Title 28, Title 28 and Labor Relations

(a) Gross premiums shall include all premiums, premium deposits, and assessments on all policies, certificates, and renewals written during the preceding calendar year, covering workers’ compensation risks within the state or subject to the jurisdiction of this state, and on all …

Every insurer shall, within sixty (60) days of notice, file with the director, in any form and containing any information that he or she may prescribe, a return under oath or affirmation signed by a duly authorized officer or agent of the insurer, and shall at the same time make …

Every certified employer shall, on or before May 15 of each year, except for the period ending June 30, 2000, when the return shall be due September 15, file with the director, in any form and containing any information that he or she may prescribe, a return under oath or affirma…

As soon as practicable after the return is filed, the director shall examine it and determine the correct amount due and in case any error is disclosed by that examination he or she shall notify the insurer. The director shall then give the insurer not less than ten (10) days’ no…

Any insurer or certified employer shall have the right to appeal from any determination or order made under § 28-37-13, § 28-37-16, § 28-37-17, or §§ 28-37-24 — 28-37-26.

The general treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund; and the state controller is authorized and empowered to draw orders upon the general treasurer upon the receipt of duly authenticated vouchers. The general treasurer shall give bond with corporate security conditioned on t…

Any appeal authorized under this chapter shall be made to the workers’ compensation court, and from the workers’ compensation court, to the supreme court in accordance with § 28-35-30.

If any certified employer or insurer fails to file a return within the time and as required in this chapter, the director shall determine the amount of payment due from any information that he or she may obtain.

The director may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing any return required under this chapter. Whenever an extension of time is granted the insurer shall be required to pay, as part of any payment due, interest on the amount at the rate of one percent (1%) per month fro…

If any payment required of any insurer or certified employer by this chapter is not made when due, the insurer or the certified employer shall be required to pay, as part of that payment, interest on it at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from the due date.

(a) If the director or any appellate tribunal determines after a hearing that any insurer has failed to make any payment required by this chapter or has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, that insurer shall not write or renew workers’ compensation insurance or employ…

If any certified employer violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules or regulations promulgated by the director of labor and training, the director of labor and training may suspend the privilege of that certified employer to make workers’ compensation pay…

If any insurer or certified employer willfully delivers or causes to be delivered to the director any false or fraudulent return or information upon which the payment due under this chapter is based, the director shall add to the total payment due fifty per cent (50%) of the amou…

The director shall collect all payments under this chapter under the rules and regulations that may be set forth by the director, and all payments shall immediately be transmitted by the director to the general treasurer.

All actions for any violations of this chapter or of any of the rules or regulations promulgated by the director, or for the collection of payments in accordance with § 28-37-13 or § 28-53-9 or other penalties under this chapter, shall be prosecuted by any qualified member of the…

If any provisions of this chapter, or their application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter and application of those provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.

The general treasurer as custodian of this fund is authorized to invest any moneys not immediately necessary for the execution of the purposes of this fund in the class of securities legal for the investment of public moneys of this state; provided, that the investment shall at a…

(a) Payments made to injured employees pursuant to § 28-37-8 shall be increased effective May 10 of each year by an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the most recently published annual consumer price index, United States city average for urban wage earners and cler…

(a)(1) Recognizing the need for collection, analysis, and utilization of quantifiable data to provide the basis for recommendations to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of the workers’ compensation system, the director of the department of labor and training will be resp…

Any party claiming to be entitled to the benefits of this chapter or § 28-35-20 shall file a request with the director for a determination of his or her claim. If the director denies the claim, the party may file a petition at the workers’ compensation court that shall follow the…

When death occurs, all compensation payments from the workers’ compensation administrative fund shall cease; provided, that if it is proved that the death resulted from the last compensable injury the employer shall not be relieved of liability as provided in chapter 33 of this t…

In addition to any other payments authorized to be made from the fund established under § 28-37-1, payments from the fund shall be made for the continuance of compensation and medical expenses at his or her prevailing rate to any employee who subsequent to January 1, 1940, has su…

The payments provided for under § 28-37-8 shall be made by the insurance carriers or certified employers and they shall be reimbursed out of the fund established by § 28-37-1 after furnishing the director a quarterly statement setting forth the names and addresses of the injured …