General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 23E Division of Industrial Accidents

• Massachusetts General Laws - Director of industrial accidents; appointment; term; salary - Chapter 23E, Section 1
  There shall be a department of industrial accidents, hereinafter referred to as the department under the supervision and control of a director of industrial accidents,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Director executive and administrative head of department - Chapter 23E, Section 2
  The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administration division; director; deputy director; dispute resolution division; director; deputy director; responsibilities - Chapter 23E, Section 3
  (a) There shall be within the department a division of administration, under the supervision and control of a director of administration, and a division of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Industrial accident board; members; appointment; terms; review; salaries - Chapter 23E, Section 4
  There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Industrial accident reviewing board; members; appointment; terms; review; salaries - Chapter 23E, Section 5
  There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident reviewing board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Senior judges; powers and duties; selection - Chapter 23E, Section 6
  The industrial accident board and the industrial accident reviewing board shall be under the supervision and administrative control of the senior judge. The senior judge...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Recall of former board members - Chapter 23E, Section 7
  If the workload of the board so requires, the governor with the advice and consent of the council, may, upon request of the commissioner, recall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal of members of board or reviewing board - Chapter 23E, Section 8
  The commissioner and the senior judge shall have authority to initiate proceedings for the removal of a board or reviewing board member when the commissioner...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Industrial accident nominating panel; members; review of applications for appointment to board or reviewing board; performance evaluations - Chapter 23E, Section 9
  There shall be an industrial accident nominating panel to consist of thirteen members. The panel shall include the governor’s legal counsel, the secretary of labor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Office of legal counsel - Chapter 23E, Section 10
  There shall be within the department an office of legal counsel under the direction of a general counsel who shall report to the commissioner. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fraud investigations; right to request and receive information - Chapter 23E, Section 11
  For the purpose of investigating fraud and collecting data regarding workplace injuries, the department shall have the right to request and receive information from the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 398, Sec. 7 - Chapter 23E, Section 12 to 13
  Repealed, 1991, 398, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Regional offices - Chapter 23E, Section 14
  The commissioner shall establish four permanent regional offices, and shall appoint at least one management level employee as supervisor of each such office, and such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Workers’ compensation advisory council; members; appointment; meetings; quorum - Chapter 23E, Section 15
  There is hereby established an advisory council on workers’ compensation in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the advisory council to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council personnel; expenses - Chapter 23E, Section 16
  The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of advisory council - Chapter 23E, Section 17
  The advisory council shall monitor, recommend, give testimony, and report on all aspects of the workers’ compensation system, except the adjudication of particular claims or...

Last modified: September 11, 2015