Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 51 Industrial Insurance - Chapter 51.32 Compensation -- Right To And Amount

• 51.32.010 Who entitled to compensation
  Each worker injured in the course of his or her employment, or his or her family or dependents in case of death of the worker, ...
• 51.32.015 Time and place of coverage -- Lunch period
  The benefits of Title 51 RCW shall be provided to each worker receiving an injury, as defined therein, during the course of his or her ...
• 51.32.020 Who not entitled to compensation
  If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the worker himself or herself to produce such injury or death, or ...
• 51.32.025 Payments for children cease at age eighteen -- Exceptions
  Any payments to or on account of any child or children of a deceased or temporarily or totally permanently disabled worker pursuant to any of ...
• 51.32.030 When compensation payable to employer or member of corporate employer
  Any sole proprietor, partner, or joint venturer who has requested coverage under this title and who shall thereafter be injured or sustain an occupational disease, ...
• 51.32.040 Protection of awards -- Payment after death -- Time limitations for filing -- Confinement in institution
  (1) Except as provided in RCW 43.20B.720, 72.09.111, 74.20A.260, and 51.32.380, no money paid or payable under this title shall, before the issuance and delivery ...
• 51.32.045 Direct deposit of benefits
  Any worker or other recipient of benefits under this title may elect to have any payments due transferred to such person's account in a financial ...
• 51.32.050 Death benefits
  (1) Where death results from the injury the expenses of burial not to exceed two hundred percent of the average monthly wage in the state ...
• 51.32.055 Determination of permanent disabilities -- Closure of claims by self-insurers
  (1) One purpose of this title is to restore the injured worker as nearly as possible to the condition of self-support as an able-bodied worker. ...
• 51.32.060 Permanent total disability compensation -- Personal attendant
  (1) When the supervisor of industrial insurance shall determine that permanent total disability results from the injury, the worker shall receive monthly during the period ...
• 51.32.067 Permanent total disability -- Death benefit options -- Election
  (1) After a worker elects one of the options in (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection, that option shall apply only if the worker ...
• 51.32.072 Additional payments for prior pensioners -- Children -- Remarriage -- Attendant
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every surviving spouse and every permanently totally disabled worker or temporarily totally disabled worker, if such worker was unmarried ...
• 51.32.073 Additional payments for prior pensioners -- Premium liability of worker and employer for additional payments
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each employer shall retain from the earnings of each worker that amount as shall be ...
• 51.32.075 Adjustments in compensation or death benefits
  The compensation or death benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for temporary total disability, permanent total disability, or death arising out of ...
• 51.32.080 Permanent partial disability -- Specified -- Unspecified, rules for classification -- Injury after permanent partial disability
  (1)(a) Until July 1, 1993, for the permanent partial disabilities here specifically described, the injured worker shall receive compensation as follows:

  51.32.090 Temporary total disability -- Partial restoration of earning power -- Return to available work -- When employer continues wages -- Limitations (1) When the total disability is only temporary, the schedule of payments contained in RCW 51.32.060 (1) and (2) shall apply, so long as the ... 51.32.095 Vocational rehabilitation services -- Benefits -- Priorities -- Allowable costs -- Performance criteria (1) One of the primary purposes of this title is to enable the injured worker to become employable at gainful employment. To this end, the ... 51.32.098 Vocational rehabilitation services -- Applicability Nothing in RCW 51.32.095 or in the repeal of chapter 51.41 RCW by section 5, chapter 339, Laws of 1985 shall be construed as prohibiting ... 51.32.099 Vocational rehabilitation pilot program -- Vocational plans (1)(a) The legislature intends to create improved vocational outcomes for Washington state injured workers and employers through legislative and regulatory change under a pilot program ... 51.32.0991 Vocational services and plans -- Costs -- Medical aid fund expenses (1) Costs paid for vocational services and plans shall be chargeable to the employer's cost experience or shall be paid by the self-insurer, as the ... 51.32.100 Preexisting disease If it is determined that an injured worker had, at the time of his or her injury, a preexisting disease and that such disease delays ... 51.32.110 Medical examination -- Refusal to submit -- Traveling expenses -- Pay for time lost (1) Any worker entitled to receive any benefits or claiming such under this title shall, if requested by the department or self-insurer, submit himself or ... 51.32.112 Medical examination -- Standards and criteria -- Special examinations by chiropractors--Compensation guidelines and reporting criteria (1) The department shall develop standards for the conduct of special medical examinations to determine permanent disabilities, including, but not limited to: (a) The qualifications ... 51.32.114 Medical examination -- Department to monitor quality and objectivity The department shall examine the credentials of persons conducting special medical examinations and shall monitor the quality and objectivity of examinations and reports for the ... 51.32.120 Further accident after lump sum payment Should a further accident occur to a worker who has been previously the recipient of a lump sum payment under this title, his or her ... 51.32.130 Lump sum for death or permanent total disability In case of death or permanent total disability, the monthly payment provided may be converted, in whole or in part, into a lump sum payment, ... 51.32.135 Closing of claim in pension cases -- Consent of spouse In pension cases when a worker or beneficiary closes his or her claim by full conversion to a lump sum or in any other manner ... 51.32.140 Nonresident alien beneficiary Except as otherwise provided by treaty or this title, whenever compensation is payable to a beneficiary who is an alien not residing in the United ... 51.32.150 Lump sum to beneficiary outside state If a beneficiary shall reside or move out of the state, the department may, with the written consent of the beneficiary, convert any monthly payments ... 51.32.160 Aggravation, diminution, or termination (1)(a) If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place, the director may, upon the application of the beneficiary, made within seven years from the ... 51.32.180 Occupational diseases -- Limitation Every worker who suffers disability from an occupational disease in the course of employment under the mandatory or elective adoption provisions of this title, or ... 51.32.185 Occupational diseases -- Presumption of occupational disease for firefighters -- Limitations -- Exception -- Rules (1) In the case of firefighters as defined in RCW 41.26.030(4) (a), (b), and (c) who are covered under Title 51 RCW and firefighters, including ... 51.32.190 Self-insurers -- Notice of denial of claim, reasons -- Procedure -- Powers and duties of director (1) If the self-insurer denies a claim for compensation, written notice of such denial, clearly informing the claimant of the reasons therefor and that the ... 51.32.195 Self-insurers -- Information to department On any industrial injury claim where the self-insured employer or injured worker has requested a determination by the department, the self-insurer must submit all medical ... 51.32.200 Self-insurers -- Enforcement of compensation order against (1) If a self-insurer fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with a compensation order which has become final and is not subject to review or ... 51.32.210 Claims of injured workers, prompt action -- Payment -- Acceptance -- Effect Claims of injured workers of employers who have secured the payment of compensation by insuring with the department shall be promptly acted upon by the ... 51.32.215 Payment of compensation after appeal -- Enforcement of order -- Penalty (1)(a) If the worker or beneficiary in a state fund claim prevails in an appeal by any party to the board or the court, the ... 51.32.220 Reduction in total disability compensation -- Limitations -- Notice -- Waiver--Adjustment for retroactive reduction in federal social security disability benefit -- Restrictions (1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary or permanent total disability pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such compensation shall be reduced by an ... 51.32.225 Reduction in total disability compensation -- Offset for social security retirement benefits (1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary or permanent total disability under this title, the compensation shall be reduced by the department to allow an ... 51.32.230 Recovery of overpayments Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any overpayments previously recovered under the provisions of RCW 51.32.220 as now or hereafter amended shall be limited to ... 51.32.240 Erroneous payments -- Payments induced by willful misrepresentation -- Adjustment for self-insurer's failure to pay benefits -- Penalty -- Appeal -- Enforcement of orders (1)(a) Whenever any payment of benefits under this title is made because of clerical error, mistake of identity, innocent misrepresentation by or on behalf of ... 51.32.242 Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund -- Withholding from worker earnings -- Use of funds -- Exception (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each self-insured employer shall retain from the earnings of each of its workers that amount ... 51.32.250 Payment of job modification costs Modification of the injured worker's previous job or modification of a new job is recognized as a desirable method of returning the injured worker to ... 51.32.260 Compensation for loss or damage to personal effects Workers otherwise entitled to compensation under this title may also claim compensation for loss of or damage to the worker's personal clothing, footwear or protective ... 51.32.300 State employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator The director shall appoint a state employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator who shall provide technical assistance and coordination of claims management to state agencies and institutions ... 51.32.350 Chemically related illness -- Criteria and procedures for claims -- Claims management (1) By July 1, 1994, the department shall establish interim criteria and procedures for management of claims involving chemically related illness to ensure consistency and ... 51.32.360 Chemically related illness -- Centers for research and clinical assessment The department shall work with the department of health to establish one or more centers for research and clinical assessment of chemically related illness.[1994 c ... 51.32.370 Chemically related illness -- Research projects -- Implementation plan -- Funding -- Deductions from employees' pay (1) The department shall conduct research on chemically related illnesses, which shall include contracting with recognized medical research institutions. The department shall develop an implementation ... 51.32.380 Injured offenders -- Benefits sent in the care of the department of corrections -- Exception -- Liability If the department of labor and industries has received notice that an injured worker entitled to benefits payable under this chapter is in the custody ... Last modified: April 7, 2009