Chapter 23E

Section 1. There shall be a department of industrial accidents, hereinafter referred to as the department under the supervision and control of a director of industrial accidents, hereinafter in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, called the director. The govern…

Section 10. There shall be within the department an office of legal counsel under the direction of a general counsel who shall report to the commissioner. The office shall be responsible for the investigation, defense and claims handling for claims against the Workers' Compensati…

Section 11. For the purpose of investigating fraud and collecting data regarding workplace injuries, the department shall have the right to request and receive information from the department of revenue, the department of unemployment assistance, and the department of career serv…

Section 14. The commissioner shall establish four permanent regional offices, and shall appoint at least one management level employee as supervisor of each such office, and such other officers, clerks, and assistants as are necessary for the discharge of duties in connection wit…

Section 15. There is hereby established an advisory council on workers' compensation in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the advisory council to be appointed by the governor. The voting membership of said council shall be composed of five members repre…

Section 16. The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development. The staff of the advisory council shall be funded from monies collected for the spec…

Section 17. The advisory council shall monitor, recommend, give testimony, and report on all aspects of the workers' compensation system, except the adjudication of particular claims or complaints. Its powers include the issuance of reports, recommendations for legislation, polic…

Section 2. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce. He shall hav…

Section 3. (a) There shall be within the department a division of administration, under the supervision and control of a director of administration, and a division of dispute resolution, under the supervision and direction of a senior judge, each of whom shall be appointed by the…

Section 4. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the board, which shall consist of twenty-one members, who shall be administrative judges appointed for six year terms …

Section 5. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident reviewing board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the reviewing board which shall consist of six members, not more than three of whom shall be a member of one…

Section 6. The industrial accident board and the industrial accident reviewing board shall be under the supervision and administrative control of the senior judge. The senior judge shall direct and supervise the activities of all members of the board and the reviewing board. The …

Section 7. If the workload of the board so requires, the governor with the advice and consent of the council, may, upon request of the commissioner, recall any former member of the board to sit as a member in any conference or hearing conducted under the provisions of chapter one…

Section 8. The commissioner and the senior judge shall have authority to initiate proceedings for the removal of a board or reviewing board member when the commissioner and the senior judge are of the opinion that such member has been guilty of misconduct, material neglect of dut…

Section 9. There shall be an industrial accident nominating panel to consist of thirteen members. The panel shall include the governor's legal counsel, the secretary of labor and workforce development, the secretary of economic development, the director of the department and the …