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Alaska Statutes.

Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation

Chapter 30. Alaska Workers' Compensation Act

Section 5. Alaska Workers' Compensation Board.

AS 23.30.005. Alaska Workers' Compensation Board.

(a) The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board consists of a southern panel of three members sitting for the first judicial district, a northern panel of three members sitting for the second and fourth judicial districts, four southcentral panels of three members each sitting for the third judicial district, and one panel of three members that may sit in any judicial district. Each panel must include the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the designated representative of the commissioner, a representative of industry, and a representative of labor. The latter two members of each panel shall be appointed by the governor and are subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.

(b) The commissioner shall act as chairman and executive officer of the board and chairman of each panel. If the commissioner designates a representative to act for the commissioner, the representative shall serve in that capacity on the board and on each panel.

(c) The governor shall appoint the members of the panels. Each member, except the commissioner of labor and workforce development, serves a term of three years. The term of a management member and the term of a labor member of each panel may not expire in the same year. The management and labor members are entitled to compensation in the amount of $50 a day for each day or portion of a day spent in actual meeting or on authorized official business incidental to their duties and to all other transportation and per diem as provided by law.

(d) [Repealed, Sec. 9 ch 77 SLA 1979].

(e) A member of one panel may serve on another panel when the commissioner considers it necessary for the prompt administration of this chapter. Transfers shall be allowed only if a labor or management representative replaces a counterpart on the other panel.

(f) Two members of a panel constitute a quorum for hearing claims and the action taken by a quorum of a panel is considered the action of the full board.

(g) A claim may be heard by only one panel.

(h) The department shall adopt rules for all panels, and procedures for the periodic selection, retention, and removal of both rehabilitation specialists and physicians under AS 23.30.041 and 23.30.095, and shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Process and procedure under this chapter shall be as summary and simple as possible. The department, the board or a member of it may for the purposes of this chapter subpoena witnesses, administer or cause to be administered oaths, and may examine or cause to have examined the parts of the books and records of the parties to a proceeding that relate to questions in dispute. The superior court, on application of the department, the board or any members of it, shall enforce the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and records.

(i) The department may adopt regulations concerning the medical care provided for in this chapter. In addition to the reports required of physicians under AS 23.30.095 (a) - (d), the board may direct a physician or hospital rendering medical treatment or service under this chapter to furnish to the board periodic reports of treatment or services on forms procured from the board.

(j) The board may also arrange to have hearings held by the commission, officer, or tribunal having authority to hear cases arising under the workers' compensation law of any other state, of the District of Columbia, or of any territory of the United States. The testimony and proceedings at the hearing shall be reported to the board and are a part of the record in the case. Evidence taken at the hearing is subject to rebuttal upon final hearing before the board.

(k) The board shall notify the contracting agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the state when it revokes the self-insurance certificate of an employer holding a contract with the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(l) Regulations adopted by the department under (h) and (i) of this section become effective only after approved by a majority of the full board.

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Last modified 9/3/2005