Chapter 296-15 - Workers' compensation self-insurance rules and regulations

  1. § 296-15-001 - Definitions
  2. § 296-15-021 - Self-insurance qualifications
  3. § 296-15-024 - [Repealed]
  4. § 296-15-027 - Additional requirements for subsidiaries and acquisitions
  5. § 296-15-121 - Surety for a self-insurance program
  6. § 296-15-123 - Monitoring certification
  7. § 296-15-125 - Default by a self-insurer
  8. § 296-15-140 - Expense of out-of-state audit
  9. § 296-15-151 - Surety for a public entity's self insurance program
  10. § 296-15-161 - Surety for a group self - insurance program
  11. § 296-15-171 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Surety for a self insured pension or fatality claim
  12. § 296-15-171 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Surety for a self insured pension or fatality claim, version 2
  13. § 296-15-181 - Funding the benefits of an insolvent self-insurer
  14. § 296-15-200 - [Repealed]
  15. § 296-15-221 - Self-insurers' reporting requirements
  16. § 296-15-223 - Self-insurance administrative assessment
  17. § 296-15-225 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Self-insurance second injury fund assessment
  18. § 296-15-225 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Self-insurance second injury fund assessment, version 2
  19. § 296-15-227 - Self-insurance insolvency trust fund assessment
  20. § 296-15-229 - Self-insurance supplemental pension fund (SPF) and asbestosis fund assessments
  21. § 296-15-231 - Self-insurance electronic data reporting system (SIEDRS)
  22. § 296-15-232 - Self-insurance medical bill electronic data interchange
  23. § 296-15-255 - Hearings for corrective action or withdrawal of certification
  24. § 296-15-257 - When a self-insured employer is subject to corrective action or withdrawal of certification as instituted by the director
  25. § 296-15-260 - Corrective action or withdrawal of certification
  26. § 296-15-266 - Penalties
  27. § 296-15-268 - Self-insurance penalty calculations
  28. § 296-15-270 - Violation of the duty of good faith and fair dealing
  29. § 296-15-272 - When intentional behavior is deemed a violation of the duty of good faith and fair dealing
  30. § 296-15-310 - Administrative organization to manage a self-insurance program
  31. § 296-15-320 - Reporting of injuries What elements must a self-insurer have in place to ensure the reporting of injuries?
  32. § 296-15-330 - Authorization of medical care
  33. § 296-15-340 - Payment of compensation
  34. § 296-15-350 - Handling of claims
  35. § 296-15-360 - Qualifications of personnel-Certified claims administrators
  36. § 296-15-370 - Notification to the department
  37. § 296-15-400 - Self-insured workers' rights and obligations How must a self-insurer notify its workers of their rights and obligations under the industrial insurance laws?
  38. § 296-15-405 - Filing a self-insured claim
  39. § 296-15-420 - Requesting allowance or denial, or interlocutory order from the department-Providing claim file
  40. § 296-15-425 - Communicating to injured workers during the course of the claim
  41. § 296-15-4302 - What is the Self-Insurance Vocational Reporting Form?
  42. § 296-15-4304 - What must the self-insurer do when an assessment report is received?
  43. § 296-15-4306 - When must a self-insurer submit a vocational rehabilitation plan to the department?
  44. § 296-15-4308 - What must the vocational rehabilitation plan include?
  45. § 296-15-4310 - What must the self-insurer do when the department denies the vocational rehabilitation plan?
  46. § 296-15-4312 - What must the self-insurer do when the vocational rehabilitation plan is successfully completed?
  47. § 296-15-4314 - What must the self-insurer do if the vocational rehabilitation plan is not successfully completed?
  48. § 296-15-4316 - What must the self-insurer do when the worker declines further vocational rehabilitation services and elects option 2 benefits?
  49. § 296-15-4318 - What must the self-insurer do when the worker elects option 2 benefits and the claim is closed?
  50. § 296-15-440 - Use of independent medical examinations What will the department consider when resolving a dispute to a scheduled independent medical exam (IME) in a self-insured claim?
  51. § 296-15-450 - Closure of self-insured claims
  52. § 296-15-470 - When a worker files for reopening
  53. § 296-15-480 - When a self-insured claim is protested
  54. § 296-15-490 - When a self-insured claim is on appeal
  55. § 296-15-495 - Third party action on a self-insured claim
  56. § 296-15-520 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) licensing requirements
  57. § 296-15-530 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) licensing application requirements
  58. § 296-15-540 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) licensing renewal application requirements
  59. § 296-15-550 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) duties and performance requirements
  60. § 296-15-560 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) penalties
  61. § 296-15-570 - Self-insured third-party administrator (TPA) license suspension and revocation

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