Arkansas Code Title 11, Chapter 9, Subchapter 7 - Proceedings Before Workers' Compensation Commission

• § 11-9-701 - Notice of Injury or Death.
  (a) (1) Unless an injury either renders the employee physically or mentally unable to do so, or is made known to the employer immediately...
• § 11-9-702 - Filing of Claims.
  (a) Time for Filing. (1) A claim for compensation for disability on account of an injury, other than an occupational disease and occupational infection,...
• § 11-9-703 - Preliminary Conference Procedure.
  The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to promulgate appropriate rules and regulations to establish and implement, for claims with respect to injuries...
• § 11-9-704 - Proceedings on Claims.
  (a) Notice. Within ten (10) days after a claim for compensation has been filed, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall notify the employer and any...
• § 11-9-705 - Nature of Proceedings Generally.
  (a) Conduct of Hearing or Inquiry. (1) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall not be...
• § 11-9-706 - Conduct of Proceedings -- Contempt.
  (a) The Workers' Compensation Commission shall have the power to preserve and enforce order during any proceeding had before it, to issue subpoenas for...
• § 11-9-707 - Presumptions.
  In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation, the following prima facie presumptions shall exist: (1) That the Workers' Compensation Commission...
• § 11-9-708 - Depositions.
  The Workers' Compensation Commission may cause depositions of witnesses to be taken in such manner as it may direct.
• § 11-9-709 - Witness Fees.
  Each witness who appears in obedience to a subpoena shall be entitled to the same fees as witnesses in a civil action in the...
• § 11-9-710 - Attorneys.
  (a) Where the Workers' Compensation Commission is a party to or is otherwise interested in a court proceeding under this chapter, it may employ...
• § 11-9-711 - Finality of Order or Award -- Review.
  (a) Award or Order of Administrative Law Judge or Single Commissioner -- Review. (1) A compensation order or award of an administrative law judge...
• § 11-9-712 - Enforcement of Order or Award.
  If any employer fails to comply with a final compensation order or award, any beneficiary of the order or award, or the Workers' Compensation...
• § 11-9-713 - Modification of Awards.
  (a) (1) Except where a joint petition settlement has been approved, the Workers' Compensation Commission may review any compensation order, award, or decision. (2)...
• § 11-9-714 - Costs in Proceedings Brought Without Reasonable Grounds.
  If the court having jurisdiction of proceedings in respect of any claim or compensation order determines that the proceedings in respect to the claim...
• § 11-9-715 - Fees for Legal Services.
  (a) (1) (A) Fees for legal services rendered in respect of a claim shall not be valid unless approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission....
• § 11-9-716 - Lump-Sum Attorney's Fees.
  (a) The Workers' Compensation Commission is authorized to approve lump-sum attorney's fees for legal services rendered in respect of a claim before the commission.(b)...
• § 11-9-717 - Attorney's Signature.
  (a) (1) (A) Every claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, and other paper...

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