Arkansas Code Title 11, Chapter 9, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 11-9-101 - Title -- Purpose.
  (a) This chapter shall be cited as the "Workers' Compensation Law".(b) The primary purposes of the workers' compensation laws are to pay timely temporary...
• § 11-9-102 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Carrier" means any stock company, mutual company, or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized to write or carry on...
• § 11-9-103 - Applicability.
  (a) Every employer and every employee, unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall...
• § 11-9-104 - Effect of Unconstitutionality.
  If any part of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional by the courts and the adjudication has the effect of invalidating any payment of compensation...
• § 11-9-105 - Remedies Exclusive -- Exception.
  (a) The rights and remedies granted to an employee subject to the provisions of this chapter, on account of injury or death, shall be...
• § 11-9-106 - Penalties for Misrepresentation.
  (a) (1) (A) Any person or entity who willfully and knowingly makes any material false statement or representation, who willfully and knowingly omits or...
• § 11-9-107 - Penalties for Discrimination for Filing Claim.
  (a) (1) Any employer who willfully discriminates in regard to the hiring or tenure of work or any term or condition of work of...
• § 11-9-108 - Waiver of Compensation Void -- Exception.
  (a) No agreement by an employee to waive his or her right to compensation shall be valid, and no contract, regulation, or device whatsoever...
• § 11-9-109 - Agreement to Pay Premium Void.
  (a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of the premium paid by his or her employer to a carrier or to...
• § 11-9-110 - Compensation Nonassignable, Etc., and Payable to Dependents Only -- Child Support Obligations Excepted.
  (a) The right to compensation shall not be assignable and shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, levy, execution, or any other legal process,...
• § 11-9-111 - Compensation Payable to Certain Alien Dependents.
  (a) Compensation to alien nonresidents of the United States or Canada shall be the same in amount as provided for residents, except that alien...
• § 11-9-112 - Preference for Due Compensation.
  Compensation due an injured employee or his or her dependents shall have the same preference as is allowed by law to an employee for...
• § 11-9-113 - Mental Injury or Illness.
  (a) (1) A mental injury or illness is not a compensable injury unless it is caused by physical injury to the employee's body, and...
• § 11-9-114 - Heart or Lung Injury or Illness.
  (a) A cardiovascular, coronary, pulmonary, respiratory, or cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction causing injury, illness, or death is a compensable injury only if, in...
• § 11-9-115 - Disclosure of Child Support Obligations.
  (a) (1) At any time an application is made for workers' compensation, an employer shall require the applicant for compensation to state whether or...
• § 11-9-116 - Fund Transfer to Support Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit of the State Insurance Department.
  (a) (1) One (1) month before the beginning of any fiscal quarter, the Insurance Commissioner shall provide to the Workers' Compensation Commission the estimated...
• § 11-9-117 - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Guidelines.
  Pursuant to its rulemaking authority, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall be empowered to enact medical diagnostic and treatment guidelines regarding occupational carpal tunnel syndrome...
• § 11-9-118 - Provider Payments While Claims are Pending.
  (a) No hospital, physician, or other health care provider shall bill or attempt to collect any fee or any portion of a fee for...

Last modified: November 15, 2016