Title LA, Labor Code

Sec. 502.022. AUTHORITY TO SELF-INSURE. An institution may self-insure. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 502.023. INSURANCE REQUIREMENT. (a) The board of regents of the system may require each employee, as a condition of employment, to acquire protection under a group life and accident insurance plan approved by the board. (b) This section does not apply to an employee who is p…

Sec. 502.024. PREEXISTING DISQUALIFYING CONDITION. (a) An institution may certify as an employee a person who indicates a preexisting disqualifying physical condition in a medical history obtained under Section 502.064 or who is found to have a preexisting disqualifying medical c…

Sec. 502.025. COVERAGE FOR OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) An employee who performs services outside this state is entitled to benefits under this chapter even if the person: (1) is hired or not hired in this state; (2) does not work in this state; (3) works both in this state and ou…

Sec. 502.041. EXHAUSTION OF ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE. (a) An employee may elect to use accrued sick leave before receiving income benefits. If an employee elects to use sick leave, the employee is not entitled to income benefits under this chapter until the employee has exhausted th…

Sec. 502.061. ADMINISTRATION AND RULES. (a) The system shall administer this chapter. (b) Process and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary as possible. (c) The system may: (1) adopt and publish rules and prescribe and furnish forms necessary for the administration of …

Sec. 502.062. PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL SET ASIDE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION EXPENSES; ACCOUNT; REPORTS. (a) An institution may set aside from its available appropriations, other than itemized salary appropriations, an amount not to exceed two percent of the institution's annual payro…

Sec. 502.063. CERTIFIED COPIES OF DIVISION DOCUMENTS. (a) The division shall furnish a certified copy of an order, award, decision, or paper on file in the division's office to a person entitled to the copy on written request and payment of the fee for the copy. The fee is the sa…

Sec. 502.064. PREEMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL REQUIRED; EXAMINING PHYSICIANS; INSTITUTION RECORDS. (a) An institution may obtain and record on a form prescribed by the institution the medical history of a person to be employed by the institution. (b) The institution may require that an in…

Sec. 502.065. REPORTS OF INJURIES. (a) In addition to a report of an injury filed with the division under Section 409.005(a), an institution shall file a supplemental report that contains: (1) the name, age, sex, and occupation of the injured employee; (2) the character of work i…

Sec. 502.066. REQUIRED EXAMINATION OF INJURED EMPLOYEE; REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO EXAMINATION. (a) The division may require an employee who claims to have been injured to submit to an examination by the division or a person acting under the division's authority at a reasonable time an…

Sec. 502.067. REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT. (a) The commissioner of workers' compensation may order or direct the system or the institution to reduce or suspend the compensation of an injured employee who: (1) persists in insanitary or injurious practices that tend to i…

Sec. 502.068. POSTPONEMENT OF HEARING. If an injured employee is receiving benefits under this chapter and the system or the institution is providing hospitalization, medical treatment, or chiropractic care to the employee, the division may postpone the hearing on the employee's …

Sec. 502.069. NOTICE OF APPEAL; NOTICE OF TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT; OFFENSE. (a) In each case appealed from the division to a county or district court: (1) the clerk of the court shall mail to the division: (A) not later than the 20th day after the date the case is filed, a notice co…

Sec. 502.070. ATTORNEY GENERAL AS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE. The attorney general is the institution's legal representative and may bring and defend all suits and hearings necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.