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United States — North Carolina
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For disablement or death from silicosis or asbestosis, compensation is payable under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, except where this section otherwise provides.
United States — North Carolina
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If disablement or death is mainly caused by silicosis or asbestosis complicated by tuberculosis of the lungs, compensation is payable, but the payment rate may be reduced by one sixth.
United States — North Carolina
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A claim for further compensation must be made within two years after the last payment in occupational disease cases, except that asbestosis or silicosis claims follow G.S. 97-61.6.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission must order a postmortem examination in certain occupational-disease death claims, and it must notify the surviving spouse or next of kin and the employer or insurance carrier when they can be reasonably found.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission may, at its discretion, refer certain controverted medical questions to the advisory medical committee.
United States — North Carolina
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In occupational disease cases, the advisory medical committee must notify the employee (or, if dead, dependents/personal representative) and employer to appear, the employee must attend and submit to required exams, and the claimant/employer must provide relevant medical reports; the committee may reschedule if a docto
United States — North Carolina
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State agencies, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and their employees cannot reject this Article’s compensation rules; related insurance and local funding options are authorized.
United States — North Carolina
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The advisory medical committee must report its opinion on all medical questions in a case to the Industrial Commission as soon as practicable after it finishes considering the case.
United States — North Carolina
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The advisory medical committee must file its report in triplicate with the Industrial Commission, and the Commission must mail copies to the claimant and employer by registered mail.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission must appoint an advisory medical committee of three qualified physicians, set one as chairman, and reappoint successors when terms expire.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission may set and collect certain fees by rule, but it may not charge fees for specified hearings and some compensation-related processing.
United States — North Carolina
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The Industrial Commission must include certain advisory medical committee expenses in costs in occupational disease compensation cases, and collected charges must be paid into the State treasury’s general fund.
United States — North Carolina
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This section creates the North Carolina Industrial Commission, requires commissioners to be appointed and confirmed under set procedures, limits terms, and gives the chairman management authority.
United States — North Carolina
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The judicial conduct code and judicial discipline procedure apply to commissioners and deputy commissioners.
United States — North Carolina
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The Commission controls several salaries and staffing arrangements and must publish and submit annual reports, plus prepare a strategic plan every four years.
United States — North Carolina
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The Commission must have offices and supplies, keep hearing records, create an ombudsman program, and adopt rules; it also has powers over sessions, hearing reports, and adding parties, while informal hearings are generally not public or stenographically reported unless ordered otherwise.
United States — North Carolina
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This Article does not apply to injuries or deaths, or to accidents that happened before July 1, 1929.
United States — North Carolina
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The Commission must adopt rules and may use subpoenas, mediation, discovery, and contempt powers to run proceedings under this Article.
United States — North Carolina
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The Commission must provide blank forms and literature on request, tabulate and publish accident reports, keep employer reports private, and may inspect certain workplaces and equipment.
United States — North Carolina
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The employer and injured employee or dependents may make a compensation agreement memorandum in the Commission’s prescribed form, but it must be filed with the Commission and approved, with medical and vocational records attached.