(a) Petitions shall
be in the form prescribed by the Department.
(b) Any petition, filed in accordance with
this chapter, shall be filed with the Department as prescribed by the form. If
there is no applicable Department petition form available, an original of the
petition shall be filed with the Department. The Department will serve a notice
of assignment specifying the judge to whom the petition has been assigned. The
notice will be served on the parties named in the petition.
(c) Concurrently with filing the petition
with the Department, the moving party shall serve a copy of the petition on all
other parties, including the insurance carrier, if the insurance carrier is
known, and on the attorneys of all other parties, if the attorneys are
known.
(d) The material facts on
which a cause of action or defense is based shall be stated in a concise and
summary form.
(e) Subsections
(a)-(d) supersede 1 Pa. Code §§
31.26,
33.15, 33.21-33.23, 33.31, 33.32,
33.37,
35.1,
35.2,
35.5-
35.7, 35.9-
35.11,
35.14,
35.17 -35.20,
35.23, 35.24 and
35.27-
35.32.
Notes
The provisions of
this § 131.32 adopted November 6, 1981,
effective 11/7/1981, 11 Pa.B. 4015; amended March 29, 1991, effective
3/30/1991, 21 Pa.B. 1401; amended December 6, 2002, effective 12/7/2002, 32 Pa.B. 6043; amended December 19, 2014, effective 12/20/2014, 44
Pa.B. 7837.
The provisions of this § 131.32 amended under sections
401.1, 435(a) and (c) and 1608 of
the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§
710,
991(a) and (c) and 2708);
section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania
Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. §
1514).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
131.121 (relating to penalty
proceedings initiated by a party).
