Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4123, complete chapter, all 158 sections 4123.01 through 4123.99: Workers' Compensation

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Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4123 - Workers' Compensation (complete chapter, all 158 sections 4123.01 through 4123.99) is a state statute published by Ohio Legislative Service Commission (codes.ohio.gov). It is one of the Ohio documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including ohio property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.82(A) (Contracts indemnifying or insuring employer void)

  “(A) All contracts and agreements are void which undertake to indemnify or insure an employer against loss or liability for the payment of compensation to workers or their dependents for death, injury, or occupational disease occasioned in the course of the workers' employment, or which provide that...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.77 (Common law defenses denied to noncomplying employers)

  “Private employers who fail to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code are not entitled to the benefits of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code, during the period of such noncompliance, but are liable to their employees for damages suffered by reason of personal...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.74 (Immunity of employer)

  “Employers who comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code shall not be liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for any injury, or occupational disease, or bodily condition, received or contracted by any employee in the course of or arising out of his employment, or for any...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.35(B) (Payment of premiums by employers; self-insurance)

  “(B) Employers who will abide by the rules of the administrator and who may be of sufficient financial ability to render certain the payment of compensation to injured employees or the dependents of killed employees, and the furnishing of medical, surgical, nursing, and hospital attention and...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.84(A)(1) (Claims for injury or death barred after one year)

  “(A) In all cases of injury or death, claims for compensation or benefits for the specific part or parts of the body injured shall be forever barred unless, within one year after the injury or death: (1) Written or facsimile notice of the specific part or parts of the body claimed to have been...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.55 (No compensation for first week after injury)

  “No compensation shall be allowed for the first week after an injury is received or occupational disease contracted and no compensation shall be allowed for the first week of total disability, whenever it may occur, unless and until the employee is totally disabled for a continuous period of two...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.81 (Prohibition against deduction for premium)

  “No employer shall deduct any portion of the premium paid by such employer into the state insurance fund from the wages or salary of any employee entitled to the benefits of sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code.”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.75 (Remedy of employee against noncomplying employer)

  “Any employee whose employer has failed to comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, who has been injured or has suffered an occupational disease in the course of his employment, which was not purposely self-inflicted, or his dependents in case death has ensued, may file his application with...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.79(A) (Party may enjoin operation of noncomplying employer)

  “Any interested party may enjoin the further operation of an employer subject to this chapter who has failed to pay the employer's premium to the workers' compensation fund as prescribed in this chapter.”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.83 (Posting of notice by employer)

  “shall post notices, which shall be furnished at least annually by the bureau of workers' compensation. The employer shall post the notice conspicuously in the employer's place or places of employment or on the internet in a manner that is accessible to the employer's employees. The notice shall...”

• Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.54(G) (Substantial aggravation of a pre-existing condition)

  “If a condition that pre-existed an injury is substantially aggravated by the injury, and that substantial aggravation is documented by objective diagnostic findings, objective clinical findings, or objective test results, no compensation or benefits are payable because of the pre-existing condition...”

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