Title 27 — Title 27 — Labor And Employment

Periodic review of temporary total award; physical examination after temporary total award; purpose; report to division. (a) The division shall review every award for temporary total disability under W.S. 27-14-404 at least once every six (6) months. Upon request by the employer …

Health care providers required to testify; refusal; privilege inapplicable. If directed under this act, any health care provider providing professional attention to an employee may be required to testify before the hearing examiner or any court, provide written reports and attend…

Administrative determination for compensation; copies to employer and auditor; warrants for payment. Any administrative determination for compensation to an injured employee or his dependents shall be transmitted by the division to the employer. The division shall transmit a cert…

Appeal by employee; costs. If an appeal to the district court is prosecuted on behalf of the employee, the employee or attorney representing the employee shall order a record of the proceedings at the hearing to be supplied by the hearing examiner without cost to the employee. An…

Appeal by employer; stay of award. If an appeal is prosecuted on behalf of the employer, the record of the proceedings at the original hearing shall be supplied without cost to the employer. An electronic recording of the proceedings may serve as the official transcript but upon …

Direct appeal by director from any order; stay of execution; costs. The director may appeal to the district court from any order or judgment of the hearing examiner awarding compensation or declining to award compensation although he was not a party to the proceedings before the …

fees. Appointment of attorneys for court proceedings; The district court may appoint an attorney to represent the employee during proceedings in the district court and appeal to the supreme court. The district court may allow the attorney a reasonable fee for his services at the …

Medical commission; hearing panels; creation; membership; duties; rulemaking. (a) The medical commission is created to consist of eleven (11) health care providers appointed by the governor as follows: (i) Seven (7) licensed physicians appointed from a list of not less than fourt…

Administrative or program costs reasonably available or legally allowable under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, shall not be advanced or reimbursed pursuant to this subsection. (f) Proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds issued under W.S. 27-14-704, together w…

Worker's compensation account established; investments; administrative expenses; rehabilitation expenses; worker's compensation claims payment account established for worker's compensation revenue bond proceeds. (a) Except as provided under subsection (f) of this section, all mon…

unpaid award. No garnishment, attachment or execution on Except as provided under W.S. 27-14-703, no money paid or payable under this act prior to issuance and delivery of the warrant therefor shall be assigned, charged or taken in execution or by garnishment. Any such assignment…

Disclosure of child support obligations required; notification; amount withheld; payment; applicability of provisions. (a) An injured employee filing a claim for benefits payable under this act shall disclose if he owes child support obligations enforced pursuant to a plan descri…

Worker's compensation revenue bonds; department determination; issuance by state loan and investment board; bonding procedure, terms and conditions. (a) The department may upon determining that the issuance of revenue bonds would be financially beneficial to the worker's compensa…

Duties of director. (a) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3. (b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3. (c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3. (d) The director may provide for the investigation of facts and circumstances regarding any claim filed under this act. To carry out investi…

Rulemaking power; fees; state's average wages; vocational rehabilitation; contracts with clerks of district court. (a) The director may adopt rules and regulations for administration of this act. The director shall by rule and regulation establish criteria for qualification of re…

Investigatory powers; examination of employer's records; subpoenas. (a) In addition to W.S. 27-14-801(d) and if the administrator has reason to believe that an employee, employer, health care provider or any representative thereof has engaged in any activity in violation of this …

Statistical compilation; annual report and projection; additional reporting requirements. (a) The director shall: (i) Secure and compile statistical information concerning injuries occurring in employment, showing the number of injuries or fatalities occurring in the employment a…

Confidentiality of information; unlawful disclosure; exception. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, information obtained from any employer or covered employee pursuant to reporting requirements under this act or investigations conducted under W.S. 27-14-803 shall not be…

Experience rating manipulation; penalties. (a) A person who knowingly, or with deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the true facts or the requirements of this act, violates or attempts to violate the requirements of W.S. 27-14-207 or any other provision of this act relat…

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Aaron Booker Firefighter Cancer Screening Act."

requirements. Cancer screenings for firefighters; (a) As used in this section, "firefighter" means a person who has been employed or has volunteered as a firefighter for not less than ten (10) years and is classified as a firefighter member as defined by W.S. 9-3-402(a)(xxv), a p…