North Carolina · Statutes
Chapter 97
167 sections
2 groups
165 sections filed directly here
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-1Short title.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-1.1References to workmen's compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2Definitions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-3Presumption that all employers and employees have come under provisions of Article.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-4Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1291, s. 2.Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-5Presumption as to contract of service.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-5.1Presumption that taxicab drivers are independent contractors.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-6No special contract can relieve an employer of obligations.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-6.1Repealed by 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 1021, s. 4.Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-7State or subdivision and employees thereof.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-8Prior injuries and deaths unaffected.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-9Employer to secure payment of compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10Repealed by Session Laws 1959, c. 1324.Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.1Other rights and remedies against employer excluded.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.2Rights under Article not affected by liability of third party; rights and remedies against third parties.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.3Minors illegally employed.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-11Employer not relieved of statutory duty.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-12Use of intoxicant or controlled substance; willful neglect; willful disobedience of statutory duty, safety regulation or rule.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-12.1Willful misrepresentation in applying for employment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-13Exceptions from provisions of Article.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-14N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-14Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-17Settlements allowed in accordance with Article.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-18Prompt payment of compensation required; installments; payment without prejudice; notice to Commission; penalties.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-18.1Termination or suspension of compensation benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-19Liability of principal contractors; certificate that subcontractor has complied with law; right to recover compensation of those who would have been liable; order of liability.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-19.1Truck, tractor, or truck tractor trailer driver's status as employee or independent contractor.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-20Priority of compensation claims against assets of employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-21Claims unassignable and exempt from taxes and debts; agreement of employee to contribute to premium or waive right to compensation void; unlawful deduction by employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-22Notice of accident to employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-23What notice is to contain; defects no bar; notice personally or by registered letter or certified mail.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-24Right to compensation barred after two years; destruction of records.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25Medical treatment and supplies.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.1Limitation of duration of medical compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.2Managed care organizations.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.3Preauthorization.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.4Utilization guidelines for medical treatment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.5Utilization guidelines for vocational and other rehabilitation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.6Reasonable access to medical information.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26Fees allowed for medical treatment; malpractice of physician.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26.1Fees for medical records and reports; expert witnesses; communications with health care providers.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26.2Reimbursement for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-27Medical examination; facts not privileged; refusal to be examined suspends compensation; other medical opinions; autopsy.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-28Seven-day waiting period; exceptions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-29(Effective until July 1, 2027) Rates and duration of compensation for total incapacity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-29.1Increase in payments in cases for total and permanent disability occurring prior to July 1, 1973.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-30Partial incapacity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-31(Effective until July 1, 2027) Schedule of injuries; rate and period of compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-31.1Effective date of legislative changes in benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32Refusal of injured employee to accept suitable employment as suspending compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32.1Trial return to work.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32.2Vocational rehabilitation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-33Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-34Employee receiving an injury when being compensated for former injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-35How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-36Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-37Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-38Where death results proximately from compensable injury or occupational disease; dependents; burial expenses; compensation to aliens; election by partial dependents.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-39Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-40Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-40.1Injury Fund.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-41Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1308, s. 5.Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-42Deduction of payments.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-42.1Credit for unemployment benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-43Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-44Lump sums.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-45Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-46Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-47Change of condition; modification of award.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-47.1Payment without prejudice; limitations period.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-48Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-49Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-50Limitation as against minors or mentally incompetent.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-51Joint employment; liabilities.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-52Occupational disease made compensable; "accident" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-53(See editor's note on condition precedent) Occupational diseases enumerated; when due to exposure to chemicals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-54"Disablement" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55"Disability" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-56Limitation on compensable diseases.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-57Employer liable.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-58Time limit for filing claims.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-59Employer to pay for treatment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-60Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(a), effective July 1, 2003.Repealed
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61Rewritten as §§ 97-61.1 to 97-61.7.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.1First examination of and report on employee having asbestosis or silicosis.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.2Filing of first report; right of hearing; effect of report as testimony.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.3examination and report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.4Third examination and report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.5Hearing after first examination and report; removal of employee from hazardous occupation; compensation upon removal from hazardous occupation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.6Hearing after third examination and report; compensation for disability and death from asbestosis or silicosis.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.7Waiver of right to compensation as alternative to forced change of occupation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-62"Silicosis" and "asbestosis" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-63Period necessary for employee to be exposed.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-64General provisions of act to control as regards benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-65Reduction of rate where tuberculosis develops.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-66Claim where benefits are discontinued.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-67Postmortem examinations; notice to next of kin and insurance carrier.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-68Controverted medical questions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-69Examination by advisory medical committee; inspection of medical reports.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-70Report of committee to Industrial Commission.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-71Filing report; right of hearing on report.