Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 51.32 RCW
COMPENSATIONRIGHT TO AND AMOUNT
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51.32.010Who entitled to compensation.
51.32.015Time and place of coverageLunch period.
51.32.020Who not entitled to compensation.
51.32.025Payments for children cease at age eighteenExceptions.
51.32.030When compensation payable to employer or member of corporate employer.
51.32.040Protection of awardsPayment after deathTime limitations for filingConfinement in institution.
51.32.045Direct deposit or electronic payment of benefits.
51.32.050Death benefits.
51.32.053Transportation network companiesDriver death benefits.
51.32.055Determination of permanent disabilitiesClosure of claims by self-insurers.
51.32.060Permanent total disability compensationPersonal attendant.
51.32.067Permanent total disabilityDeath benefit optionsElection.
51.32.072Additional payments for prior pensionersChildrenRemarriageAttendant.
51.32.073Additional payments for prior pensionersPremium liability of worker and employer for additional payments.
51.32.075Adjustments in compensation or death benefits.
51.32.080Permanent partial disabilitySpecifiedUnspecified, rules for classificationInjury after permanent partial disability.
51.32.090Temporary total disabilityPartial restoration of earning powerReturn to available workWhen employer continues wagesLimitationsFindingRules.
51.32.090Temporary total disabilityPartial restoration of earning powerReturn to available workWhen employer continues wagesLimitationsFindingRules (as amended by 2024 c 90).
51.32.095Vocational rehabilitation servicesBenefitsPrioritiesAllowable costsPerformance criteria.
51.32.096Vocational rehabilitation benefits and optionsAdvisory committeeProceduresRequirementsDefinitionsCosts.
51.32.098Vocational rehabilitation servicesApplicability.
51.32.100Preexisting disease.
51.32.110Medical examinationRefusal to submitTraveling expensesPay for time lost.
51.32.112Medical examinationStandards and criteriaSpecial examinations by chiropractorsCompensation guidelines and reporting criteria.
51.32.114Medical examinationDepartment to monitor quality and objectivity.
51.32.120Further accident after lump sum payment.
51.32.130Lump sum for death or permanent total disability.
51.32.135Closing of claim in pension casesConsent of spouse.
51.32.140Nonresident alien beneficiary.
51.32.150Lump sum to beneficiary outside state.
51.32.160Aggravation, diminution, or termination.
51.32.180Occupational diseasesLimitation.
51.32.181Occupational diseasesPublic health emergenciesInfectious or contagious diseases.
51.32.185Occupational diseasesPresumption of occupational disease for firefighters and fire investigatorsLimitationsExceptionRulesAdvisory committee on occupational disease presumptions.
51.32.187Exposed workersPrima facie presumption of certain occupational diseasesRebuttalDefinitions.
51.32.1871Annual report on claims.
51.32.190Self-insurersNotice of denial of claim, reasonsProcedurePowers and duties of director.
51.32.195Self-insurersInformation to department.
51.32.200Self-insurersEnforcement of compensation order against.
51.32.210Claims of injured workers, prompt actionPaymentAcceptanceEffect.
51.32.215Payment of compensation after appealEnforcement of orderPenalty.
51.32.220Reduction in total disability compensationLimitationsNoticeWaiverAdjustment for retroactive reduction in federal social security disability benefitRestrictions.
51.32.225Reduction in total disability compensationOffset for social security retirement benefits.
51.32.230Recovery of overpayments.
51.32.240Erroneous paymentsPayments induced by willful misrepresentationAdjustment for self-insurer's failure to pay benefitsRecoupment of overpayments by self-insurerPenaltyAppealEnforcement of orders.
51.32.242Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fundWithholding from worker earningsUse of fundsException.
51.32.250Payment of job modification costs.
51.32.260Compensation for loss or damage to personal effects.
51.32.300State employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator.
51.32.350Chemically related illnessCriteria and procedures for claimsClaims management.
51.32.360Chemically related illnessCenters for research and clinical assessment.
51.32.370Chemically related illnessResearch projectsImplementation planFundingDeductions from employees' pay.
51.32.380Injured offendersBenefits sent in the care of the department of correctionsExceptionLiability.
51.32.390Health care employeesPresumption of occupational disease for infectious or contagious diseases which are the subject of a public health emergencyRebuttalLimitationsCosts.
51.32.395Direct care registered nursesPresumption of occupational disease for posttraumatic stress disorder.
NOTES:
Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund: RCW 51.44.142.
Victims of crimes, benefits: Chapter 7.68 RCW.