Michigan Compiled Laws 317-1969-8 Chapter 8 Procedure (418.801...418.899)

• Section 418.801 Payment Of Compensation; Time; Manner; Record; Reports; Daily Charges As Elements Of Loss; Failure To Notify Carrier Of Disability Or Death; Interest; Detection And Prevention Of Fraud, Waste, And Abuse; Recommendations.
  (1) Compensation shall be paid promptly and directly to the person entitled thereto and shall become due and payable on the fourteenth day after...
• Section 418.805 Record Of Injuries; Contents; Reports To Bureau.
  Every employer who is subject to this act shall keep a record of all injuries causing death or disability of any employee arising out...
• Section 418.811 Compensation; Effect Of Savings, Insurance, Or Other Benefits.
  Any savings or insurance of the injured employee, or any contribution made by the injured employee to any benefit fund or protective association independent...
• Section 418.815 Compensation; Waiver Of Right, Validity.
  No agreement by an employee to waive his rights to compensation under this act shall be valid except that employees or their dependents as...
• Section 418.821 Assignment, Attachment, Or Garnishment; Liability As First Lien On Property Of Employer; Enforcement Of Assignment To Group Disability Or Hospitalization Insurance Company, Health Maintenance Organization, Or Medical Care And Hospital Service Corporation; Attorney Fees; Self-insurer As “insurance Company”; Adjustment; Rights Of Assignment Of Labor Management Health And Welfare Fund.
  (1) A payment under this act shall not be assignable or subject to attachment or garnishment or be held liable in any way for...
• Section 418.823 Mental Incompetents Or Minors.
  If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is a minor at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him under this...
• Section 418.827 Third Party Liability.
  (1) Where the injury for which compensation is payable under this act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other...
• Section 418.831 Compensation; Acceptance, Effect.
  Neither the payment of compensation or the accepting of the same by the employee or his dependents shall be considered as a determination of...
• Section 418.833 Application For Further Compensation; Overpayment, Recoupment.
  (1) If payment of compensation is made, other than medical expenses, and an application for further compensation is later filed with the bureau, no...
• Section 418.835 Redemption Of Liability From Personal Injury; Payment Of Lump Sum; Proposed Redemption Agreement As Lump Sum Application; Liability Of Employer; Hearing; Notice To Employer; Waiver; Use Of Fees; Applicability To Proposed Redemption Agreements Of Subsections (2) To (5).
  (1) After 6 months' time has elapsed from the date of a personal injury, any liability resulting from the personal injury may be redeemed...
• Section 418.835a Worker's Compensation Administrative Revolving Fund; Creation; Administration And Use Of Fund; Carry Over.
  (1) The worker's compensation administrative revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department of labor and...
• Section 418.836 Approval Of Redemption Agreement; Findings; Factors Considered In Making Determination; Employer As Party.
  (1) A redemption agreement shall only be approved by a worker's compensation magistrate if the worker's compensation magistrate finds all of the following: (a)...
• Section 418.837 Approval Or Rejection Of Redemption Agreements And Lump Sum Applications; Review; Order; Appeal; Finality.
  (1) All redemption agreements and lump sum applications filed under the provisions of section 835 shall be approved or rejected by a worker's compensation...
• Section 418.841 Disputes Or Controversies Concerning Compensation Or Other Benefits; Submission To Bureau; Determination Of Questions Arising Under Act; Director As Interested Party; Referral Of Claims To Small Claims Division; Notice; Filing Request For Removal; Hearing; Representation; Rules Of Evidence; Record; Claim Exceeding $2,000.00; Finality Of Decision; Request For Hearing Under Mcl 418.847.
  (1) Any dispute or controversy concerning compensation or other benefits shall be submitted to the bureau and all questions arising under this act shall...
• Section 418.845 Out-of-state Injuries; Jurisdiction; Benefits.
  The worker's compensation agency shall have jurisdiction over all controversies arising out of injuries suffered outside this state if the injured employee is employed...
• Section 418.846 Worker's Compensation Benefits Received Under Law Of Another State For Same Personal Injury; Credit.
  If an employee or the employee's dependents receive worker's compensation benefits from an employer, a carrier, a principal, or a subcontractor under the law...
• Section 418.847 Setting Case For Mediation Or Hearing; Hearing; Order; Opinion; Resolution Of Case By Mediation.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided for under this act, upon the filing with the agency by any party in interest of an application in...
• Section 418.851 Inquiries And Investigations; Evidence; Place Of Hearing; Filing Order With Bureau; Stipulations; Modification Or Correction Of Errors; Order Of Bureau.
  The worker's compensation magistrate at the hearing of the claim shall make such inquiries and investigations as he or she considers necessary. A claimant...
• Section 418.851a Repealed. 1989, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section granted further time to claim review under MCL 418.851.Popular Name: Act 317
• Section 418.852 Liability Of Carrier Or Fund; Determination; Reimbursement Of Carrier Or Fund.
  (1) The liability of a carrier or fund regarding a claim under this act shall be determined by the hearing referee or worker's compensation...
• Section 418.853 Process And Procedure; Oaths; Subpoenas; Examination Of Books And Records; Contempt; Application To Circuit Court.
  Process and procedure under this act shall be as summary as reasonably may be. The director, worker's compensation magistrates, arbitrators, and the Michigan compensation...
• Section 418.855 Statement Of Injured Employee; Copy; Admissibility As Evidence.
  If the employer, carrier or any agent of either takes a statement from an injured employee, the statement cannot be used as evidence against...
• Section 418.858 Cost Of Hearing; Fees Of Attorneys And Physicians; Disagreement As To Fees; Application For Hearing; Order; Review; Maximum Attorney Fees; Rules; Special Order Awarding Fees; Computation Of Attorney Fees; Limitation On Fees; Reduction In Fees.
  (1) The cost of a hearing, including the cost of taking stenographic notes of the testimony presented at the hearing, not exceeding the taxable...
• Section 418.859 Repealed. 1989, Act 117, Eff. Mar. 30, 1992.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to review by repeal board.Popular Name: Act 317
• Section 418.859a Filing Claim For Review; Time; Copy Of Testimony, Depositions, And Other Documents.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided for in this act, a claim for review of a case for which an application under section 847 is...
• Section 418.860 Repealed. 1994, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filing claim for review of case pending review by appeal board for 3 or more years.Popular Name: Act
• Section 418.861 Findings Of Fact Conclusive; Questions Of Law.
  The findings of fact made by the board acting within its powers, in the absence of fraud, shall be conclusive. The court of appeals...
• Section 418.861a Hearing And Decision; Findings Of Fact; Definitions; Transcript And Brief; Copies; Reply Brief; Cross Appeal And Brief; Specifications; Review And Decision; Adoption Of Order And Opinion; Scope Of Review; Remand; Analyses Of Evidence; Findings Of Fact Conclusive; Review Of Questions Of Law; Modification Or Correction Of Errors In Decision.
  (1) Any matter for which a claim for review under section 859a has been filed shall be heard and decided by the appellate commission....
• Section 418.861b Vexatious Claim Or Proceedings; Disciplinary Action.
  The commission, upon its own motion, or the motion of any party, may dismiss a claim for review, assess costs, or take other disciplinary...
• Section 418.862 Claim For Review As Stay Of Payment; Commencement And Duration Of Payment; Withholding Benefits Accruing Prior To Award; Reimbursement Of Carrier; Payment By Carrier; Interest; Payments As Accrued Compensation In Determining Attorneys' Fees; Medical Benefits.
  (1) A claim for review filed pursuant to section 859a, 861, or 864(11) does not operate as a stay of payment to the claimant...
• Section 418.863 Presentation Of Certified Copy Of Order To Circuit Court; Judgment.
  Any party may present a certified copy of an order of a worker's compensation magistrate, an arbitrator, the director, or the appellate commission in...
• Section 418.864 Hearing By Arbitrator; Qualifications Of Arbitrator; Adherence To Civil Rules Of Evidence; Testimony; Record; Transcript; Costs; Place Of Hearing; Briefs; Order; Opinion; Findings Of Fact; Review Of Questions Of Law; Voluntary Arbitration; Fee Of Arbitrator.
  (1) Any case for which an application for a hearing under section 847 has been filed may be heard by 1 arbitrator mutually agreed...
• Section 418.865 Examination By Physicians; Fee.
  The bureau may appoint a duly qualified impartial physician to examine the injured employee and to report. The fee for this service shall be...
• Section 418.867 Investigation Commission; Report, Expenses.
  Whenever in the opinion of the governor the provisions of this act shall be unfair to either employees or employers, he may appoint a...
• Section 418.891 Application Of Prior Law; New Benefit Rates; Saving Clause; Applicability Of Amendments To Personal Injuries And Work-related Diseases Incurred On Or After December 19, 2011.
  (1) To the extent that they are reenacted herein, all the provisions of former 1965 PA 44 apply only to personal injuries occurring on...
• Section 418.898 Repeal.
  Act No. 357 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections 408.1 to 408.33 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 and Act...
• Section 418.899 Effective Date.
  This act shall take effect December 31, 1969. History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 Popular Name: Act 317

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