Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The unit is authorized to investigate allegations of workers’ compensation fraud and abuse. In furtherance of any investigation, the unit has the power to: (1) Administrative subpoena. The unit may request, through an administrative subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witne…

Any insurer, or agent authorized by the insurer, to act on its behalf, or third-party administrator or any self-insurer, having reason to believe that an insurance transaction may be fraudulent, shall send to the fraud prevention unit a report of the transaction and any additiona…

The unit’s documents, reports, or evidence relative to a workers’ compensation investigation are privileged and not open to public inspection. The documents, reports, and evidence are not subject to a subpoena duces tecum unless the unit consents, or a court determines the unit w…

In the absence of fraud, malice, or bad faith, no insurer or agent authorized by the insurer to act on its behalf, employee of the unit, or person providing information to the unit, is subject to civil liability for damages as a result of any statement, report, or investigation m…

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter or the application of any part to any person or circumstances shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment does not affect, impair, or invalidate the rem…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the department of labor and training shall not release information to any individual not connected with the department relative to any employee’s workers’ compensation claim, including, but not limited to, information obta…

The director is hereby authorized, and may in the director’s discretion, recover the reasonable cost of legal services and audit fees for services provided by in-house attorneys and/or other personnel of the department of labor and training or outside auditors and incurred by the…

The director of labor and training shall: (1) Have all the powers and duties formerly vested by law in the director of labor with regard to factory inspectors and steam boiler inspectors, and such other duties as may be by law conferred upon the department; (2) Administer the lab…

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of labor and training all functions formerly administered by the department of labor under the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5; chapter 1 of title 25; chapters 1, 2, 4 [repealed], 10 — 15, inclusive, 18, 20, 25, and 29 — 38, i…

(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of labor and training all functions formerly administered by the department of employment and training set forth in chapters 39 — 44, inclusive, of title 28 and chapter 102 of title 42; and of all other general laws and public la…

There shall be within the department of labor and training an education unit. The unit shall provide, in convenient locations throughout the state, education services to employees and employers concerning the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries, training for non-mana…

There shall be a board of review consisting of three (3) members. One member shall be a representative of labor, one member shall be a representative of industry, and one member shall be a representative of the public generally. Not more than two (2) members of the board shall be…

In January of each odd-numbered year, the governor shall submit to the senate the name of a person to act as a member of the board of review to succeed the member of the board whose term will next expire, and to hold office for a term of six (6) years and until his or her success…

In case there is a vacancy in the board of review while the senate is in session, the governor shall appoint in the manner aforesaid. In case there is a vacancy in the board of review when the senate is not in session, the governor shall appoint some person to hold office until t…

The representative of the public shall be chairperson of the board of review. No hearing shall proceed in the absence of the chairperson of the board of review and the chairperson shall act alone in the absence of any other member. In the absence of the chairperson for more than …