CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction

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

§§ 5300–5317 · 32 sections

§ 5300 All the following proceedings shall be instituted before the appeals board and not elsewhere, except as otherwise provided in Division 4: (a) For the recovery…
§ 5301 The appeals board is vested with full power, authority and jurisdiction to try and determine finally all the matters specified in Section 5300 subject only to…
§ 5302 All orders, rules, findings, decisions, and awards of the appeals board shall be prima facie lawful and conclusively presumed to be reasonable and lawful,…
§ 5303 There is but one cause of action for each injury coming within the provisions of this division. All claims brought for medical expense, disability payments,…
§ 5304 The appeals board has jurisdiction over any controversy relating to or arising out of Sections 4600 to 4605 inclusive, unless an express agreement fixing the…
§ 5305 The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director, and the appeals board have jurisdiction over all controversies arising out of…
§ 5306 The death of an employer subsequent to the sustaining of an injury by an employee shall not impair the right of the employee to proceed before the appeals…
§ 5307 (a) The appeals board may, by an order signed by four members, do all of the following: (1) Adopt reasonable and proper rules of practice and procedure. (2)…
§ 5307.1 (a) (1) The administrative director, after public hearings, shall adopt and revise periodically an official medical fee schedule that shall establish…
§ 5307.11 A health care provider or health facility licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and a contracting agent, employer, or carrier may…
§ 5307.12 (a) If a health care provider or health facility, licensed pursuant to Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and an entity that provides physician…
§ 5307.2 The administrative director shall contract with an independent consulting firm, to the extent permitted by state law, to perform an annual study of access to…
§ 5307.27 (a) The administrative director, in consultation with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, shall adopt, after public hearings, a…
§ 5307.28 (a) Prior to the adoption of a drug formulary as required by Section 5307.27, the administrative director shall meet and consult regarding the establishment of…
§ 5307.29 (a) The administrative director shall make provision for no less than quarterly updates to the drug formulary to allow for the provision of all appropriate…
§ 5307.3 The administrative director may adopt, amend, or repeal any rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to enforce this division, except where this…
§ 5307.4 (a) Public hearings required under Sections 5307 and 5307.3 shall be subject to the provisions of this section except to the extent that there is involved a…
§ 5307.5 The appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge may: (a) Appoint a trustee or guardian ad litem to appear for and represent any minor or incompetent upon…
§ 5307.6 (a) The administrative director shall adopt and revise a fee schedule for medical-legal expenses as defined by Section 4620, which shall be prima facie…
§ 5307.7 (a) On or before January 1, 2013, the administrative director shall adopt, after public hearings, a fee schedule that shall establish reasonable fees paid for…
§ 5307.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 5307.1, the administrative director shall adopt, after public hearings, a schedule for payment of home health care services…
§ 5307.9 On or before December 31, 2013, the administrative director, in consultation with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, shall adopt,…
§ 5308 The appeals board has jurisdiction to determine controversies arising out of insurance policies issued to self-employing persons, conferring benefits identical…
§ 5309 The appeals board may, in accordance with rules of practice and procedure which it shall adopt and upon the agreement of the parties, on the application of…
§ 5310 The appeals board may appoint one or more workers’ compensation administrative law judges in any proceeding, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may…
§ 5311 Any party to the proceeding may object to the reference of the proceeding to a particular workers’ compensation judge upon any one or more of the grounds…
§ 5311.5 The administrative director shall require all workers’ compensation administrative law judges to participate in continuing education to further their abilities…
§ 5312 Before entering upon his or her duties, the workers’ compensation judge shall be sworn, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, faithfully and fairly…
§ 5313 The appeals board or the workers’ compensation judge shall, within 30 days after the case is submitted, make and file findings upon all facts involved in the…
§ 5315 Within 60 days after the filing of the findings, decision, order or award, the appeals board may confirm, adopt, modify or set aside the findings, order,…
§ 5316 Any notice, order, or decision required by this division to be served upon any person either before, during, or after the institution of any proceeding before…
§ 5317 Any such notice, order or decision affecting the State or any county, city, school district, or public corporation therein, shall be served upon the person…