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4121.01 Definitions for Revised Code Sections 4121.01 to 4121.29
4121.02 Industrial Commission established; members of Commission
4121.03 Chairperson of Industrial Commission; executive director; general dutie
4121.04 Nominating Council for selecting Industrial Commission members
4121.06 Services Committee of the Workers' Compensation System
4121.08 Reimbursement of BWC and Industrial Commission employee expenses
4121.09 Industrial Commission official seal
4121.10 Industrial Commission hours of operation; sessions; records of proceedi
4121.11 BWC authority to adopt rules of procedure
4121.12 Workers' Compensation Oversight Commission members and duties
4121.121 BWC established; administrator's duties; medical section; chief operat
4121.122 Administrator and Industrial Commission power to discipline employees;
4121.124 BWC Division of Research and Statistics
4121.125 Oversight Commission authority to measure performance of workers' comp
4121.13 Administrator's authority to issue safety standards, conduct safety inv
4121.14 Administrator's appointment of agents for investigating employers; powe
4121.15 BWC authority to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel attendance o
4121.16 Witness fees and reimbursement for mileage
4121.17 Petition for BWC investigation of unsafe workplace; investigation and o
4121.18 Publication of BWC rules and orders
4121.19 BWC record of preceedings
4121.20 BWC authority to take depositions
4121.21 Effective date of BWC orders; deadlines for compliance
4121.22 BWC and municipal corporation jurisdiction to issue safety standards; c
4121.23 Petition for hearing by employer affected by BWC order
4121.24 Hearing must precede action to vacate BWC order
4121.25 Action to vacate BWC order
4121.26 Judicial remand of issues not determined by BWC; stay of action to vaca
4121.27 Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction over action to vacate BWC order
4121.28 BWC order not stayed by pending action to vacate order; exception
4121.29 Certain actions given priority on court docket
4121.30 BWC and Industrial Commission adoption of rules; publication of rules;
4121.31 Joint rules of BWC and Industrial Commission; employee possession of cl
4121.32 BWC and Industrial Commission policy and operating manuals; policy guid
4121.34 District Hearing Officers; original jurisdiction; BWC to provide assist
4121.35 Staff Hearing Officers; original jurisdiction
4121.351 Handling hearing spikes; personal service contracts for temporary hear
4121.36 Rules on hearings; expedited hearings; Industrial Commission meetings;
4121.37 BWC Safety and Hygiene Division; establishment of Safety and Hygiene Fu
4121.38 Industrial Commission Medical Section; impairment evaluation; medical-l
4121.39 Additional Duties of Administrator; BWC Legal Section; quality control
4121.40 Duties of Service Office Directors; investigators and field auditors
4121.41 BWC education program for employers and employees; employer audits; han
4121.42 BWC and Industrial Commission employee training programs
4121.43 BWC procedure for paying compensation; employer medical examination of
4121.44 Health Partnership Program; Health Care Data Program; balance billing;
4121.441 Rules for Health Partnership Program
4121.442 Health Care Quality Advisory Panel; standards for Qualified Health Pla
4121.443 Health Care Advisory Committee
4121.45 Workers' Compensation Ombudsperson
4121.47 Violations of Specific Safety Requirements
4121.48 BWC Occupational Safety Loan Program
4121.61 BWC to aid in rehabilitating injured workers
4121.62 BWC Rehabilitation Division; funding; fees; contracts to provide rehabi
4121.63 Living maintenance compensation for rehabilitation participants
4121.64 Procedure for appealing rehabilitation decisions
4121.65 Rehabilitation services of self-insuring employers
4121.66 Payment of rehabilitation expenses
4121.67 Grants to employers for hiring rehabilitated claimants; rehabilitation
4121.68 Compensation for injuries sustained in rehabilitation program
4121.69 Payment of employees providing rehabilitation services; referral of cla
4121.70 Labor-Management-Government Advisory Council; advice and recommendation
4121.99 PENALTIES
4123.01. Definitions.
4123.02 Police and firefighter limited exemption from Chapter 4123
4123.021 "State active duty" definition for militia
4123.022 Militia are employed by State while on State active duty
4123.023 Militia qualify for maximum benefits
4123.024 Surplus Fund used to compensate militia and emergency management worke
4123.025 Compensation for person injured or killed while performing duly author
4123.03 Contract coverage for volunteers working for State or political subdivi
4123.031 Definitions relating to emergency management workers
4123.032 Coverage of emergency management workers; statute of limitations for f
4123.033 Types and rates of compensation available to emergency management work
4123.034 Unpaid emergency management workers eligible for maximum benefits
4123.035 Limited appeal rights for emergency management workers and dependents
4123.036 Prerequisites before emergency management workers qualify for benefits
4123.037 Emergency management workers must take loyalty oath
4123.038 Definitions for R.C. 4123.038 and 4123.039; apprentice; apprenticeship
4123.039 Coverage for apprentices, pre-apprentices, entry-level trainees, and j
4123.04 Coverage of employees in interstate or foreign commerce for whom Congre
4123.05 BWC Rules
4123.06 Industrial Commission regulates fees and sets standards for attorneys a
4123.07 BWC distribution of forms; employer duty to keep supply available for e
4123.08 Industrial Commission and BWC authority to adminster oaths, issue subpo
4123.09 Deposition of witnesses by Industrial Commission and BWC
4123.10 Rules of Evidence inapplicable to Industrial Commission proceedings
4123.11 Industrial Commission may use stenographer's transcription of evidence
4123.12 Enforcing BWC or Industrial Commission orders and subpoenas
4123.13 Fees for officer serving subpoena and witness attending hearing
4123.19 Payment of BWC expenses
4123.20 BWC distribution of printed classifications, rates and rules
4123.21 No injunction to suspend official action taken under Chapter 4123
4123.22 BWC and Industrial Commission Annual Report
4123.23 BWC authority to inspect employer records; enforcement
4123.24 Payroll recordkeeping required of employers
4123.25 Penalty for misrepresenting payroll or compensation paid
4123.26 Employer duty to keep and furnish records, provide annual statement; pe
4123.27 Confidentiality of information provided by employers; reporting injured
4123.28 Employer recordkeeping and reports of injuries and occupational disease
4123.29 Classifying occupations and industries; setting premium rates; retrospe
4123.291 Adjudicating Committee
4123.30 State Insurance Fund; Public Fund; Private Fund; distributions from fun
4123.31 BWC and Industrial Commission Workers' Compensation Fund in State Treas
4123.32 Rules for State Insurance Fund; returning surplus premium; premium secu
4123.33 Certificate of coverage for less than one year
4123.34 Setting premium rates; Surplus Fund; basic rates and experience rating;
4123.341 Payment of BWC and Industrial Commission administrative costs
4123.342 Allocating BWC and Industrial Commission administrative costs among em
4123.343 Handicap Reimbursement
4123.35 Premium payments; certificate of coverage; subcontractor premium liabil
4123.351 Self-Insuring Employers Guaranty Fund
4123.352 Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board; grounds for revoking self-in
4123.36 Default in premium payment covered by transfer from premium payment sec
4123.37 Proceedings and assessments against non-complying employers
4123.38 State and local government contributions to the State Insurance Fund
4123.39 Classifying local governments for determining premiums; payment of Stat
4123.40 Determining premiums for State government; classifying departments and
4123.401 Submission of state agency reports of estimated employees and payroll
4123.402 Department of Administrative Services handling of state employee claim
4123.411 Employer assessments for Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.412 Creation and purpose of Disabled Workers' relief Fund
4123.413 Eligibility for participating in Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.414 Payment amounts from Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.415 Form of payment from Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.416 Self-insuring employers must provide BWC with list of claimants receiv
4123.417 BWC determination of right to participate in Disabled Workers' Relief
4123.418 BWC employees administer Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.419 Assessment rates for Disabled Workers' Relief Fund
4123.42 Treasurer of State is custodian of workers' compensation funds
4123.43 Deposit of not-immediately-needed portions of the State Insurance Fund
4123.44 BWC investment of State Insurance Fund surplus or reserve; authority to
4123.443 BWC or Industrial Commission rental payments for property acquired as
4123.452 Injury during voluntary ridesharing arrangement not covered
4123.46 Disbursements from State Insurance Fund; amounts payable by self-insuri
4123.47 Actuarial audits of State Insurance Fund; administrative audits of BWC
4123.48 BWC shall keep individual account for State and each local government a
4123.50 Employer's agents responsible for compliance with workers' compensation
4123.51 Places to file claims
4123.511 BWC duty to notify claimant and employer of receipt of claim; BWC assi
4123.512 Appeals to court
4123.52 Continuing jurisdiction; records retention
4123.521 Employer penalized for filing appeal to delay or harass
4123.522 Right to notice or proceedings; remedy for failure to receive notice
4123.53 BWC and Industrial Commission medical exams and vocational evaluations;
4123.54 Employees entitled to compensation; presumption of no coverage for empl
4123.541 Offset for federal benefits received by emergency management workers
4123.55 Compensation for first week not payable unless disability lasts two con
4123.56 Temporary total disability compensation; 200-week examination; repaymen
4123.57 Permanent partial disability compensation; awards for loss of member; p
4123.571 PRIOR CLAIMS
4123.58 Permanent total disability compensation; adjustment for receipt of soci
4123.59 Death benefits; dependents
4123.60 Apportionment of death benefits; accrued compensation
4123.61 Average weekly wage; full weekly wage; computation of various benefits
4123.62 Adjusting average weekly wage for youth; annual adjustment of DWRF paym
4123.63 Employer reimbursement for service-related injury
4123.64 Lump-sum payment of benefits
4123.65 Settlement of claims
4123.651 Employer medical examinations of claimant; employer right to medical r
4123.66 Medical payments; funeral payments; damage to eyeglasses, dentures, or
4123.67 Compensation cannot be attached; payable only to claimants; exception f
4123.68 Occupational diseases
4123.69 Occupational Disease Fund; claimants with occupational diseases have sa
4123.70 Compensation denied if claimant falsely denied having disease at time o
4123.71 Physician duty to report occupational disease
4123.72 Physician neglect to report occupational disease
4123.73 Coverage of employer having less than three employees
4123.74 Complying employers immune from lawsuits over work-related injuries
4123.741 Coworkers immune from lawsuits brought by injured workers
4123.75 Rights of injured worker against noncomplying employer; BWC right to re
4123.76 Lien placed on noncomplying employer's property to ensure payment of cl
4123.77 Noncomplying employer cannot use common law defenses against injured wo
4123.78 Lien place on noncomplying employer's property to ensure payment of pre
4123.79 Injunction to stop noncomplying employer's operations; noncompliance by
4123.80 Employee's waiver of rights is void; exceptions for blind and for volun
4123.81 Employer cannot deduct premium from employee's wages
4123.82 Private contracts for Ohio workers' compensation insurance or indemnifi
4123.83 Employer must post certificate of coverage or notice of self-insuring s
4123.84 Statute of limitations for filing injury claims; self-insuring employe
4123.85 Statute of limitations for filing occupational disease claims
4123.88 Soliciting representation of claimant or employer prohibited; false rep
4123.89 Minor's rights under workers' compensation laws; employer penalized if
4123.90 No discrimination against alien dependents; no employer discrimination
4123.91 Consular officials to provide information regarding alien dependents
4123.92 Attorney General's prosecution and defense of workers' compensation mat
4123.93 Subrogation definitions
4123.931 Subrogation rights
4123.94 Court judgments on workers' compensation have preference against employ
4123.95 Workers' compensation laws construed liberally in favor of injured work
4123.96 Prohibition on soliciting claims
4123.99 Criminal penalities for violations of various workers' compensation sta
4131.01 Definitions for Black Lung Fund
4131.02 Administrator's powers in administering Black Lung Fund
4131.03 Establishment, investment, disbursement and reinsurance of Black Lung F
4131.04 Premiums for Black Lung Fund
4131.05 Disbursements from Black Lung Fund
4131.06 Immunity for State and officials in administering Black Lung Fund
4131.11 Definitions for Marine Industry Fund
4131.12 Administrator's powers in administering Marine Industry Fund
4131.13 Establishment, disbursement, investment and reinsurance of Marine Indus
4131.14 Premiums for Marine Industry Fund
4131.15 Disbursements from Marine Industry Fund
4131.16 Immunity for State and officials in administering Marine Industry Fund
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CPT Coding Tips
Utilizing Prescription Medication for the Treatment of Intractable Pain
Interpreter Services
Beryllium Policy
Home and Vehicle Modifications
Wheelchairs
TENS and NMES
Official Disability Guidelines
Durable medical equipment
Provider Reimbursement in Multiple Claims Policy
Repair or Replacement Vision, Hearing, and Medical Supplies
Clinical Editing
Recovery of Payment Errors
MCO Grievance Conference with Providers
MCO Notes
Exposure or Contact with Blood or Other Potentially Infectious Materials With o
In-Home Physician Visits and Physician Mobile Office Visits
New Medical Technologies and Procedures Policy
Vertebral Axial Decompression
Unsupervised Physical Reconditioning Program
Interferential Therapy
Medical Documentation Guidelines
BWC Recognition of ICD-9-CM Codes for �Pain�
Use of EOB 776 Policy
Role of Vocational Rehabilitation