Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

176.186 RECORDS FROM OTHER STATE AGENCIES. Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary except chapter 270B, the commissioner may obtain from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, and Office of the Secretary of State, or any other state agency, upon reques…

176.191 DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE EMPLOYERS OR INSURERS REGARDING LIABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Order; employer, insurer, or special compensation fund payment. Where compensation benefits are payable under this chapter, and a dispute exists between two or more employers or two or …

176.192 BOMB DISPOSAL UNIT EMPLOYEES. For purposes of this chapter, a member of a bomb disposal unit approved by the commissioner of public safety and employed by a municipality defined in section 466.01, is considered an employee of the Department of Public Safety solely for the…

176.194 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Application. This section applies to insurers, self-insurers, group self-insurers, political subdivisions of the state, and the administrator of state employees' claims. This section also applies to adjusters and third-party administr…

176.195 REVOCATION OF INSURER'S LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Grounds. Where an insurer, or an agent of an insurer, has been guilty of fraud, misrepresentation, or culpable, persistent, and unreasonable delay in making payments or settlements under this chapter, the commissioner of co…

176.201 DISCRIMINATORY RATES. § Subdivision 1.Physically disabled persons. An insurer, or an agent or employee of an insurer, shall not make or charge a rate which discriminates against the employment of a person who is physically disabled through the loss or loss of use of a mem…

176.205 PERSON DEEMED EMPLOYER. § Subdivision 1.Fraudulent device to evade responsibility to worker. Subject to subdivision 2, a person who creates or executes any fraudulent scheme, artifice, or device to enable the person to execute work without being responsible to the worker …

176.211 ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THIRD PERSONS. Except as provided by this chapter the employer need not pay compensation for injuries due to the acts or omissions of third persons who are at the time neither in the service of the employer nor engaged in the work in which the injury …

176.215 SUBCONTRACTOR'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER. § Subdivision 1.Liability for payment of compensation. Where a subcontractor fails to comply with this chapter, the general contractor, or intermediate contractor, or subcontractor is liable for payment of all compensation d…

176.221 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND TREATMENT CHARGES, COMMENCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Commencement of payment. Within 14 days of notice to or knowledge by the employer of an injury compensable under this chapter the payment of temporary total compensation shall commence. Within 14…

176.222 REPORT ON COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF FINES AND PENALTIES. The commissioner shall annually, by January 30, submit a report to the legislature detailing the assessment and collection of fines and penalties under this chapter on a fiscal year basis for the immediately prec…

176.225 ADDITIONAL AWARD AS PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Grounds. Upon reasonable notice and hearing or opportunity to be heard, the commissioner, a compensation judge, or upon appeal, the court of appeals or the supreme court shall award compensation, in addition to the total amount…

176.231 REPORT OF DEATH OR INJURY TO COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY. § Subdivision 1.Time limitation. (a) Where death or serious injury occurs to an employee during the course of employment, the employer shall report the injury or death to the commissioner and i…

176.234 RELEASE OF DATA FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall, upon request, provide the commissioner of health data classified as private data under section 13.02, subdivision 12, which are contained in the initial report of inju…

176.235 NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS AND INJURED EMPLOYEE OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Employee brochure. When the commissioner of labor and industry has received notice or information that an employee has sustained an injury which may be compensable under this chapter, the commi…

176.238 NOTICE OF DISCONTINUANCE OF COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Necessity for notice and showing; contents. Except as provided in section 176.221, subdivision 1, once the employer or insurer has commenced payment of benefits, the employer may not discontinue payment of compensa…

176.239 ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION CONCERNING DISCONTINUANCE OF COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide a procedure for parties to obtain an expedited interim administrative decision in disputes over discontinuance of temporary total, tempora…

176.245 RECEIPTS FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION, FILING. An employer shall promptly file with the division receipts for payment of compensation as may be required by the rules of the division. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall periodically check its reco…

176.251 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall actually supervise and require prompt and full compliance with all provisions of this chapter relating to the payment of compensation. History: 1953 …

176.253 INSURER, EMPLOYER, AND THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR; PERFORMANCE OF ACTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Department" has the meaning in section 176.011, subdivision 8b. (c) "Employer" …

176.261 EMPLOYEE OF COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY MAY ACT FOR AND ADVISE A PARTY TO A PROCEEDING. When requested by an employer or an employee or an employee's dependent, the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry may designate one or more of the …

176.2611 COORDINATION OF THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS' CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION IMAGING SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the definitions in this subdivision apply unless otherwise specified. (b) "Commissio…

176.2612 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORM USER SYSTEM (CAMPUS). § Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) The commissioner shall maintain the workers' compensation Claims Access and Management Platform User System (CAMPUS) as defined in section 176.011, subdivi…

176.271 INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Written petition. Unless otherwise provided by this chapter or by the commissioner, all proceedings under this chapter are initiated by the filing of a written petition on a prescribed form with the department or office. All clai…

176.275 FILING OF PAPERS; PROOF OF SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Filing. If a document is required to be filed by this chapter or any rules adopted pursuant to authority granted by this chapter, the filing shall be completed upon acceptance of the document by the agency. Any document …

176.281 ORDERS, DECISIONS, AND AWARDS; FILING; SERVICE. (a) When the commissioner or compensation judge or Office of Administrative Hearings or the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals has issued correspondence, a notice, order, decision, award, or other disposition or outcome …

176.285 SERVICE OF PAPERS AND NOTICES; ELECTRONIC FILING. § Subdivision 1.Service by mail. Service of documents shall be by first class United States mail or personal service, except where electronic service is authorized or required under this section and section 176.275. An emp…

176.291 DISPUTES; PETITIONS; PROCEDURE. (a) Where there is a dispute as to a question of law or fact in connection with a claim for compensation, a party may serve on all other parties and file a petition with the office stating the matter in dispute. The petition shall be on a f…

176.295 NONRESIDENT EMPLOYERS; FOREIGN CORPORATION. § Subdivision 1.Affidavit of inability to effectuate service. Where a petitioner, an employee, or an employee's dependent cannot serve a petition for compensation or other notice on an employer because the employer is a nonresid…

176.301 DETERMINATION OF ISSUES. § Subdivision 1.Trial by court; reference to chief administrative law judge. When a workers' compensation issue is present in the district court action, the court may try the action itself without a jury, or refer the matter to the chief administr…

176.305 PETITIONS FILED WITH WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION. § Subdivision 1.Hearings on petitions. The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on each adverse party and file a copy with the office, together with an appropriate affidavit of service. Service and filing must …

176.306 SCHEDULED HEARINGS. § Subdivision 1.Chief administrative law judge. The chief administrative law judge shall schedule workers' compensation hearings on as regular a schedule as may be practicable in no fewer than six widely separated locations throughout the state, includ…

176.307 COMPENSATION JUDGES; BLOCK SYSTEM. The chief administrative law judge may assign workers' compensation cases to compensation judges using a block system type of assignment that, among other things, ensures that a case will remain with the same judge from commencement to c…

176.311 REASSIGNMENT OF PETITION FOR HEARING. Where a petition is heard before a compensation judge, at any time before an award or order has been made in such proceeding, the chief administrative law judge may reassign the petition for hearing before another compensation judge. …

176.312 AFFIDAVITS OF PREJUDICE AND PETITIONS FOR REASSIGNMENT. In accordance with rules adopted by the chief administrative law judge, an affidavit of prejudice for cause may be filed by each party to the claim against a compensation judge assigned to hear a case. A petition for…

176.321 ANSWER TO PETITION. § Subdivision 1.Filing, service. Within 30 days after service of the petition, an adverse party shall serve and file an answer to the petition. The party shall serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney. § Subd. 2.Content…

176.322 DECISIONS BASED ON STIPULATED FACTS. If the parties agree to a stipulated set of facts and only legal issues remain, the compensation judge may determine the matter without a hearing based upon the stipulated facts and the determination is appealable to the court of appea…

176.325 CERTIFIED QUESTION. § Subdivision 1.When certified. The chief administrative law judge or commissioner may certify a question of workers' compensation law to the supreme court as important and doubtful under the following circumstances: (1) all parties to the case have st…

176.331 PROCEEDINGS WHEN ANSWER NOT FILED. Except in cases involving multiple employers or multiple insurers, if an adverse party fails to file and serve an answer or obtain an extension from the office or the petitioner as required by section 176.321, subdivision 3, the office s…

176.341 HEARING ON PETITION. § Subdivision 1.Time. Upon the filing of a petition, the chief administrative law judge shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. The hearing shall be held as soon as practicable and at a time and place determined by the chief administrativ…

176.351 TESTIMONIAL POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Oaths. The compensation judge to whom a petition has been assigned for hearing shall administer an oath to each witness. The commissioner may also administer an oath when required in the performance of duties. § Subd. 2.Subpoenas. Actin…

176.361 INTERVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Right to intervene. A person who has an interest in any matter before the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, or commissioner, or office such that the person may either gain or lose by an order or decision may intervene in the proceeding …

176.371 AWARD OR DISALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION. The compensation judge to whom a petition has been assigned for hearing, shall hear all competent, relevant evidence produced at the hearing. All questions of fact and law submitted to a compensation judge at the hearing shall be dis…

176.381 REFERENCE OF QUESTIONS OF FACT. § Subdivision 1.Hearing before Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. In the hearing of any matter before the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, the chief judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals may refer any question of f…

176.391 INVESTIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Power to make. Before, during, or after any hearing, a compensation judge may make an independent investigation of the facts alleged in the petition or answer. § Subd. 2.Appointment of physicians, surgeons, and other experts. The compensati…

176.401 HEARINGS PUBLIC. All hearings before a compensation judge are public. History: 1953 c 755 s 57; 1969 c 276 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 134 s 78; 1981 c 346 s 117