cardiovascular or cerebral vascular causes; preponderance of credible evidence of proof of cause by work effortsection15-7.3. Worker's compensation for injury, death occurring while responding to law enforcement, public safety, medical emergency.section15-8. Election surrender of other remediessection15-9. Presumption as to acceptance of elective compensation provisionssection15-10. Employment of minorssection15-11. Termination of contractsection15-12. Schedule of payments.section15-12.1. Employees receiving subsistence payments from Veterans Administration; special benefitssection15-12.2. Fund from which special benefit payablesection15-12.3. Amount of special benefitsection15-12.4. Application for special benefits; paymentsection15-12.5. Retroactive effectsection15-12.6. Period for making applicationsection15-12.7. Damage to prosthetic devices, hearing aids, artificial members; dental appliances or eyeglasses; liabilitysection15-13. Death benefits, burial expenses; computation and distribution.section15-14. Waiting period.section15-15. Medical and hospital service.section15-15.1. Reimbursement of insurance company or others paying medical, surgical or hospital expensessection15-15.2. Hospital service; care required; expensessection15-15.3. Motion by worker for emergent medical treatment.section15-15.4. Designation of contact person by carrier, self-insured employer.section15-16. Compensation to run consecutively; payment for compensation, medical treatment, etc., after termination of liabilitysection15-17. Notification of employersection15-18. Service of notice; form; sufficiencysection15-19. Examination of employee as to physical condition; X-rayssection15-20. Dispute; submission to division; order approving settlementsection15-21. Payments in case of death; to whom made; bondsection15-22. Dispute; procedure; agreement no bar to determination on meritssection15-23. Refusal of medical and surgical treatment by employeesection15-24. Payment of whole award in trustsection15-25. Commutation of awardsection15-26. Counsel feessection15-27. Modification of agreement.section15-28. Interest on payments withheld.section15-28.1. Delay or refusal in payment of temporary disability compensation; penaltysection15-28.2. Powers of judges of compensation.section15-28.3. Fines, penalties, assessments, costs not included in expense base of insurer.section15-28.4. Rules, regulations.section15-29. Compensation preferential lien; claim not assignable; set offssection15-30. Occupational disease; compensation for death or injury; exceptionsection15-31. "Compensable occupational disease" definedsection15-31.2. Short title.section15-31.3. Findings, declarations relative to workers' compensation for certain public safety workers.section15-31.4. Definitions relative to workers' compensation for certain public safety workers.section15-31.5. Requirements for public safety worker to receive compensation.section15-31.6. Injury, illness, death resulting from administration of vaccine eligible for compensation.section15-31.7. Injury, illness, death caused by certain substances eligible for compensation.section15-31.8. Injury, illness, death of firefighter caused by cancer eligible for compensation.section15-31.9. Intent, construction of act.section15-31.10. Report to Legislature.section15-31.11. Definitions relative to essential employees contracting COVID-19.section15-31.12. Rebuttable presumption that contraction of the disease is work-related and compensable.section15-31.13. Payment of compensation not considered factor in certain calculations.section15-31.14. Construction of act.section15-31.15. Definitions.section15-31.16. Employer of first responders, 12 hours of paid confidential counseling.section15-31.17. Interactions between law enforcement officer and resiliency program officer, confidential.section15-32. Occupational disease; determining disability and amount of compensationsection15-33.2. Effective datesection15-33.3. Application to uninsured employer's fund for certain claims for exposure to asbestos.section15-34. Time for claiming compensation for occupational diseasesection15-35. Provisions applicable to occupational diseases; claim for accident excludedsection15-35.10. Occupational hearing losssection15-35.11. Definitionssection15-35.12. Degree of hearing loss; determination of degreesection15-35.13. Liability for hearing loss; previous hearing loss; audiometric testingsection15-35.14. Administration of testing; fraudsection15-35.15. Frequencies; evaluation of hearing losssection15-35.16. Hearing tests; instruments; test conditionssection15-35.17. Audiometric technician to perform hearing test; audiologic evaluationsection15-35.18. Compensation amountsection15-35.19. Filing claims; time limitationssection15-35.20. Time for filing claims; date of disabilitysection15-35.21. Award; use of hearing aidssection15-35.22. Failure to use protective devices, compensation for hearing losssection15-36. Definitions.section15-37. Wages; computation.section15-37.1. Payment of full compensation to certain injured officers.section15-37.2. Payment of full compensation to certain injured parole officers.section15-37.3. Certain injured officers to receive full compensation.section15-37.4. Certain injured civilian employees to receive full compensation.section15-37.5. Certain injured probation officers to receive full compensation.section15-37.6. "Serious bodily injury" defined.section15-38. Method of calculating compensation for temporary disabilitysection15-39. Agreements and releases invalidsection15-39.1. Unlawful discharge of, or discrimination against, employee claiming compensation benefits; penaltysection15-39.2. Additional penalty; summary recoverysection15-39.3. Liability of employer for penaltysection15-40. Liability of third party.section15-41. Claims barred after two yearssection15-41.1. Claimant in country at war with United States or with which postal communications are suspended; limitationssection15-42. Constitutionality and constructionsection15-43. Compensation for injury in line of duty.section15-43.2. Volunteer fire department members; respiratory diseases; presumption of occupational diseasesection15-43.3. Time of development or first manifestation of respiratory diseasesection15-43.4. Maximum benefits for volunteerssection15-44. Names of public employees carried on pay rollsection15-45. Guardian's powerssection15-46. Parent to act as guardiansection15-48. Representative appointed for compensation beneficiarysection15-49. Jurisdiction of division; salaries, qualifications, tenure of judges, etc.section15-49.1. Referees designated judges of compensationsection15-49.2. Inapplicability of mandatory retirement for worker's compensation judges, certain.section15-49.3. Certain worker's compensation judges permitted to work beyond age 70.section15-50. Approval and filing of agreementsection15-51. Filing of petition; two year limitsection15-52. Copy of petition forwarded to employersection15-53. Time, place and notice of hearing; adjournmentsection15-54. Dismissal of petition; notice; reinstatementsection15-54.1. Referee's powers as to dismissal of petitions for want of prosecution and reinstatement; discontinuancessection15-55. Service of paperssection15-55.1. Secretary of workmen's compensation bureau as agent for service of process on nonresidents; method and effect of service; continuancessection15-56. Rules of evidencesection15-57. Summary hearing; power to modify and commute award, determination and rule for judgment or order approving settlementsection15-57a. Notice of unemployment compensation, conditionssection15-57.1. Reimbursement of benefits paid under Temporary Disability Benefits Lawsection15-57.2. Inquiry as to other payments received before paying compensation; proof of amounts paidsection15-57.3. Effective datesection15-57.4. Workers' compensation fraud, crime of fourth degree; civil liability.section15-58. Judgment and settlement filed, receipts, bar of judgmentsection15-59. Docket; recordssection15-60. Subpoenas, fees, contemptsection15-61. Administering oaths; perjurysection15-62. Public hearingssection15-63. No filing feessection15-64. Rules, regulations, fees for witnesses, attorneys.section15-65. Deposition of absent witnesssection15-66. Appeal; costssection15-66.1. Judgment docketed; execution; supplementary proceedingssection15-68. Physical examination of employeesection15-69. Copy of judgment to be filed with directorsection15-69.1. Discontinuance or sale of business; discharge of employer from further liability; assumption of obligations by third partysection15-69.2. Order; filing; effectsection15-69.3. Applicability of provisions of Title to third party assuming obligationssection15-70. Short titlesection15-71. Employer's obligation to injured employeesection15-72. Employers not electing benefits of compensation law required to insuresection15-73. Proof of compliancesection15-74. Compensation insurance provided for certain volunteers by municipality or countysection15-74.1. Compensation insurance by volunteer fire company for volunteer firemen and volunteer first aid or rescue squad workerssection15-74.2. Compensation insurance by board of education for members of boardsection15-75. Compensation for injury, death for certain volunteers.section15-76. Payments to certain volunteerssection15-77. Employer carrying own insurancesection15-77.1. Hospitals; group self-insurance; conditionssection15-77.2. Liability for compensation prescribed by Title 34; bankruptcy of participating employersection15-77.3. Addition or termination of participating employers; noticesection15-77.4. Termination of plan; surety bond; insurance policysection15-77.5. Financial statement; description of service organizationssection15-77.6. Annual examinationsection15-77.7. Denial of application or revocation of consentsection15-77.8. Rules and regulationssection15-78. Insurance in stock or mutual company; notice filed by company; domestic help exceptedsection15-79. Penalties for failure to carry insurance.section15-79.1. Proof of workers' compensation coverage required with certain annual reports of employers.section15-80. Notices of insurance postedsection15-81. Cancellation of contract; noticesection15-82. Liability for injuries or deathsection15-83. Insurance contract for benefit of employees and dependentssection15-84. Enforcement of provisionssection15-85. Knowledge of injury; jurisdictionsection15-86. Insurance carrier directly liablesection15-87. Limitations and restrictions on liabilitysection15-88. Classification of risks, rates, schedules and rules; approval by insurance commissionersection15-89.1. Notification to mutual associations, stock companies of requirements of employer ID numbers.section15-90.1. Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau continued; directors, appointment, terms.section15-90.2. Authority of Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau.section15-90.3. Effective date.section15-91. Actuary and additional assistants in insurance departmentsection15-92. Domestic help exceptedsection15-92.1. Other exceptionssection15-93. Expense of enforcement; payments by insurerssection15-94. Annual surcharge for Second Injury Fund.section15-95. Second Injury Fundsection15-95.1. Application for benefits; decision; review; Commissioner of Labor as partysection15-95.2. Vested rightssection15-95.3. Application of chapter; exemption of mutual agricultural insurance companiessection15-95.4. Special adjustment benefit paymentsection15-95.5. Reduction of disability benefits for persons under age sixty-two; exceptionsection15-95.6. Entitlement to receive weekly supplemental benefits from Second Injury Fund, certain circumstances.section15-95.7. Determination of aggregate annual surcharge.section15-95.8. Worker's compensation benefits for certain surviving dependents of employees deemed essential during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.section15-96. First report of accident.section15-98. Final report of accident.section15-99. Report not public.section15-100. Medical reportssection15-101. Penalty for noncompliancesection15-102. Rules and regulations; agreements filedsection15-103. Short titlesection15-104. Definitions.section15-105. Workers' compensation security fund.section15-105.1. Workers' compensation security fund transferred.section15-106. Annual returns by carriers; "net written premiums" defined.section15-107. Contributions to the fund.section15-108. Contributions, when ceased; resumption of contributions.section15-111. Payment of claims; application; recovery.section15-117. Insolvency of carrier; notice to Division of Workers' Compensation; report of conditions.section15-120.1. Uninsured employer's fundsection15-120.2. Benefit paymentssection15-120.3. Default by uninsured employer; judgment.section15-120.4. Application for compensationsection15-120.5. Subrogation; right of fund against employersection15-120.6. Annual accountingsection15-120.7. Rules, regulationssection15-120.8. Limitation on liabilitysection15-120.9. Action against employersection15-120.10. Administrative expenses; $10,000 limitsection15-120.11. Duties of Division of Workers' Compensationsection15-120.12. Notification of change in incomesection15-120.13. Exhaustion of remediessection15-120.14. Other obligations unaffectedsection15-120.15. Definitionssection15-120.16. "New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association"section15-120.17. Board of directorssection15-120.18. Association obligated for payment of compensation; powers; assessmentssection15-120.19. Insolvency Fundsection15-120.20. Plan of operationsection15-120.21. Written notice of bankruptcy proceedings, determination of insolvencysection15-120.22. Powers of departmentsection15-120.23. Assignment of rights to associationsection15-120.24. Detection, prevention of employer insolvenciessection15-120.25. Examination, regulation of associationsection15-120.26. Immunity from liabilitysection15-120.27. Stay of proceedingssection15-120.28. Deadline for filing claimssection15-120.29. Additional obligations of associationsection15-120.30. Construction of actsection15-121. Workers' compensation formal cases; records, destructionsection15-122. Records of workmen's compensation of kind specified in article sixsection15-123. Agreements for payment of workmen's compensationsection15-124. Records and papers not part of record of workmen's compensation formal casessection15-125. Records on microfilm or other media, destructionsection15-126. Force, effect of microfilm or other mediasection15-127. Liability for destruction of recordssection15-128. Limited right to inspect, copy records.section15-128.1. Short title.section15-128.2. Definitions relative to "Workers' Compensation Medical Information Confidentiality Act."section15-128.3. Disclosure of medical information.section15-128.4. Withholding information unlawful; certain circumstances.section15-128.5. Violations, fine, penalty.section15-129. Short titlesection15-130. Findings, declarations.section15-131. Definitions relative to the New Jersey Horse Racing Injury Compensation Board.section15-132. "New Jersey Horse Racing Injury Compensation Board" establishedsection15-133. Powers of boardsection15-134. Insurance coverage; assessments.section15-134.1. Trainer to carry compensation insurance for employees, eligibility for coverage.section15-135. Employee, employer relationship under the act.section15-136. Computing wagessection15-136.1. Documentation, maintenance of complete and accurate records of wages paid.section15-137. Act as supplemental to other arrangementssection15-138. Plan of operationsection15-139. Commission examination, financial reportsection15-140. Tax exemptionsection15-141. Liability limitedsection15-142. Applicability of R.S.34:15-1 et seq.section15-143. Definitions relative to electronic medical bills for workers' compensation claims.section15-144. Rules, regulations.section15-145. Jurisdiction vested in division.section15-146. Inapplicability of act.section15-147. Offering of hiring preference to employee unable to return to previous position due to returning from a work-related injury.
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