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Revised Code of Washington

Chapter 51.32

Wash. Rev. Code ch. 51.32

Compensation—Right to and amount.

51.32.010Who entitled to compensation. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)51.32.015Time and place of coverage—Lunch period.51.32.020Who not entitled to compensation.51.32.025Payments for children cease at age eighteen—Exceptions.51.32.030When compensation payable to employer or member of corporate employer.51.32.040Protection of awards—Payment after death—Time limitations for filing—Confinement in institution.51.32.045Direct deposit or electronic payment of benefits.51.32.050Death benefits.51.32.053Transportation network companies—Driver death benefits.51.32.055Determination of permanent disabilities—Closure of claims by self-insurers.51.32.060Permanent total disability compensation—Personal attendant. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)51.32.067Permanent total disability—Death benefit options—Election.51.32.072Additional payments for prior pensioners—Children—Remarriage—Attendant.51.32.073Additional payments for prior pensioners—Premium liability of worker and employer for additional payments.51.32.075Adjustments in compensation or death benefits.51.32.080Permanent partial disability—Specified—Unspecified, rules for classification—Injury after permanent partial disability.51.32.090Temporary total disability—Partial restoration of earning power—Return to available work—When employer continues wages—Limitations—Finding—Rules.51.32.095Vocational rehabilitation services—Benefits—Priorities—Allowable costs—Performance criteria.51.32.096Vocational rehabilitation benefits and options—Advisory committee—Procedures—Requirements—Definitions—Costs.51.32.098Vocational rehabilitation services—Applicability.51.32.100Preexisting disease.51.32.110Medical examination—Refusal to submit—Traveling expenses—Pay for time lost.51.32.112Medical examination—Standards and criteria—Special examinations by chiropractors—Compensation guidelines and reporting criteria.51.32.114Medical examination—Department to monitor quality and objectivity.51.32.120Further accident after lump sum payment.51.32.130Lump sum for death or permanent total disability.51.32.135Closing of claim in pension cases—Consent of spouse.51.32.140Nonresident alien beneficiary.51.32.150Lump sum to beneficiary outside state.51.32.160Aggravation, diminution, or termination.51.32.180Occupational diseases—Limitation.51.32.181Occupational diseases—Public health emergencies—Infectious or contagious diseases.51.32.185Occupational diseases—Presumption of occupational disease for firefighters and fire investigators—Limitations—Exception—Rules—Advisory committee on occupational disease presumptions.51.32.187Exposed workers—Prima facie presumption of certain occupational diseases—Rebuttal—Definitions.51.32.190Self-insurers—Notice of denial of claim, reasons—Procedure—Powers and duties of director.51.32.195Self-insurers—Information to department.51.32.200Self-insurers—Enforcement of compensation order against.51.32.210Claims of injured workers, prompt action—Payment—Acceptance—Effect.51.32.215Payment of compensation after appeal—Enforcement of order—Penalty.51.32.220Reduction in total disability compensation—Limitations—Notice—Waiver—Adjustment for retroactive reduction in federal social security disability benefit—Restrictions.51.32.225Reduction in total disability compensation—Offset for social security retirement benefits.51.32.230Recovery of overpayments.51.32.240Erroneous payments—Payments induced by willful misrepresentation—Adjustment for self-insurer's failure to pay benefits—Recoupment of overpayments by self-insurer—Penalty—Appeal—Enforcement of orders.51.32.242Self-insured employer overpayment reimbursement fund—Withholding from worker earnings—Use of funds—Exception.51.32.250Payment of job modification costs.51.32.260Compensation for loss or damage to personal effects.51.32.300State employee vocational rehabilitation coordinator.51.32.350Chemically related illness—Criteria and procedures for claims—Claims management.51.32.360Chemically related illness—Centers for research and clinical assessment.51.32.370Chemically related illness—Research projects—Implementation plan—Funding—Deductions from employees' pay.51.32.380Injured offenders—Benefits sent in the care of the department of corrections—Exception—Liability.51.32.390Health care employees—Presumption of occupational disease for infectious or contagious diseases which are the subject of a public health emergency—Rebuttal—Limitations—Costs.51.32.395Direct care registered nurses—Presumption of occupational disease for posttraumatic stress disorder.