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Northern Mariana Islands Statutes, Title 4

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Title 4, Economic Resources

115 chapters · 1,834 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 41,834 Ch 1, General Provisions308 Ch 4, Finances and Management201 Ch 8, Administrative Provisions196 Ch 5, Irrevocable Trust Fund185 Ch 3, Board of Directors141 Ch 2, Powers of the Authority127 Ch 6, Loan Write-offs97 Ch 10, Developer Infrastructure Tax Act78 Ch 9, Other Administrative Provisions76 Ch 21, Taulamwaar Sensible CNMI Cannabis Ac…74 Ch 18, Statutory Liens64 Ch 7, Bond Authorizations55 Ch 14, Non-Residential Construction Tax47 Ch 13, MPLT Line of Credit39

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4 CMC § 9306 Disability Benefits: Time for Commencement, Maximum Amount
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Disability Benefits: Time for Commencement, Maximum Amount. (a) If an injury causes disability, a disability benefit payment shall be made for one week in advance on the fourth day after the date of disability. (b) Disability benefits shall not exceed $140 per week. Source: PL 6-…
4 CMC § 9307 Medical Services and Supplies
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Medical Services and Supplies. (a) (1) The employer shall furnish to the injured employee such remedial treatment, care, and attendance under the direction of a qualified physician or surgeon or other recognized practitioner, nurse or hospital, as the nature of the injury or the …
4 CMC § 9308 Disability Benefits
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Disability Benefits. Disability benefits shall be paid to the employee as follows: (a) Permanent Total Disability. In case of total disability, adjudged to be permanent, 66 and two-thirds percent of his average weekly wages shall be paid to the employee during the continuance of …
4 CMC § 9309 Compensation for Death
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Compensation for Death. If the injury causes death, the disability benefits shall be payable in the amounts and to or for the benefit of the persons following: (a) Reasonable funeral expenses not exceeding $1,200. (b) If there be a surviving spouse and no child of the deceased, t…

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4 CMC § 9310 Determination of Pay

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Determination of Pay. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average weekly wage of the injured employee at the time of the injury shall be taken as the basis upon which to compute disability benefits and shall be determined as follows: (a) If the injured employee shal…

4 CMC § 9311 Guardian for Minor or Incompetent

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Guardian for Minor or Incompetent. The administrator may require the appointment of a guardian or any other representative, by a court of competent jurisdiction, for any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor. The guardian or representative shall receive the disability ben…

4 CMC § 9321 Notice of Injury or Death

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Notice of Injury or Death. (a) Notice of an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter shall be given within 30 days after the date of such injury or death both to the administrator and to the employer. (b) Such notice shall be in writing; shall contain …

4 CMC § 9322 Time for Filing Claims

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Time for Filing Claims. (a) The right to compensation under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim therefore is filed within one year after the injury, and the right to compensation for death shall be barred unless a claim therefore is filed within one year after death; prov…

4 CMC § 9323 Payment of Compensation

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Payment of Compensation. (a) Compensation under this chapter shall be paid promptly and directly to the person entitled thereto, without an award, except where the liability to pay compensation is controverted by the employer. Compensation under this chapter does not include paym…

4 CMC § 9324 Invalid Agreements

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Invalid Agreements. (a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of a premium paid by the employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing compensation as required by this chapter shall be valid,…

4 CMC § 9325 Assignment and Exemptions From Claims of Creditors

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Assignment and Exemptions From Claims of Creditors. No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation due or payable under this chapter, shall be valid, except as provided by this chapter, and such compensation shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, exec…

4 CMC § 9326 Compensation: A Lien Against Assets

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Compensation: A Lien Against Assets. Any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall have a lien against the assets of the carrier or employer for such compensation without limit or amount, and shall, upon insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization i…

4 CMC § 9327 Collection of Defaulted Payments

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Collection of Defaulted Payments. In case of default by the employer in the payment of compensation due under any award of compensation for a period of 30 days after the compensation is due and payable, the person to whom such compensation is payable may, within one year after su…

4 CMC § 9328 Procedure in Respected Claims

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Procedure in Respect of Claims. (a) Subject to the provision of 4 CMC § 9322, a claim for compensation may be filed with the administrator in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commission at any time after the first four days following any injury, or at any time after …

4 CMC § 9329 Presumption

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Presumption. In any proceedings for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this chapter, it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary: (a) That the claim comes within the provisions of this chapter. (b) That sufficient notice of such cla…

4 CMC § 9330 Review of Compensation Order

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Review of Compensation Order. (a) A compensation order shall become effective when filed in the office of the administrator as provided in 4 CMC § 9328, and unless an appeal to the commission is instituted as provided in subsection (b) of this section, shall become final at the e…

4 CMC § 9331 Modification of Awards

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Modification of Awards. Upon his own initiative, or upon the application of any party in interest, on the ground of a change in conditions or because of a mistake in a determination of fact by the administrator, the administrator may, at any time prior to one year after the date …

4 CMC § 9332 Procedure Before the Administrator

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Procedure Before the Administrator. (a) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing the administrator shall not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure, except as provided by this chapter, but may make s…

4 CMC § 9333 Witnesses

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Witnesses. No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before the administrator at a place outside the Commonwealth, but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of practice of the Commonwealth Supe…

4 CMC § 9334 Witness Fees

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Witness Fees. Witnesses summoned in a proceeding before the administrator or whose depositions are taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in the Commonwealth Superior Court. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9334).

4 CMC § 9335 Costs in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Grounds

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Costs in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Grounds. If the court having jurisdiction of proceedings in respect of any claim or compensation order determines that the proceedings in respect to such claim or order have been instituted or continued without reasonable ground, th…

4 CMC § 9336 Powers of the Administrator

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Powers of the Administrator. (a) The administrator shall have the power to preserve and enforce order during proceedings before her or him; to issue subpoenas for, to administer oaths to, and to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, or for the production of books, pap…

4 CMC § 9337 Fees for Legal or Other Services

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Fees for Legal or Other Services. No claim for legal services or for any other services rendered in respect of a claim or award for compensation, to or on account of any person, shall be valid for more than 15 percent of the total award of disability benefits and unless approved …

4 CMC § 9338 Record of Injury or Death

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Record of Injury or Death. Every employer shall keep a record of any injury to an employee. Such record shall contain such information of disease, other disability, or death in respect of such injury as the commission may by regulation require, and shall be available for inspecti…

4 CMC § 9339 Reports

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Reports. (a) Within 10 days of the date of any injury or death, or of the date that the employer has knowledge of such injury or of a disease or infection in respect to such injury, the employer shall send to the administrator a report setting forth: (1) The name, address, and bu…

4 CMC § 9340 Penalty for Misrepresentation

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Penalty for Misrepresentation. Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter or for the purpose of evading liability for any benefit or payment under this chapter shall be …

4 CMC § 9341 Security for Compensation

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Security for Compensation. (a) Every employer, except those specifically exempted by subsection (c) of this section, shall secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured the payment of such compensation with an insurer granted by law a certi…

4 CMC § 9342 Compensation for Injuries Where Third Persons are Liable

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Compensation for Injuries Where Third Persons are Liable. The claim of an employee for compensation does not affect his claim or right of action for all damages proximately resulting from such injury or death against any person other than the employer. Any employer who pays, or b…

4 CMC § 9343 Compensation Notice

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Compensation Notice. (a) Every employer who has secured compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in or about each of its places of business, typewritten or printed notices, in accordance with a form prescribed by the commission, s…

4 CMC § 9344 Substitution of Carrier for Employer

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Substitution of Carrier for Employer. In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer, in order that liability for compensation imposed by this chapter may be most effectively discharged by the employer, and in order that the administration of this chapter in respect to such…

4 CMC § 9345 Insurance Policies

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Insurance Policies. (a) Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority of this chapter shall contain: (1) A provision to carry out the provisions of 4 CMC § 9344, and (2) A provision that the insolvency or bankruptcy of the employer or the employer’s discharge in an…

4 CMC § 9346 Certificate of Compliance With Law

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Certificate of Compliance With Law. (a) Every employer required to secure or renew workers’ compensation coverage pursuant to this chapter shall file a certificate of compliance with the administrator within 30 days of becoming an employer, or renewal of compensation, or the rene…

4 CMC § 9347 Penalty for Failure to Secure Payment of Compensation

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Penalty for Failure to Secure Payment of Compensation. (a) Civil Penalty. The administrator shall assess any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this chapter who fails to secure such compensation a civil fine of not more than $100 per day for each day su…

4 CMC § 9348 Interest, Penalties, and Waivers

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Interest, Penalties, and Waivers. (a) For failure to pay any civil penalty assessed, or the two percent of premium required under 4 CMC § 9353(c)(2), or other remittances pursuant to this chapter, within the time specified, the administrator shall assess in addition to the princi…

4 CMC § 9351 Administration

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Administration. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall administer the provisions of this chapter, and for such purpose the commission may: (1) Make rules and regulations in conformance with this chapter, including any requirements…

4 CMC § 9352 Investigations by the Commission

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Investigations by the Commission. (a) The commission shall make studies and investigations with respect to safety provisions and causes of injuries in employment covered by this chapter, and shall from time to time make to the legislature and to employers and carriers recommendat…

4 CMC § 9353 Special Disability Fund

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Special Disability Fund. (a) A Special Disability Fund is established in the Commonwealth for the purpose of making payments in accordance with the provisions of 4 CMC § 9308(f). Such fund shall be administered by the commission. The Treasurer of the Commonwealth shall be the cus…

4 CMC § 9354 Commonwealth Government Self-Insurance Fund

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Commonwealth Government Self-Insurance Fund. (a) The legislature may establish, out of any money in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a fund sufficient to secure compensation payments under this chapter in respect of employees of the government, its agencies a…

4 CMC § 9355 Annual Report

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Annual Report. The commission shall make to the Commonwealth Legislature and the Governor at the beginning of each calendar year a report of the administration of this chapter for the preceding fiscal year, including a detailed statement of receipts of and expenditures from the f…

4 CMC § 9356 Effect of Unconstitutionality

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Effect of Unconstitutionality. If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the courts, and such adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment of compensation under this chapter, the period intervening between the time the injury was sustained and the tim…

4 CMC § 9357 Excess Coverage

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Excess Coverage. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an employer or employee from purchasing insurance coverage in addition to that coverage required by this chapter. Source: PL 6-33, § 1 (§ 9357).