Alaska Workers' Compensation Act

Alaska · Labor and Workers' Compensation · §§ 23.30.001 to 23.30.400 · 96 sections

Overview

This act establishes a state's workers' compensation system, defining who qualifies as an employee, how terms such as intoxication apply, which businesses fall outside its reach, and how it interacts with other laws, along with special coverage rules for groups such as emergency response personnel and members of the state's military forces. It places administration of the system in a workers' compensation division housed within the state insurance department, setting the division's duties and prescribing the appointment, qualifications, compensation, removal, and conflict-of-interest restrictions governing the commissioner who leads it, while creating a separate office of injured employee counsel and dividing authority between the insurance and workers' compensation commissioners. It also bars discrimination, fixes the interest or discount rate applied under the system, and requires public interest information, documented complaint handling, and opportunities for public participation.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

AS 23.30.001Legislative intent
AS 23.30.002Division of workers' compensation; director
AS 23.30.005Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
AS 23.30.007Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission
AS 23.30.008Powers and duties of the commission
AS 23.30.009Powers and duties of the chair of the commission
AS 23.30.010Coverage
AS 23.30.011Extraterritorial coverage
AS 23.30.012Agreements in regard to claims
AS 23.30.015Compensation where third persons are liable
AS 23.30.017Immunity for third-party design professional
AS 23.30.020Chapter part of contract of hire
AS 23.30.022False statements by employee
AS 23.30.025Approval and coverage of insurance policies
AS 23.30.030Required policy provisions
AS 23.30.035Adjustment of insurance rates
AS 23.30.040Second injury fund
AS 23.30.041Rehabilitation and reemployment of injured workers
AS 23.30.043Stay-at-work benefits program
AS 23.30.045Employer's liability for compensation
AS 23.30.050Employer's liability despite negligence of a third party
AS 23.30.055Exclusiveness of liability
AS 23.30.060Election of direct payment presumed
AS 23.30.065Employer's record of injuries
AS 23.30.070Report of injury to division
AS 23.30.075Employer's liability to pay
AS 23.30.080Employer's failure to insure
AS 23.30.082Workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund
AS 23.30.085Duty of employer to file evidence of compliance
AS 23.30.090Self-insurance certificates
AS 23.30.092Volunteer ambulance attendants', police officers', firefighters', and search and rescue personnel's insurance
AS 23.30.095Medical treatments, services, and examinations
AS 23.30.097Fees for medical treatment and services
AS 23.30.098Regulations
AS 23.30.100Notice of injury or death
AS 23.30.105Time for filing of claims
AS 23.30.106[Renumbered as AS 23.30.011.]
AS 23.30.107Release of information
AS 23.30.108Prehearings on discovery matters; objections to requests for release of information; sanctions for noncompliance
AS 23.30.110Procedure on claims
AS 23.30.115Attendance and fees of witnesses
AS 23.30.118Presumption of compensability for post-traumatic stress disorder
AS 23.30.120Presumptions
AS 23.30.121Presumption of coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters
AS 23.30.122Credibility of witnesses
AS 23.30.125Administrative review of compensation order
AS 23.30.127Appeals to commission
AS 23.30.128Commission proceedings
AS 23.30.129Judicial review of commission orders
AS 23.30.130Modification of awards
AS 23.30.135Procedure before the board
AS 23.30.140Appointment of guardian by court
AS 23.30.145Attorney fees
AS 23.30.150Commencement of compensation
AS 23.30.155Payment of compensation
AS 23.30.160Assignment and exemption of claims
AS 23.30.165Lien
AS 23.30.170Collection of defaulted payments
AS 23.30.172Benefit adjustments. [Repealed, § 11 ch 75 SLA 1977.]
AS 23.30.175Rates of compensation
AS 23.30.180Permanent total disability
AS 23.30.185Compensation for temporary total disability
AS 23.30.187Effect of unemployment benefits
AS 23.30.190Compensation for permanent partial impairment; rating guides
AS 23.30.191Expenses for rehabilitating injured employees. [Repealed, § 27 ch 93 SLA 1982. For current law concerning rehabilitation of injured workers, see AS 23.30.041.]
AS 23.30.195Survival of the right to compensation
AS 23.30.200Temporary partial disability
AS 23.30.205Injury combined with preexisting impairment
AS 23.30.210Determination of wage-earning capacity. [Repealed, § 44 ch 79 SLA 1988.]
AS 23.30.215Compensation for death
AS 23.30.220Determination of spendable weekly wage
AS 23.30.224Coordination of benefits
AS 23.30.225Social security and pension or profit sharing plan offsets
AS 23.30.230Persons not covered
AS 23.30.235Cases in which no compensation is payable
AS 23.30.236Members of the organized militia as employees
AS 23.30.237High school students in work-study programs as employees of the state
AS 23.30.238Volunteer emergency medical technicians as employees
AS 23.30.239Sole proprietors and partners as employees
AS 23.30.240Officers of corporations, municipal corporations, and nonprofit corporations, and members of limited liability companies as employees
AS 23.30.241Special officers as employees
AS 23.30.242Members of state boards and commissions as employees
AS 23.30.243Extending coverage to certain firefighters
AS 23.30.244Emergency and disaster relief forces as state employees
AS 23.30.245Invalid agreements
AS 23.30.246Search and rescue personnel as state employees
AS 23.30.247Discrimination prohibited
AS 23.30.250Penalties for fraudulent or misleading acts; damages in civil actions
AS 23.30.255Penalty for failure to pay compensation
AS 23.30.260Penalty for receiving unapproved fees and soliciting
AS 23.30.263Immunity from civil liability for workplace safety inspections
AS 23.30.265[Renumbered as AS 23.30.395.]
AS 23.30.270[Renumbered as AS 23.30.400.]
AS 23.30.280Investigation of fraud; staffing
AS 23.30.395Definitions
AS 23.30.400Short title

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