Georgia Code, Title 34, Chapter 9, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 34-9-1 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Board" means the State Board of Workers' Compensation. (2) "Employee" means every person in the service...
• § 34-9-2 - Applicability of Chapter to Employers and Employees -- Generally
  (a) (1) As used in this subsection, the term "farm laborer" shall include, without limitation, any person employed by an employer in connection with...
• § 34-9-2.1 - Exemption of Corporate Officers; Limitation
  (a) A corporate officer or a member of a limited liability company who elects to be exempt from coverage under this chapter shall make...
• § 34-9-2.2 - Eligibility of Sole Proprietor or Partner for Workers' Compensation Insurance
  Any sole proprietor or partner of a business whose employees are eligible for benefits under this chapter may elect to be included as an...
• § 34-9-2.3 - Election to Provide Workers' Compensation Coverage to Farm Laborers
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of Code Section 34-9-2, relative to the exempt status of individuals employed as farm laborers, an employer of...
• § 34-9-2.4 - Workers' Compensation Coverage for Persons Performing Voluntary Services for Olympic Games; Repealer
  Repealed by Ga. L. 1995, p. 852, § 1, effective December 31, 1997.
• § 34-9-3 - Applicability of Chapter to Employers and Employees -- Public Employees Generally
  Neither any municipal corporation within the state, nor any political subdivision of the state, nor any employee of any such corporation or subdivision shall...
• § 34-9-4 - Applicability of Chapter to Employers and Employees -- Employees of Planning Commissions
  All planning commissions created pursuant to Ga. L. 1957, p. 420, as amended, relating to the creation of planning commissions by certain political subdivisions,...
• § 34-9-5 - Applicability of Chapter to Employers and Employees -- Pilots Under Contract to Georgia Forestry Commission
  Notwithstanding Code Section 34-9-1 or any other provision of law, this chapter shall not be deemed to apply to any airplane pilots or their...
• § 34-9-6 - Retroactive Inclusion of State and Departments in Definition of "Employer"; Resumption of Payments of Awards Previously Discontinued
  So far as concerns the State of Georgia or any department thereof which has been operating under the terms of this chapter, the state...
• § 34-9-7 - Presumption of Applicability of Chapter to Contracts Between Employers and Employees Covered by Chapter
  Every contract of service between an employer and an employee covered by this chapter, whether such contract is written, oral, or implied, shall be...
• § 34-9-8 - Liability of Principal Contractor or Subcontractor for Employee Injuries
  (a) A principal, intermediate, or subcontractor shall be liable for compensation to any employee injured while in the employ of any of his subcontractors...
• § 34-9-9 - Relief From Penalty for Failure or Neglect to Perform Statutory Duty
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any employer or employee from any penalty for failure or neglect to perform any statutory
• § 34-9-10 - Relief of Employer From Obligations Under Chapter
  No contract or agreement, written, oral, or implied, nor any rule, regulation, or other device shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer...
• § 34-9-11 - Exclusivity of Rights and Remedies Granted to Employee Under Chapter; Immunity Granted to Construction Design Professionals
  (a) The rights and the remedies granted to an employee by this chapter shall exclude and be in place of all other rights and...
• § 34-9-11.1 - Employee's or Survivor's Right of Action Against Person Other Than Employer; Subrogation Lien of Employer; Rights of Employer or Insurer Upon Failure of Employee to Bring Action; Attorney Fees; Retroactive Application
  (a) When the injury or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter is caused under circumstances creating a legal liability against some...
• § 34-9-12 - Employer's Record of Injuries; Availability of Board Records; Supplementary Report on Termination of Disability; Penalties; Routine Reports
  (a) Every employer subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to the payment of compensation shall hereafter keep a record of all injuries,...
• § 34-9-13 - Definitions; Persons Presumed Next of Kin; Apportionment of Payments Among Partial and Total Dependents; Termination of Dependency
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Child" includes dependent stepchildren, legally adopted children, posthumous children, and acknowledged children born out...
• § 34-9-14 - Provision of Substitute Systems of Compensation; Approval by Board; Grounds and Procedure for Termination
  (a) Subject to the joint approval of the board and the Commissioner of Insurance, any employer may enter into or continue any agreement with...
• § 34-9-15 - Procedure for Settlement Between Parties Generally; Approval by Board; Finality of Settlement; Lump Sum Settlements
  (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed so as to prevent settlements made by and between the employee and employer but rather...
• § 34-9-16 - Settlement of Questions If Approved Agreement Cannot Be Reached
  All questions arising under this chapter shall be determined by the trial division and the appellate division of the board if the interested parties...
• § 34-9-17 - Grounds for Denial of Compensation; Burden of Proof in Establishing Grounds for Denial
  (a) No compensation shall be allowed for an injury or death due to the employee's willful misconduct, including intentionally self-inflicted injury, or growing out...
• § 34-9-18 - Civil Penalties; Costs of Collection
  (a) Any person who willfully fails to file any form or report required by the board, fails to follow any order or directive of...
• § 34-9-19 - Penalty for False or Misleading Statements When Obtaining or Denying Benefits
  Any person, firm, or corporation who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining or denying any benefit...
• § 34-9-20 - Giving of False Evidence to Board Member
  Any person who shall knowingly make, give, or produce any false statements or false evidence, under oath, to any member of the board or...
• § 34-9-21 - Penalty for Receiving Unentitled to Benefits
  Any employee who, with the intent to defraud, receives and retains any income benefits to which he or she is not entitled shall be...
• § 34-9-22 - Penalty for Receipt of Unapproved Fees or for Solicitation of Employment for Lawyer or Physician
  Any physician, attorney, or hospital which receives any fee, other consideration, or any gratuity on account of services rendered under this chapter, unless such...
• § 34-9-23 - Liberal Construction of Chapter; Purpose
  This chapter shall be liberally construed only for the purpose of bringing employers and employees within the provisions of this chapter and to provide...
• § 34-9-24 - Fraud and Compliance Unit; Creation and Duties; Limitation on Liability; Authority; Whistle Blower Protection
  (a) There is established within the office of the State Board of Workers' Compensation a fraud and compliance unit. This unit shall assist the...
• § 34-9-25 - Patient Self-Referral
  Physicians treating workers' compensation claimants shall comply with the provisions against patient self-referral as set forth in Chapter 1B of Title 43.

Last modified: October 14, 2016