Proposed Revisions to Workers' Compensation Rules
of the North Carolina Industrial Commission

 

Note: The following constitutes the proposed changes in this Rule. Added language appears in bold italic script, and proposed deletions are indicated by strikeout. The changes will not go into effect until further notice by the Industrial Commission.


Article I. Administration

Rule 104

Employer’s Report of Injury

(1) An employer shall immediately report to its carrier or administrator any injury, or allegation by an employee of an injury, sustained in the course of employment for which the attention of a physician is needed or actually sought. Within five (5) days of knowledge of the injury or allegation, the employer or carrier/administrator or its successor in interest shall file with the Industrial Commission and provide a copy to the employee of a Form 19, Employer’s Report of Employee’s Injury to the Employee Industrial Commission, if injury causes the employee to be absent from work for more than one (1) day and the employee’s medical compensation is greater than an amount which is established periodically by the Industrial Commission in its Minutes. The employer may record the employee’s or another person’s description of the injury on said form without admitting the truth of the information.

(2) This Rule is effective March 15, 1995.


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