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Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1402

Workers' Compensation Commission — Authority and jurisdiction

Acts 1971, No. 223, §§ 2, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-1238, 80-1242; Acts 2019, No. 315, §§ 234, 235.

(1) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to adopt rules and to prescribe forms it deems necessary or desirable to properly carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter.

(2) The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all claims filed by or in behalf of school district employees pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter for workers' compensation benefits.

(3) The method and procedure of filing claims and the determination of awards pursuant to such claims shall be the same as provided by law and rules of the commission with respect to claims filed by employees of private employers.

(4) However, the action taken by the commission with respect to the allowance or disallowance of any claim filed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be final and binding upon all parties and shall not be subject to judicial review.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.