Statutes, Rules, Regulations, and Other Authorities

©2010 California Workers' Compensation Reporter

 

[February–December 2010; 38 CWCR 1–320]

[Revised Jan. 4, 2011

        CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION

Art. I, §1
    114, 268

Art. III, §3.5
     241

Art. XIV, §4
    4, 170

Art. XX, §3
    52

 

        CALIFORNIA STATUTES

 

Business and Professions Code

6068
    212

7127
    253, 314

 

Civil Code

47
    161

1431.2 (Proposition 51)
    125

1542
    297

1708.8(g)
    37

2223
    170

3281
    158

 

Code of Civil Procedure

128.7(c)(1)
    213

337.1
    97

337.1(a)(1)
    97

337.15
    97–98

340.2
    45, 122, 312

340.5
    249

361
    46, 312

364
    249

391(b)(1)
    139–40

877.6
    47

998
    279–80

1033
    16

1033(a)
    15–16

2016.040
    182

2017.010
    181

2025.420(a)
    182

2025.420(b)
    182

2025.420(b)(12)
    182

 

Evidence Code

451(f)
    139

602
    200

996(a)
    182

1016(a)
    182

 

Government Code

830.6
    189

6800
    212

11340 et seq.
    110, 116, 204

12940–12996 (Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA))
    15, 186–87, 250, 284

12940(j)(1)
    284

12940(n)
    186–88, 250

12965(b)
    
15

19820
    6, 316

31720.6
    291–92

 

Health and Safety Code

120975
    114, 235, 268–70

121022
    
269

121022(d)
    
270

 

Insurance Code

1063.1
    36, 91, 151, 153, 262, 264

1063.1(c)
    4

1063.1(c)(1)
    91

1063.1(c)(9)
    60–61, 152, 264

1063.1(c)(13)
    59–61

1063.2(a)
    61

1063.2(b)
    
3

1871.4
    87

1871.4(a)(1)
    87

1879.1
     253, 314

11663
    262, 264

 

Labor Code

15
    72

62.5
    
24–25, 316–17

62.5(f)(5)
    25

62.6
    24, 316–17

111
    306

121
    159

123.6(a)
    145

129.5
    
278

132a
    
3, 283

139.48
    
5, 23–24

139.5
    33, 107–08, 140–41

970
    159–60

2750.5
    223–24

2802
    105

3201.5
    40–42

3201.5(a)(1)
    41

3202
    34, 36, 42, 199

3202.5
    36, 116

3208.1(a)
    115

3208.2
    91

3208.3
    154, 207

3208.3(b)(1)
    290–91

3208.3(b)(2)
    290–91

3208.3(b)(3)
    207, 290–91

3208.3(d)
    137–38 (July), 307

3208.3(h)
    207, 290–91

3212.1
    12, 12–13, 253, 292, 301–02, 314

3351(d)
    205–06, 224

3352(h)
    205–06

3357
    33, 205–06

3550
    227

3551
    227

3600
    282

3600.5
    240

3600.5(a)
    243

3600.5(b)
    177–78

3601
    163, 282

3601(a)(1)
    284

3602
    223, 282

3602(a)
    160

3602(b)(1)
    160

3602(b)(2)
    
18

3602(d)
    261–64, 294

3700
    253, 262–63, 314

3701
    218

3701.5
    218

3706
    129, 223–24

3708
    129, 224

3715
    129

3755
    263

3757
    263

3759
    263

3762
    182

4060
    115, 117–18, 124, 209, 273

4060–4068
    70

4060(c)
    115, 117, 124

4060(d)
    124

4061–4062 et seq.
    70

4061(a)
    266

4061(a)(2)
    266

4061(e)
    79, 287

4061(i)
    43

4062
    115–17, 173–74, 176, 179, 208, 240

4062(a)
    
8, 30–32, 115, 117

4062(b)
    30–32, 71–72, 85, 176, 179, 181, 184–85

4062.1
    43, 124

4062.2
    43, 115–17, 124, 209, 273, 275–76

4062.2(b)
    115, 117, 208, 211, 214

4062.3
    62, 109–11, 203–05

4062.3(f)
    109, 202, 205

4062.3(h)
    110, 204

4062.3(j)
    179, 181, 185

4067
    70

4453(a)(10)
    287

4454
    37

4553
    63, 234–35, 238

4553.1
    63, 234, 238

4600
    
6, 94, 274

4600(a)
    85, 94

4600(c)
    274

4600(e)(1)
    216–17

4600.3(a)(1)
    94

4601
    94

4603.5
    274

4605
    94

4610
    30, 72, 176, 179, 240

4610(g)(1)
    32

4610(g)(3)(A)
    30, 32, 179

4616
    94, 227, 274

4616 et seq.
    274

4616.3(b)
    94, 274–75

4622
    105

4642
    107–08

4650
    
10, 21

4651(a)
    130

4656
    
10–11, 121

4656(b)
    121

4656(c)
    121

4656(c)(1)
    11, 37, 44, 120–21, 216–17

4656(c)(2)
    11

4656(c)(3)(C)
    11

4658
    
21, 123

4658(d)
    
9, 69, 122–23

4658(d)(1)
    122–23

4658(d)(2)
    122–23, 266

4658(d)(3)(A)
    
9–10, 123

4658(d)(3)(B)
    123

4658.5
    
21

4658.6
    21

4659
    69

4659(c)
    61, 68–69, 122, 287, 291

4660
    
20, 25, 31, 39, 198, 200, 206

4660(a)
    143

4660(b)(1)
    143, 146, 198

4660(b)(2)
    206

4660(c)
    
1, 25, 63, 67, 199–200, 206, 272

4660(d)
    199, 265–66

4663
    7, 9, 151, 156

4663(c)
    
9, 153

4664
    7–8, 151, 154–56, 263, 270

4664(a)
    155

4664(b)
    155–56

4700–4701
    42

4703.5
    314

4703.5(b)
    253, 314

4751
    305

4850
    191, 253, 314

4903.5
    182–83

4903.5(a)
    183–84

4906
    152

4907
    152

5001
    279

5002
    279

5303
    91

5305
    239–40, 243

5307.1
    105

5307.11
    105

5307.2
    107

5307.6
    105

5310
    94, 115, 124, 181, 275–76, 277

5312
    52

5313
    154, 156

5401(a)
    115

5401(b)
    115

5402(b)
    115–17, 124

5405
    13, 92, 182–84

5406
    13

5409
    14

5410
    244, 246, 294–96, 296–99

5412
    92, 296

5500
    183

5500.5
    151–52

5500.5(a)
    60, 151

5500.5(c)
    151

5501
    183

5502(c)
    117

5701
    113

5705
    116

5708
    213

5800
    139, 170–71

5801
    111, 113, 206

5803
    4–5, 114, 265–66, 294–96, 296–99

5803–5804

    299

5803–5805
    295

5804
    294–96, 299

5806
    171

5813
    62, 109, 117–18, 203, 212–15

5813(a)
    212, 215

5813(b)
    212

5814
    72, 117, 141

5814.5
    72, 141

5815
    113

5900
    94

5900(a)
    181

5902
    181

5904
    
9

5906
    113

5952(d)
    
138 (July)

5953
    138 (July)

6304.5
    16, 18

6400
    16, 18

6432
    281

 

Penal Code

550(a)(1)
    87

830.3
    253, 314

1202.4
    304

 

California Acts by Name

Administrative Procedures Act (APA)
    25, 110–11, 116, 204

Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
    15–16, 186–88, 250, 284

Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA)
    16, 18, 51

Proposition 26 (2010)
    317

Proposition 51 (1986)
    125

Workmen’s Compensation Act 
    65

        

 

        CALIFORNIA SESSION LAWS

 

Statutes of 2010

Chap. 74 (AB 586)
    191, 225, 253, 314

Chap. 305 (SB 156)
    253, 314

Chap. 361 (AB 1696)
    253, 314

Chap. 643 (SB 1254)
    253, 314

Chap. 672 (AB 2253)
    253, 314

Chap. 692 (AB 2774)
    281

 

Statutes of 2009

Chap. 272 (AB 1093)
    255

 

Statutes of 2004

Chap. 34 (SB 899)
    1, 8, 12, 20, 25, 43–44, 67, 119, 143, 149, 180, 198, 252, 265, 274, 303

 

Statutes of 2003

Chap. 639 (SB 228)
    107

 

 

        CALIFORNIA BILLS — 2010

 

Assembly Bills

586
    77, 164, 191, 225, 253, 314

933
    164, 191, 204, 225, 254

1603
    53

1696
    53, 77, 131, 164, 225, 253, 314

1994
    53, 77, 100, 112

 2247
    77

2253
    53, 131, 164, 225, 253, 314

2269
    53, 100

2396
    53, 77, 100, 131, 164, 191

2397
    78, 131, 164, 225, 254

2423
    53, 77

2490
    53, 77, 100, 131, 164, 225, 254

2593
    53

2625
    53

2749
    100

2774
    126

 

Senate Bills

145
    225, 253, 255

156
    226, 253, 314

1121
    193

1213
    54, 78, 102

1242
    78, 102, 131

1254
    100, 131, 165, 226, 253, 314

1267
    54

 

 

        CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

Title 8

—Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Rules (Formerly IMC Rules)

30
    118, 123–24

30(b)(2)
    212, 214

30(d)(1)
    124

30(d)(3)
    115–18, 124, 208–11, 215, 273

30(d)(4)
    118

31.5
    229

31.7
    229

33
    275

33(e)
    277

36(e)
    79–80

41.5
    92

41.5(g)
    92

 

—Safety Rules

336.11 (Multiemployer worksite hazards)
    18

3317(a) (Lighting)
    74
3999 (Nondelegable duties re safety device installation, hazard notices)
    73

3999(b) (Guards around machinery)
    73

4002(a) (Guards at pinch points)
    73
5002 (Overhead loads)
    237–38   

 

—Administrative Director (AD) Rules

9767
    226

9767.1(a)(21)
    274–75

9767.3
    227

9767.5
    274–75

9767.6
    227

9767.6(e)
    274–75

9767.8
    227

9767.12
    227

9767.16
    227

9780(h)
    274

9786
    47

9788.1
    176, 179, 240

9788.11
    176, 179, 240

9792.6(o)
    176, 179, 240

9880
    226–28

9881
    226, 228

9881(c)(13)
    228

10109
    118

10111.1(c)(6)
    118

10111.1(d)(1)
    118

10111.2(b)(1)
    118

10139
     228

10166(a)–(b)
     145

 

—Court Administrator Rules

10232(b)
     257

10233
    257

10240(b)
    219

10243
    146

10250.1
    229

10251(b)
    214

10252
    94

 

—WCAB Rules

10348
    218

10353(b)
    146

10400
    183

10561
    214

10561(b)
    212

10561(b)(4)
    212–13

10561(b)(5)
    213–14

10561(b)(6)
    213–15

10561(b)(9)(A)
    212

10602
    144

10606
    43, 144

10629
    257–58

10718
    110, 204

10842
    257

10842(a)
    211, 213

10843
    115

10843(a)
    94

10843(b)
    44

10882

   279

 

Title 16

302 (Chiropractors)
    92

 

 

        OTHER RULES, SCHEDULES, AND GUIDES

 

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines (2d ed., 2004)
    
12, 207, 267

 

American Medical Association (AMA), Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (6th ed., 2007)

     293

American Medical Association (AMA), Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (5th ed., 2000)
Generally
    
7–9, 20, 36, 38, 43–44, 67, 84–85, 88–89, 92, 107, 119, 141, 142–50, 197–202, 199, 263, 265, 271–72, 286, 293, 305, 315 

Chapters
    15
        142
    18
       148   

Sections
    16.7
        271
    18.3d
        148

Pages
    21–24
        144
    23–24
        148  
    384
        142
    384–86
        147
    499
        271

Figures
    16-40
        88
    16-43
        88
Tables
    15-3
          147
    16-18
        271–72
    17-31
        142, 148

 

 

California Code of Judicial Ethics

Canon 3(B)(7)(b)
    145

 

California Rules of Court

8.528(b)
    109

8.1115
    93, 154

8.1115(a)
    250

8.1125(d)
    250

 

DWC Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities (PDRS) (2005)
    
1, 7–8, 12, 20–21, 25, 31, 38–39, 63, 67, 113–14, 119, 197–202, 206, 235,
        261, 263, 264–66, 270, 271–72, 276, 286

 

DWC Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities (PDRS) (pre-2005)
    
7–8, 113–114, 235, 261, 263; 264–66, 286

 

DWC-WCAB Policy and Procedural Manual (2003)

Index 1.50
    145      

 

 

        LAWS OF OTHER STATES

 

Ohio Revised Code

4123.54
    177–78

Oklahoma Statute of Repose 

    45–46, 312–13

 

 

        FEDERAL STATUTES AND REGULATIONS

 

United States Code

Title 9
    1 et seq.
        239

Title 11
    362(a)(1)
        218

Title 18
    1961 et seq.
        161
    1964(c)
        233

Title 28
    2671–2680
        125

Title 29
    151–169
        239
    185
        239
    
794
        79

Title 42
    1983
        79, 102–03
    12112(a)
        308

    12112(b)(5)
        308

    12113
        308

    12133
        79

Title 49
    14101 et seq.
        128

 

U.S. Acts by Name

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
    79, 187, 282, 308–09

Civil Rights Act (of 1871)
    79

Fair Labor Standards Act
    85

Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)
    239–41

Federal Motor Carrier Act
    128

Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act
    195, 245, 310–311

Federal Rehabilitation Act OF 1973
    79

Federal Tort Claims Act
    125

Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)
        239–41
    §301
        241  

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
    239, 241

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
    161–63, 233, 255–57

 

Code of Federal Regulations

Title 49
    128  

 

 

        TEXTS AND TREATISES

California Tort Damages (2d ed., Cal CEB 2001)

Chap. 2
    224

§§6.8–6.15
    224

§§14.11–14.12
    312

 

California Tort Guide (3d ed., Cal CEB 1996)

§1.7
    130

§1.10
    129

§§6.10–6.12
    51

§9.27
    249

§9.74
    249

§11.9
    311

§§11.14–11.18
    311

§11.29
    311

 

California Workers’ Compensation Practice (4th ed., Cal CEB 2000)
§2.120
    283

§§8.46–8.59
    283

§18.75
    146

§20.49
    218

§21.32
    93
§22.48
    93

 

California Workers’ Damages Practice (2d ed., Cal CEB 2001)

§3.18
    50

§3.50
    311

§4.13A
    280

§§4.22–4.24
    191, 224

§§4.37–4.38
    284

§§4.37–4.40
    160

§§4.42–4.44
    19

§§4.60–4.63
    224

§4.67
    284

§4.69
    284

§4.80
    188

§4.83
    309

§5.9
    104

§7.9–7.14
    75

§7.16
    50

§7.19
    75

§§9.8–9.10
    51

§§9.8–9.13
    75, 191

§§9.9–9.10
    159

§§9.26–9.33
    251  

 

Horovitz, Injury and Death under Workmen’s Compensation Laws (1944)
104
    136  

 

Larson, The Law of Workmen’s Compensation (1982, 1990)

1:§§8–8.60
    136

1:§10
    136