631 IAC 1-1-27 - Time period of payments; memorandum of termination

Authority: IC 22-3-1-3

Affected: IC 22-3-4-14; IC 22-3-7-34

Sec. 27.

(a) If an injured employee, or his or her dependents have been awarded compensation for temporary total disability by the board, either by approval of an agreement or by an award, the employer shall continue the payments of compensation under the terms of the award or agreement for the specific period therein fixed, or until the employee returns to work, or the dependency ends, or the employer shall have in good faith disagreed with the injured employee or the dependents as to the continuation of the compensation payments.

(b) The employer or employer's insurance carrier or third party administrator (TPA) shall file with the board and the injured worker a memorandum prescribed by the board noticing compensation payment termination whenever a notice of termination is due to the injured worker according to the act.

(c) The memoranda shall be issued for each period of compensation payments showing the following:

(1) The total amount of all payments made.

(2) The date of the employee's return to work, if applicable.

(3) The first date for which compensation was paid.

(4) The last date for which compensation was paid.

(5) The reason for termination of the payments.

(6) Any other fact or facts pertaining to the termination of the payments of compensation that the board requires on the approved form.

Notes

631 IAC 1-1-27

Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana; Rule 32; filed Aug 2, 1949, 3:50 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1950, p. 82; filed May 12, 1983, 10:15 a.m.: 6 IR 1246, eff Sep 1, 1983; readopted filed Nov 13, 2001, 12:20 p.m.: 25 IR 1305; readopted filed Oct 12, 2007, 1:09 p.m.: 20071031-IR-631070472RFA; filed May 4, 2012, 10:15 a.m.: 20120530-IR-631110357FRA; readopted filed Sep 10, 2013, 12:41 p.m.: 20131009-IR-631130349RFA Readopted filed 12/2/2019, 2:48 p.m.: 20200101-IR-631190175RFA

Renumbered Rule 31 by 1967; 84.

Transferred from the Industrial Board of Indiana ( 630 IAC 1-1-31) to the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana ( 631 IAC 1-1-27) by P.L. 28-1988, SECTION 121, effective July 1, 1988.