CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

§§ 3200–3219 · 61 sections

§ 3200 The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s compensation” shall hereafter also be known as “workers’ compensation, ” and that the…
§ 3201 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) are an expression of the police power and are intended to make effective and apply to a complete…
§ 3201.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Department of Industrial Relations and the courts of this state shall recognize as valid and binding…
§ 3201.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Industrial Relations and the courts of this state shall recognize as valid and binding any…
§ 3201.81 In the horse racing industry, the organization certified by the California Horse Racing Board to represent the majority of licensed jockeys pursuant to…
§ 3201.9 (a) On or before June 30, 2004, and biannually thereafter, the report required in subdivision (i) of Section 3201.5 and subdivision (h) of Section 3201.7 shall…
§ 3202 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) shall be liberally construed by the courts with the purpose of extending their benefits for the…
§ 3202.5 All parties and lien claimants shall meet the evidentiary burden of proof on all issues by a preponderance of the evidence in order that all parties are…
§ 3203 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) do not apply to employers or employments which, according to law, are so engaged in interstate…
§ 3204 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms and phrases…
§ 3205 “Division” means the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
§ 3205.5 “Appeals board” means the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
§ 3206 “Administrative director” means the Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
§ 3206.5 For the purpose of this division and subject to restrictions or requirements that may be adopted by the administrative director or the Workers’ Compensation…
§ 3207 “Compensation” means compensation under this division and includes every benefit or payment conferred by this division upon an injured employee, or in the…
§ 3208 “Injury” includes any injury or disease arising out of the employment, including injuries to artificial members, dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses and medical…
§ 3208.05 (a) “Injury” includes a reaction to or a side effect arising from health care provided by an employer to a health care worker, which health care is intended to…
§ 3208.1 An injury may be either: (a) “specific,” occurring as the result of one incident or exposure which causes disability or need for medical treatment; or (b)…
§ 3208.2 When disability, need for medical treatment, or death results from the combined effects of two or more injuries, either specific, cumulative, or both, all…
§ 3208.3 (a) A psychiatric injury shall be compensable if it is a mental disorder which causes disability or need for medical treatment, and it is diagnosed pursuant to…
§ 3208.4 In any proceeding under this division involving an injury arising out of alleged conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual battery,…
§ 3209 “Damages” means the recovery allowed in an action at law as contrasted with compensation.
§ 3209.3 (a) “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons holding an M.D. or D.O. degree, psychologists, acupuncturists, optometrists, dentists, podiatrists, and…
§ 3209.4 The inclusion of optometrists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any right or entitle any optometrist to represent, advertise, or hold himself out as a physician.
§ 3209.5 Medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, and apparatus, includes, but is not limited…
§ 3209.6 The inclusion of chiropractors in Sections 3209.3 and 3209.5 does not imply any right or entitle any chiropractor to represent, advertise, or hold himself out…
§ 3209.7 Treatment of injuries at the expense of the employer may also include, either in addition to or in place of medical, surgical, and hospital services, as…
§ 3209.8 Treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of an injury shall include the services of marriage and family therapists, professional…
§ 3209.9 The inclusion of acupuncturists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any right or entitle any acupuncturist to represent, advertise, or hold himself or herself out…
§ 3209.10 (a) Medical treatment of a work-related injury required to cure or relieve the effects of the injury may be provided by a state licensed physician assistant or…
§ 3209.11 (a) An employer, workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or agent of an employer, insurer, or self-insured employer may provide an employee with…
§ 3210 “Person” includes an individual, firm, voluntary association, or a public, quasi public, or private corporation.
§ 3211 “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any private company, corporation, mutual association, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange…
§ 3211.5 For purposes of this division, whenever the term “firefighter,” “firefighting member,” and “member of a fire department” is used, the term shall include, but…
§ 3211.9 “Disaster council” means a public agency established by ordinance which is empowered to register and direct the activities of disaster service workers within…
§ 3211.91 “Accredited disaster council” means a disaster council that is certified by the Office of Emergency Services as conforming with the rules and regulations…
§ 3211.92 (a) “Disaster service worker” means any natural person who is registered with an accredited disaster council or a state agency for the purpose of engaging in…
§ 3211.93 “Disaster service” means all activities authorized by and carried on pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, including training necessary or proper…
§ 3211.93a “Disaster service” does not include any activities or functions performed by a person if the accredited disaster council with which that person is registered…
§ 3212 (a) (1) In the case of members of a sheriff’s office or the California Highway Patrol, district attorney’s staff of inspectors and investigators or of police…
§ 3212.1 (a) This section applies to all of the following: (1) Active firefighting members, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, of all of the following fire…
§ 3212.15 (a) This section applies to all of the following: (1) Active firefighting members, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, of all of the following fire…
§ 3212.2 (a) For an officer and employee in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation having custodial duties and for a peace officer, as defined in Section…
§ 3212.3 In the case of a peace officer who is designated under subdivision (a) of Section 2250.1 of the Vehicle Code and who has graduated from an academy certified by…
§ 3212.4 In the case of a member of a University of California fire department located at a campus or other facility administered by the Regents of University of…
§ 3212.5 In the case of a member of a police department of a city or municipality, or a member of the State Highway Patrol, when any such member is employed upon a…
§ 3212.6 (a) (1) In the case of a member of a police department of a city or county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a member of the California…
§ 3212.7 In the case of an employee in the Department of Justice falling within the “state safety” class, when any such individual is employed under civil service upon…
§ 3212.8 (a) In the case of members of a sheriff’s office, of police or fire departments of cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, or other public or…
§ 3212.85 (a) This section applies to peace officers described in Sections 830.1 to 830.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code, and members of a fire department. (b) The term…
§ 3212.9 (a) (1) In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a member of…
§ 3212.10 In the case of a peace officer of the Department of Corrections who has custodial or supervisory duties of inmates or parolees, or a peace officer of the…
§ 3212.11 This section applies to both of the following: (a) active lifeguards employed by a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal…
§ 3212.12 (a) This section applies to peace officers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, subdivisions (e), (f), and (g) of Section 830.2…
§ 3213 In the case of a member of the University of California Police Department who has graduated from an academy certified by the Commission on Peace Officer…
§ 3213.2 (a) In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or city and county, or a member of the sheriff’s office of a county, or a peace officer…
§ 3214 (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority shall, in conjunction with all recognized employee representative associations,…
§ 3215 Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person acting individually or through his or her employees or agents, who offers, delivers, receives, or accepts any…
§ 3217 (a) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prevent the recommendation of professional employment where that recommendation is not prohibited by the Rules of…
§ 3218 A violation of Section 3215 is a public offense punishable upon a first conviction by incarceration in the county jail for not more than one year, or by…
§ 3219 (a) (1) Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person acting individually or through his or her employees or agents, who offers or delivers any rebate,…