1. A. The employer’s representative may terminate or suspend temporary compensation during the first one hundred fifty days after the employer received notice of the injury pursuant to Section 42-9-260. When compensation is terminated or suspended, the employer’s representative shall complete Section I and Section II of the Form 15, Temporary Compensation Report. The employer’s representative shall file the Form 15 immediately with the Claims Department and shall serve the Form 15 immediately on the claimant pursuant to R.67-211 with documentation attached as to the reason for termination or suspension.
2. B. To terminate or suspend compensation pursuant to Section 42-9-260(B)(2), the employer’s representative must obtain a signed Form 17.
3. C. The claimant may request a hearing to dispute the termination or suspension of temporary compensation by completing Section III of the Form 15 and filing it according pursuant to R.67-207.

HISTORY: Amended by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 4, eff April 24, 1992; State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 4, eff April 25, 1997; SCSR 42-2 Doc. No. 4735, eff February 23, 2018.