West Virginia · Statutes
Article 4
48 sections
48 sections
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1To whom compensation fund disbursed; occupational pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases included in "injury" and "personal injury"; definition of occupational pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases; rebuttable presumption for cardiovascular injury and disease or pulmonary disease for firefighters.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1AReport of injuries by employee.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1BReport of injuries by employers.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1C§23-4-1c.§23-4-1c. Payment of temporary total disability benefits directly to claimant; payment of medical benefits; payments of benefits during protest; right of commission, successor to the commission, private carriers and self-insured employers to collect payments improperly made.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1DMethod and time of payments for permanent disability.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1ETemporary total disability benefits not to be paid for periods of correctional center or jail confinement; denial of workers' compensation benefits for injuries or disease incurred while confined.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1FCertain psychiatric injuries and diseases not compensable; definitions; legislative findings; terms; report required.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-1GWeighing of evidence.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-2Disbursement where injury is self-inflicted or intentionally caused by employer; legislative declarations and findings; "deliberate intention" defined.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-2ALimit on liability for noneconomic loss.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-3Schedule of maximum disbursements for medical, surgical, dental and hospital treatment; legislative approval; guidelines; preferred provider agreements; charges in excess of scheduled amounts not to be made; required disclosure of financial interest in sale or rental of medically related mechanical appliances or devices; promulgation of rules to enforce requirement; consequences of failure to disclose; contract by employer with hospital, physician, etc., prohibited; criminal penalties for violation; payments to certain providers prohibited; medical cost and care program; payments; interlocutory orders.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-3BCreation of health care advisory panel.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-3CSuspension or termination of providers of health care.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-4Funeral expenses; wrongfully seeking payment; criminal penalties.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-5Benefits for first three days after injury.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-6Classification of and criteria for disability benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-6ABenefits and mode of payment to employees and dependents for occupational pneumoconiosis; further adjustment of claim for occupational pneumoconiosis.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-6BOccupational hearing loss claims.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-6CBenefits payable to certain sheltered workshop employees; limitations.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-6DBenefits payable to part-time employees.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-7Release of medical information to employer; legislative findings; effect of application for benefits; duty of employer.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-7AMonitoring of injury claims; legislative findings; review of medical evidence; recommendation of authorized treating physician; independent medical evaluations; temporary total disability benefits and the termination thereof; mandatory action; additional authority; suspension of benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-7BTrial return to work; Insurance Commissioner to develop rules.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-8Physical examination of claimant.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-8AOccupational Pneumoconiosis Board; composition; term of office; duties; quorum; remuneration.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-8BOccupational Pneumoconiosis Board; procedure; autopsy.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-8COccupational Pneumoconiosis Board; reports and distribution thereof; presumption; findings required of board; objection to findings; procedure thereon; limitations on refilings; consolidation of claims.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-8DOccupational pneumoconiosis claims never closed for medical benefits with exception of settled claims.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-9Physical and vocational rehabilitation.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-9BPreexisting impairments not considered in fixing amount of compensation.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-10Classification of death benefits; "dependent" defined.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-11To whom death benefits paid.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-12Application of benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-13Effect of abandonment of spouse.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-14Computation of benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-15Application for benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-15ANonresident alien beneficiaries.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-15BDetermination of nonmedical questions; claims for occupational pneumoconiosis; hearing.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-16Jurisdiction over case continuous; modification of finding or order; time limitation on awards; reimbursement of claimant for expenses; reopening cases involving permanent total disability; promulgation of rules.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-16AInterest on benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-17Commutation of periodical benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-18Mode of paying benefits generally; exemptions of compensation from legal process.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-20Postmortem examinations.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-21Severability.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-22Permanent disability evaluations; limitations; notice.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-23Permanent total disability benefits; reduction of disability benefits; reduction of benefits; application of section; severability.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-24Permanent total disability awards; retirement age; limitations on eligibility and the introduction of evidence; effects of other types of awards; procedures; requests for awards; jurisdiction.
- W. Va. Code § 23-4-25Permanent total disability benefits; reduction of disability benefits for wages earned by claimant.