Title 72 — WORKER’S COMPENSATION AND RELATED LAWS — INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
17 chapters · 421 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 72-501 Creation of commission — Appointment, term of office — Qualifications — Affiliations — Effect of accepting appointment — Vacancies — Removal of member for cause
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72-501. Creation of commission — Appointment, term of office — Qualifications — Affiliations — Effect of accepting appointment — Vacancies — Removal of member for cause. (1) A commission is hereby created to be known as the industrial commission consisting of three (3) members, t…
Idaho Code § 72-501A Rehabilitation division — Budget and expense — Composition and implementation
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72-501A. Rehabilitation division — Budget and expense — Composition and implementation. (1) In order to assist in reducing the period of temporary disability resulting from an injury and to aid in restoring the injured employee to gainful employment with the least possible perman…
Idaho Code § 72-502 References to industrial commission to include industrial accident board
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72-502. References to industrial commission to include industrial accident board. The references in the Idaho Constitution, Idaho Code and Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure to the "industrial accident board" and "board" shall be deemed to be references to the industrial commission.
Idaho Code § 72-503 Salary
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72-503. Salary. Commencing July 1, 2025, the annual salary of each member of the industrial commission shall be one hundred twenty-six thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($126,350). Industrial commissioner salaries shall be paid from sources set by the legislature. Each member …
Idaho Code § 72-504 Organization — Chairman — Secretary
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72-504. Organization — Chairman — Secretary. The members of the commission shall select one (1) of their members as chairman, and shall select a person qualified, in the judgment of the commission, by experience and training, as secretary, who need not be a member, each of whom s…
Idaho Code § 72-505 Quorum — Majority to act — Effect of vacancy
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72-505. Quorum — Majority to act — Effect of vacancy. (1) Quorum. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (2) Act of commission by majority. The act of a majority of the commission when in sessions as the commission shall be deemed …
Idaho Code § 72-506 Acts of commission or reference — Hearing officers
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72-506. Acts of commission or reference — Hearing officers. (1) Any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or hold may be undertaken or held by or before any member thereof or any hearing officer, referee or examiner appointed by the commiss…
Idaho Code § 72-507 Seal
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72-507. Seal. The commission shall have a seal of which the secretary shall be custodian, bearing the following inscription: "Industrial Commission, State of Idaho, seal." The seal shall be affixed to all writs, orders, awards, authentications of copies of records and to such oth…
Idaho Code § 72-508 Authority to adopt rules and regulations
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72-508. Authority to adopt rules and regulations. Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, the commission shall have authority to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for effecting the purposes of this act. Notwithstanding the provisions of…
Idaho Code § 72-509 Offices and supplies
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72-509. Offices and supplies. (1) The principal office of the commission shall be located in Ada county. (2) The commission may establish such branch offices, divisions, sections and advisory committees in such localities in this state as it deems necessary to administer this act…
Idaho Code § 72-510 Payment of expenses
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72-510. Payment of expenses. The commission shall make such expenditures as may be necessary for the adequate administration of this law, including salaries, other personal services, actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the members of the commiss…
Idaho Code § 72-511 Records and forms
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72-511. Records and forms. The commission shall cause to be printed such blank forms as it shall deem requisite to facilitate or promote the efficient administration of this law. It shall provide a book in which shall be entered the minutes of all its proceedings, a book of recor…
Idaho Code § 72-512 Reports
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72-512. Reports. The commission shall have the power and authority to publish and distribute at its discretion from time to time, in addition to its annual report, such further reports and bulletins covering its operation, proceedings and matters relative to its work as it may de…
Idaho Code § 72-513 Specified employees — Exempt from personnel system
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72-513. Specified employees — Exempt from personnel system. The secretary, medical officers, division or section officers, hearing officers, field counselors, examiners and referees, shall be exempt from the system of personnel administration prescribed by chapter 53, title 67, I…
Idaho Code § 72-514 Assistants
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72-514. Assistants. The commission shall have the power to employ during its pleasure such additional officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this law or to perform the duti…
Idaho Code § 72-515 Fees
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72-515. Fees. The commission shall have power and authority to fix, charge and collect fees, as follows: (1) For copies of papers and records not required to be certified or otherwise authenticated by the commission; (2) For certified copies of official documents and orders filed…
Idaho Code § 72-516 Reports
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72-516. Reports. (1) Biennially the commission shall make a report to the governor and through him to the state legislature on the operation of this law, including recommendations as to improvements in the law and administration thereof, and a statistical analysis of industrial i…
Idaho Code § 72-517 Cooperation with other agencies
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72-517. Cooperation with other agencies. The commission shall have the authority to enter into cooperative agreements with state and federal agencies to share information with those agencies and to cooperate with programs sponsored by all such agencies to facilitate the carrying …
Idaho Code § 72-518 Duties of attorney general — Representation in court
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72-518. Duties of attorney general — Representation in court. (1) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this law, or of any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto, the commission and the state shall be represented by the attorney general, or if an action is brought…
Idaho Code § 72-519 Creation of industrial administration fund — Purpose
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72-519. Creation of industrial administration fund — Purpose. A fund is hereby created to be known as the industrial administration fund for the purpose of providing funds for administering the worker’s compensation law by the industrial commission. This fund may also be used to …
Idaho Code § 72-520 Industrial commission administrator of fund
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72-520. Industrial commission administrator of fund. The industrial administration fund shall be administered by the commission without liability on the part of the state or the commission beyond the amount of the fund. The commission is authorized to credit or remit, refund or p…
Idaho Code § 72-521 State treasurer custodian of fund — Duties
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72-521. State treasurer custodian of fund — Duties. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the industrial administration fund. He shall give a separate and an additional bond in an amount and with sureties approved by the commissioner [director] of [the department of] insuranc…
Idaho Code § 72-522 Deposit and investment of fund — Interest
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72-522. Deposit and investment of fund — Interest. The state treasurer shall deposit or, on order of the commission, invest any portion of the industrial administration fund not needed for immediate or currently anticipated use, in the manner and subject to all the provisions of …
Idaho Code § 72-523 Source of fund — Premium tax
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72-523. Source of fund — Premium tax. The state insurance fund, every authorized self-insurer and every surety authorized under the Idaho insurance code or by the director of the department of insurance to transact worker’s compensation insurance in Idaho, in addition to all othe…
Idaho Code § 72-524 Sureties’ reports of tax basis
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72-524. Sureties’ reports of tax basis. Every surety, other than a self-insurer shall, under oath of the person or officers making the report, within thirty (30) days after February 1 and July 1 of each year, report to the commission the net amount of premium written on worker’s …
Idaho Code § 72-525 Civil action for collection of premium tax — Duties of attorney general
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72-525. Civil action for collection of premium tax — Duties of attorney general. If any surety required to make payment under the provisions of this law shall fail, for a period of ten (10) days after such payment is due as provided by section 72-523, [Idaho Code,] to pay into th…
Idaho Code § 72-526 Penalty for default — Collection by civil action — Duty of attorney general
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72-526. Penalty for default — Collection by civil action — Duty of attorney general. Any surety who is in default for ten (10) days in any payment required to be made under the provisions of this law shall be liable for a penalty for every ten (10) day period or any part thereof …
Idaho Code § 72-527 Civil penalty for surety’s misrepresentation — Duty of attorney general
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72-527. Civil penalty for surety’s misrepresentation — Duty of attorney general. Any surety who shall wilfully misrepresent the amount to be paid into the state treasury under the provisions of this law shall be liable to the state for an amount ten (10) times the difference betw…
Idaho Code § 72-528 Statistical information required
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72-528. Statistical information required. (1) In addition to all information that sureties, self-insurers, the state insurance fund, the industrial special indemnity fund and noninsured employers now supply to the industrial commission, they shall, upon request of the commission,…