Waiver of compensation; approval; silicosis or asbestosis
Sec. 31. (a) No employee, personal representative, or beneficiary
shall have power to waive any of the provisions of this chapter in
regard to the amount of compensation which may be payable to such
employee, personal representative, or beneficiary except after
approval by the worker's compensation board.
(b) Any employee who, prior to June 7, 1937, has contracted
silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled therefrom may, by August
6, 1937, file with the industrial board a request for permission to
waive full compensation on account of disability or death resulting
from silicosis or asbestosis, or any direct result thereof, supported by
medical evidence satisfactory to the industrial board that he has
actually contracted silicosis or asbestosis but is not disabled
therefrom.
(c) If the industrial board shall approve a waiver filed under
subsection (b), the compensation payable for such resulting disability
or death of such employee, after further exposure in the employment
of any employer shall be fifty percent (50%) of the compensation
which but for such waiver would have been payable by any such
employer.
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.24.) As amended by P.L.144-1986,
SEC.72; P.L.28-1988, SEC.59.
Last modified: May 27, 2006