Title 72, WORKER’S COMPENSATION AND RELATED LAWS — INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

72-704. SUFFICIENCY OF NOTICE -- KNOWLEDGE OF EMPLOYER. A notice given under the provisions of section 72-701 or section 72-448, Idaho Code, shall not be held invalid or insufficient by reason of any inaccuracy in stating the time, place, nature or cause of the injury, or disease…

72-705. LIMITATION OF TIME -- MINORS AND INCOMPETENTS. No limitation of time provided in this law shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent so long as he has no committee, guardian or next friend.

72-706. LIMITATION ON TIME ON APPLICATION FOR HEARING. (1) When no compensation paid. When a claim for compensation has been made and no compensation has been paid thereon, the claimant, unless misled to his prejudice by the employer or surety, shall have one (1) year from the da…

72-707. COMMISSION HAS JURISDICTION OF DISPUTES. All questions arising under this law, if not settled by agreement or stipulation of the interested parties with the approval of the commission, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be determined by the commission.

72-708. PROCESS AND PROCEDURE. Process and procedure under this law shall be as summary and simple as reasonably may be and as far as possible in accordance with the rules of equity.

72-709. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES -- PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS -- DEPOSITION -- WITNESS FEES. (1) The commission or any member thereof or any hearing officer, examiner or referee appointed by the commission shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony,…

72-710. TRANSCRIPTS OF PROCEEDINGS. A stenographic or machine transcription of any proceeding or of testimony adduced at any hearing, shall be taken by the commission.

72-711. COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS. If the employer and the afflicted employee reach an agreement in regard to compensation under this law, a memorandum of the agreement shall be filed with the commission, and, if approved by it, thereupon the memorandum shall for all purposes be an…

72-712. HEARINGS. Upon application of any party to the proceeding, or when ordered by the commission or a member thereof or a hearing officer, referee or examiner, and when issues in a case cannot be resolved by pre-hearing conferences or otherwise, a hearing shall be held for th…

72-713. NOTICE OF HEARINGS -- SERVICE. (1) The commission shall give at least ten (10) days' written notice of the time and place of hearing and of the issues to be heard. (2) Parties represented by an attorney shall receive notice by email. (3) Unrepresented parties shall receiv…

72-714. HEARINGS, WHERE AND HOW CONDUCTED. (1) The hearing may be held in the city or town or within the county where the injury or disease occurred, or in such other place as the commission deems most convenient for the parties and most appropriate for ascertaining their rights.…

72-715. DISOBEDIENCE TO COMMISSION'S DIRECTIVE PROCESS. If any person in proceedings before the commission or a member thereof, or hearing officer, referee or examiner, disobeys or resists any lawful order or process, or misbehaves during a hearing or so near the place thereof as…

72-716. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS -- SERVICE OF ORDER OR AWARD. A decision of the commission together with the transcript of the evidence, findings of fact, rulings of law, award or order, and any other matter pertinent to the questions arising during the hearing shall be filed in th…

72-717. EFFECT OF DECISION BY ONE MEMBER OR ASSIGNED OFFICER -- CLAIM FOR REVIEW. If the matter has been assigned for hearing by a member, hearing officer, referee, or examiner, the record of such hearing, together with the recommended findings and determination, shall be submitt…

72-718. FINALITY OF COMMISSION'S DECISION. A decision of the commission, in the absence of fraud, shall be final and conclusive as to all matters adjudicated by the commission upon filing the decision in the office of the commission; provided, within twenty (20) days from the dat…

72-719. MODIFICATION OF AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS -- GROUNDS -- TIME WITHIN WHICH MADE. (1) On application made by a party in interest filed with the commission at any time within five (5) years of the date of the accident causing the injury or date of first manifestation of an occup…

72-724. APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT. An appeal may be made to the supreme court by such parties from such decisions and orders of the commission and within such times and in such manner as prescribed by rule of the supreme court.

72-725. RECORD ON APPEAL. The agency's record and reporter's transcript in an appeal to the supreme court shall contain such portions and documents of the proceedings of the commission, and be prepared, processed and transmitted to the supreme court as provided by rule of the sup…

72-731. STAY ON APPEAL. An appeal to the supreme court shall automatically operate as a supersedeas or stay of the award, order or decision being disputed on the appeal unless the commission shall otherwise order.

72-732. DISPOSITION OF APPEAL -- JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT. Upon hearing the court may affirm or set aside such order or award, or may set it aside only upon any of the following grounds: (1) The commission's findings of fact are not based on any substantial competent evidenc…

72-733. LIMITED JURISDICTION OF COURTS. Except as herein provided, no court of this state shall have jurisdiction to review, vacate, set aside, reverse, revise, correct, amend or annul any order or award of the commission, or to suspend or delay the execution or operation thereof…

72-734. INTEREST ON COMPENSATION AWARDS. Whenever a decision shall have been entered by the commission awarding compensation of any kind to a claimant, such award shall accrue and the employer shall become liable for, and shall pay, interest thereon from the date of such decision…

72-735. ENFORCEMENT OF AWARD -- FILING IN DISTRICT COURT -- DUTY OF COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT. (1) In the event of default in payment of compensation due under an award and on or after the 30th day from the date upon which compensation became due, any party in interest may file in …

72-736. DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT NONAPPEALABLE -- A LIEN UPON EXECUTION. The decree or judgment from the district court entered pursuant to section 72-735, shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same as though said decree or jud…

72-737. REVISION OF DISTRICT COURT'S JUDGMENT UPON MODIFICATION OF AWARD BY COMMISSION. The district court, upon the filing with it of a certified copy of a decision of the commission ending, diminishing or increasing compensation previously awarded, shall revoke or modify its pr…

72-801. FALSE REPRESENTATION A MISDEMEANOR -- FORFEITURE OF COMPENSATION. If, for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this law, either for himself or for any other person, any one wilfully makes a false statement or representation, he shall be …

72-802. COMPENSATION NOT ASSIGNABLE -- EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION. No claims for compensation under this law, including compensation payable to a resident of this state under the worker's compensation laws of any other state, shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims theref…

72-803. CLAIMS OF ATTORNEYS AND PHYSICIANS AND FOR MEDICAL AND RELATED SERVICES -- APPROVAL. Claims of attorneys and claims for medical services and for medicine and related benefits shall be subject to approval by the commission; provided however, that fees for physician service…

72-804. ATTORNEY'S FEES -- PUNITIVE COSTS IN CERTAIN CASES. If the commission or any court before whom any proceedings are brought under this law determines that the employer or his surety contested a claim for compensation made by an injured employee or dependent of a deceased e…

72-805. LAW NOT RETROACTIVE. The provisions of this law shall not apply to injuries received and occupational diseases manifested or to the compensation payable therefor prior to the taking effect of this law, except as in this law otherwise provided.

72-806. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF STATUS. A workman shall receive written notice within fifteen (15) days of any change of status or condition including, but not limited to, the denial, reduction or cessation of medical and/or monetary compensation benefits, which directly or indirectl…

72-901. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF STATE INSURANCE FUND -- CREATION OF STATE INSURANCE FUND. (1) There is hereby created as an independent body corporate politic a fund, to be known as the state insurance fund, for the purpose of insuring employers against liability for compensation u…

72-902. STATE INSURANCE MANAGER -- POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE INSURANCE MANAGER. The board of directors of the state insurance fund shall appoint a manager of the state insurance fund, whose duties, subject to the direction and supervision of the board, shall be to conduct the bu…

72-904. POWER TO SUE AND BE SUED. The state insurance fund may, in its official name, sue and be sued in all the courts of the state, and before the industrial commission in all actions or proceedings arising out of anything done or offered in connection with the state insurance …

72-906. EMPLOYMENT OF ASSISTANTS. The manager may employ such assistants, experts, statisticians, actuaries, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and to perform the duties imposed upon him by this chapter. T…

72-907. PERSONAL LIABILITY. The manager shall not, nor shall any person employed by him, be personally liable in his private capacity for or on account of any act performed or contract entered into in an official capacity in good faith and without intent to defraud, in connection…

72-908. SALARIES, EXPENSES AND PAYMENT OF SAME. The salary of the manager of the state insurance fund, and the salary or compensation of employees in said fund, and all expenses incurred by said fund shall be audited and paid out of the moneys belonging to said fund.

72-910. STATE TREASURER CUSTODIAN OF FUND. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the state insurance fund, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by him upon warrants signed by the state controller, or upon sight drafts signed by the state insurance manager as prov…

72-912. INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS OR RESERVE. The endowment fund investment board shall at the direction of the manager invest any of the surplus or reserve funds belonging to the state insurance fund in real estate and the same securities and investments authorized for investments b…

72-912A. APPOINTMENT OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS. The manager of the state insurance fund may direct the endowment fund investment board to select and contract with a minimum of one (1) investment manager to manage the investment of the state insurance funds. The designated investment…

72-926. DISCLOSURES PROHIBITED. Information acquired by the manager from employers or employees pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code, and any officer or employee of the manager or of the state insurance fund who, wit…

72-927. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND REFUNDS. The state insurance manager shall submit each month to the state board of examiners an estimate of the amount necessary to meet the current disbursements for workmen's compensation insurance losses and premium refunds to policyholders …

72-928. INSURANCE BY PUBLIC CORPORATIONS -- PROVISION FOR IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD. (a) A public corporation may insure against its liability for compensation with the state insurance fund and not with any other insurance carrier, unless such fund shall refuse to accept the risk when…

72-929. MARITIME RISK COVERAGE. Notwithstanding any Idaho Code provision to the contrary, the state insurance fund may participate in any pooling arrangement that is under the direction and control of the national council on compensation insurance that will provide insurance for …

72-1001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as "The Crime Victims Compensation Act."

72-1002. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT. The legislature hereby finds, determines and declares that victims of violent crime are often reduced to bereft and destitute circumstances as a result of the criminal acts perpetrated against them, that the financial or economic resources…