Statutes, Rules, Regulations, and Other Authorities

©2016, 2017 California Workers' Compensation Reporter

 

[February 2016–January 2017; 44 CWCR 1–316]



        CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION

 

Art. I

§9
    44:56

 

Art. XIV

§4
    44:31, 54

 

 

CALIFORNIA STATUTES

 

Business and Professions Code

7026.1(a)(4)
    44:204

17200 et seq.
    44:228

22450
    44:7–8, 86

22450–22463
    44:
7, 86

22451
    44:7–8

22451(b)
    44:7–8, 86

22455
    44:7–8, 86

22463
    44:8

 

Civil Code

1431–1431.5 (Proposition 51)
    44:95, 201

1431.2
    44:228

1714
    44:285

1714(a)
    44:19, 217

3281
    44:217

3282
    44:217

3283
    44:227

3291
    44:150–51

3333
    44:217

3359
    44:217

3516
    44:65
3517
    44:256

 

Code of Civil Procedure

340.4
    44:121–22, 183

340.5
    44:122

340.8
    44:121–22, 183

340.8(c)(1)
    44:122

340.8(d)
    44:122

581
    44:229

877
    44:150

877(a)
    44:150

877.6
    44:172

998
    44:150–51

1033.5(c)(2)
    44:151

1085
    44:136

2025.420
    44:165–66

2025.420(b)(12)
    44:165
    44:

Evidence Code

352
    44:187, 281

913(a)
    44:167

1119
    44:135

1292
    44:171

 

Government Code

815
    44:96, 98

815.6
    44:97

825–825.6 (California Tort Claims Act)
    44:169

911.2
    44:96

945.4
    44:96

995–996.6
    44:169

996.4
    44:169–70

12900–12996 (Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA))
    44:67, 70, 102, 147, 197, 228, 260

12926(m)(4)–(5)
    44:260

12926(o)
    44:68, 198

12940(a)
    44:198, 260

12940(h)
    44:69, 149, 199, 260

12940(m)
    44:199, 260

12940(n)
    44:260

12945.1/12945.2 (California Family Rights Act (CFRA))
   69, 147

12945.2(t)
    44:149

12965(b)
    44:72

19820
    44:293

23004.1
    44:30–32

68081
    44:199

 

Health and Safety Code

1275(f)
    44:85

13802
    44:238

 

Insurance Code

1063.1
    44:283

1063.1(c)
    44:284

1063.1(c)(9)
    44:58

1063.1(c)(9)(A)
    44:57, 284

1871.4
    44:238

1871.4(a)(1)
    44:237

11652
    44:182

 

Labor Code

15
    44:14

62.5
    44:293

62.6

293

132a
    44:36, 228–29

138.4
    44:233, 265

138.6
    44:233, 265

139.2
    44:22, 231

139.21
    44:174, 231, 265, 292

139.48
    44:78, 109

139.5
    44:240

1194
    44:289

2750.5
    44:15–16, 204–05

2750.5(c)
    44:204

3202
    44:86, 107, 114, 175, 266

3202.5
    44:158

3207
    44:108, 266–67

3208.1
    44:137

3208.3
    44:40, 63, 83, 98, 111–12, 195

3208.3(b)(1)
    44:111, 215, 218

3208.3(b)(2)
    44:112

3208.3(b)(2)–(3)
    44:111

3208.3(d)
    44:6, 82–83, 214–16

3208.3(h)
    44:38–39

3211
    44:284

3212
    44:246

3212 et seq.
    44:37

3212.1
    44:238

3351
    44:85, 181, 213

3351–3352
    44:289

3352
    44:181, 213

3352(h)
    44:204

3352(i)
    44:238

3353
    44:85

3361
    44:238

3361.5
    44:238

3600
    44:60, 64, 254–55

3600(a)
    44:152

3600(a)(8)
    44:87–88

3600(a)(10)
    44:41

3600(b)
    44:65

3600.5(b)
    44:141

3601
    44:255

3601(a)(1)
    44:253

3602
    44:255

3602(b)(1)
    44:253

3602(b)(2)
    44:146

3700
    44:85, 284

3706
    44:288–89

3708
    44:288–89

3751(a)
    44:184

3751(b)
    44:30, 32

3852
    44:47, 150, 217

3853
    44:45, 47

3856(b)
    44:47, 150

3864
    44:202, 287

4060
    44:59,102, 196, 214, 249

4060 et seq.

196

4060(c)
  251 

4060.2
    44:251

4061
    44:196, 276

4061(i)
    44:102

4062
    44:195–96

4062(a)
    44:196

4062.2
    44:59, 102, 251

4062.3(j)
    44:214

4062.3(k)
    44:214

4062.5
    44:269–70, 282

4064(a)
    44:214

4453(a)(10)
    44:129, 293

4453(b)(8)
    44:109

4453(b)(9)
    44:109

4551
    44:60

4558
    44:64–65

4558(b)
    44:64–65

4600
    44:58, 240, 272, 277–78

4600(a)
    44:102

4603
    44:231, 290

4603.2
    44:181, 289

4603.4
    44:181, 290

4603.6
    44:233, 291

4604
    44:14, 60, 241

4604.5
    44:233

4604.5(c)(1)
    44:41–42

4610
    44:66, 92, 143, 231, 233, 241, 290

4610 et seq.
    44:240

4610(b)
    44:240

4610(c)
    44:240

4610(g)
    44:92

4610(g)(1)
    44:88–89, 92

4610(g)(3)(A)
    44:88–89, 90

4610(g)(6)
    44:66, 218–19

4610.3
    44:240

4610.3(c)
    44:241

4610.4(e)
    44:241

4610.5
    44:14, 33, 135, 233, 239–40, 241, 291

4610.5(l)
    44:241

4610.5(m)
    44:241

4610.6
    44:12, 14, 135, 233, 239–40, 291

4610.6(b)
    44:241

4610.6(d)
    44:13, 13–14, 34–35, 59, 85–86, 133–136

4610.6(f)
    44:34, 241

4610.6(h)
    44:13, 13–14, 241

4610.6(i)
    44:13, 14, 135, 241

4615
    44:233, 291

4616
    44:239

4616 et seq.
    44:239–40

4616(a)(1)
    44:239

4616(a)(3)
    44:239

4616(e)
    44:239

4616.3
    44:196, 241

4616.3(c)
    44:195–96, 241

4616.4
    44:157, 239, 241, 291

4616.4(c)
    44:239

4616.4(e)
    44:239, 241 

4620
    44:7, 86

4620(a)
    44:7, 86

4625
    181, 291

4628
    44:282–83

4650
    223, 272

4650(b)
    190

4658(d)
    44:275–76

4658(d)(2)
    44:252

4658.1
    36

4658.7
    44:185

4658.7(g)
    44:185

4659(c)
    44:129, 190, 293

4660
    44:114, 139, 164, 193, 248

4660(a)
    44:114

4660(b)(1)
    44:245

4660(c)
    44:164–65

4660(d)
    44:276

4660.1
    44:165

4660.1(c)
    44:111–12

4660.1(c)(2)
    44:112

4660.1(c)(2)(A)
    44:111–12

4660.1(c)(2)(B)
    44:112

4662
    44:192, 193, 241

4662(a)
    44:61, 243

4662(a)(3)
    44:191–92

4662(a)(4)
    44:241–43

4662(b)
    44:62, 165, 191–93, 193–94, 241–44

4662(d) (former)
    44:243

4663
    44:37, 61, 188–89, 223, 244, 245, 246

4663(c)
    44:221

4663(e)
    44:37

4664
    44:37–38, 114–15, 189, 244

4664(a)
    44:244

4664(a)(4)
    44:243

4664(b)
    44:244

4664(c)(1)
    44:38

4702(b)
    44:129, 293

4751
    44:113–15, 219–20, 223

4800
    44:184

4800.5
    44:35, 183–84

4850
    44:266–67

4850.3
    44:266

4850.4
    44:108–09, 265–67

4850.4(f)
    44:267

4900
    44:105–07

4900–4902
    44:106

4903(b)
    44:291

4903.05
    44:53–54, 56, 102, 233, 291

4903.05(c)(1)
    44:107

4903.05(c)(7)
    44:56

4903.06(a)
    44:107

4903.07
    44:56

4903.1(a)(3)(A)
    44:160

4903.5
    44:7

4903.6
    44:291

4903.8
    44:53–54, 56, 102, 233, 291

4903.8(a)(1)
    44:56

4904
    44:11–12

4904(e)
    44:12

4906
    44:213, 291

4907

8–9, 11, 55

5000
    44:140–41

5300
    44:136

5300(a)
    44:224

5301
    44:224

5303
    44:273, 275

5307.27
    44:157, 231, 233, 240, 290, 291

5307.3
    44:291

5307.4
    44:291

5310
    44:55, 270

5401
    44:214, 272, 273

5401(a)
    44:182

5402
    44:238

5405
    44:60, 162–63, 272, 273

5409
    44:272

5410
    44:162–63, 188

5412
    44:110, 137–38, 163, 272, 272–73, 275, 275–276

5500.5
    44:272, 275

5500.5(a)
    44:275

5502(d)(3)
    44:66

5700
    44:9  

5702
   116

5705
   158

5708
    44:281

5709
   3, 281 

5710
    44:233, 292

5725
    44:224

5801
    44:2

5803
    44:107

5804
    44:107, 187–88

5806
    44:106

5808
    44:107

5811
    44:233, 292

5813
    44:8–9, 55

5814
    44:108–09, 218, 251–52, 266–67

5814(a)
    44:13, 252

5814.5
    44:252

5900
    44:249

5952
    44:159

5955
    44:53

6354.7 (former)
    44:181, 292

6409
    44:231, 290, 292

 

Welfare and Institutions Code

14123
    44:231, 292

14200 et seq.
    44:231, 292

 

California Acts by Name

California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
    44:69, 147–49

California Tort Claims Act
    44:169

Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
    44:36, 67–70, 70–72, 102, 147–49, 197–201, 228–29, 260–61

Fair Responsibility Act of 1986 (Proposition 51)
    44:95, 151, 201, 203, 228

Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA)
    44:204–05, 262

Workers’ Compensation Act (Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety Act of 1917)
    44:158

 

 

SESSION LAWS

 

Statutes of 2016

Chap. 84 (SB 914)
    44:157, 213, 291

Chap. 205 (AB 2883)
    44:181, 213, 289, 292

Chap. 214 (SB 1175)
    44:181, 213, 289, 290, 291

Chap. 852 (AB 1244)
    44:213, 238, 265, 291, 292

Chap. 868 (SB 1160)
    44:231, 255, 265, 290, 291, 292

Chap 885 (AB 2503)
    44:233, 291

 

Statutes of 2012

Chap. 363 (SB 863)
    44:1, 23, 34, 36, 53, 53–55, 76–78, 105, 107, 109, 120, 135, 159, 172–73, 185, 209, 232, 240, 245, 274

 

Statutes of 2004

Chap. 34 (SB 899)
    44:24, 36, 76, 100, 105, 109, 159, 164, 189, 207, 209, 219, 245, 248, 255, 274

 

Statutes of 2003

Chap. 630 (SB 228)
    44:144

 

 

CALIFORNIA BILLS—2016

 

Assembly Bills

1244
    44:125, 133, 157, 205, 213, 238, 265, 291, 292

1643
    44:73, 99, 125, 139, 153, 174, 206, 233

2086
    44:29, 73, 99, 125, 153, 175, 206, 234

2230
    44:48, 99, 125, 153 

2407

48, 99
2503
    44:48, 73, 99, 125, 153, 207, 233, 291

2577
    44:48

2634
    44:48

2883
    44:48, 73, 99, 126, 153, 175, 181, 213, 289, 292

2895
    44:49, 73, 100, 126, 153, 176

 

Senate Bills

563
    44:49, 100, 127, 154, 176

897
    44:50, 74, 100, 127, 154, 176, 208, 234

914
    44:50, 74, 100, 127, 154, 157, 213, 291

1160
    44:50, 74, 101, 127, 154, 176, 208, 231, 255, 265, 290, 291, 292

1175
    44:50, 75   , 101, 128, 154, 176, 181, 213, 289, 290, 291

1379
    44:128, 154, 176, 209

 

 

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

Title 2

 

FEHA/CFRA Rules

11065(d)(9)(B)
    44:260

11091(a)(1)
    44:149

Title 8

 
Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Rules

31.5(a)(12)
    44:270, 282

31.7
    44:249

35.5(g)(2)
    44:66

38
    44:270, 282

 

Administrative Director (AD) Rules

9768.1–9768.17
    44:241

9785
    44:142

9785(a)(2)
    44:142

9785(b)(2)
    44:196

9785(b)(3)
    44:196

9785.15.4
    44:42

9792.6.1(t)

141

9792.6.1(t)(3)
    44:141

9792.9
    44:142

9792.9.1
    44:92, 112

9792.9.1(a)(1)
    44:89, 143

9792.9.1(c)
    44:92

9792.9.1(c)(2)(B)
    44:112

9792.9.1(e)
    44:88–89

9792.10.7(a)(2)
    44:252

9792.10.9
    44:240

10133(h)
    44:185

10133.56(c)
    44:252

 

WCAB Rules

10470
    44:166

10561
    44:196

10606(a)
    44:158

 

Return to Work Supplemental (RTWS) Benefit Rules
17300–17310
    44:172

17304
    44:227

 

 

OTHER RULES, SCHEDULES, AND GUIDES

 

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines (2d ed., 2004)
    44:57, 157, 291

 

American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) (5th ed., 2005)

Generally
    44:38, 76–77, 109, 138–39, 139, 167–68, 191–93, 219, 221, 238, 241–43, 244–46, 251, 275

Tables

3-5
    44:38

4-2
    44:38

13-6
    44:242

13-8
    44:242

13-13

242

13-15
    44:168

16-18
    44:138

 

California Approved Civil Instructions (CACI)

435
    44:43–44

1009B
    44:225–26

1244
    44:93

2540
    44:70

2541
    44:70

2800
    44:253

2801
    44:254

2810
    44:254

3963
    44:254 

 

California Rules of Court

8.495(a)(2)
    44:4

8.1105
    44:261

 

Centers for Medicare Services Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement Reference Guide (WCMSA Reference Guide)
    
44:pp. 4, 5, 8
        161

 

DWC Schedules for Rating Permanent Disabilities (PDRSs)
    
44:36, 37, 74, 139, 164, 186, 188, 191, 193, 244–46, 248, 275–76

 

 

 

LAWS OF OTHER STATES

 

Georgia First Offender Act
    
44:87
 

 

 

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

 

Art. IV (full faith and credit)
    
44:141

 

Amend. V
    
44:167

 

 

UNITED STATES STATUTES

 

United States Code

 

Title 42

§1395y(b)(2)
    44:161

§12101 et seq. (Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA))
    44:68, 198

 

U.S. Acts by Name

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
    44:68–69, 198–201

 

 

 

TEXTS AND TREATISES

California Tort Damages (2d ed., Cal CEB 2002)

§1.20
    44:
33

 

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

§1.43
    44:21

§§1.46–1.55
    44:21

§1.57
    44:256

§§4.56–4.58
    44:231

Chap.11
    44:120 

§11.16
    44:94

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

§1.4
    44:151

§§2.1–2.5
    44:46

§2.6
    44:153, 231, 258

§3.2
    44:151

§§3.3–3.5
    44:228

§§3.6–3.13
    44:203

§§3.6–3.15
    44:151

§§3.10–3.13

228.

§3.17
    44:
33

§3.24
    44:46

§3.25A
    44:122

§3.29
    44:256

§§3.31–3.32
    44:46

§§350–350B
    44:96, 124

§3.50A
    44:45, 171

§3.50B
    44:121, 288

§4.19
    44:46

§§4.22–24
    44:16

§4.35
    44:
16, 205

§§4.37–4.40
    44:256

§4.38
    44:98

§§4.42–4.44
    44:
146

§§4.48–4.50
    44:98

§4.59
    44:19

§§4.60–4.63
    44:289

§4.62
    44:16

§§4.62–4.63
    44:205

§4.67
    44:230, 256

§4.80
    44:70, 72, 149, 201, 230, 261

§4.84
    44:230

§4.88
    44:170, 258

§5.7
    44:256

§5.11
    44:258

§§7.1–7.3
    44:151

§7.9
    44:256

§§7.9–7.14
    44:151

§§7.18–7.25
    44:48

§§7.33–7.38
    44:48

§§8.14–8.25
    44:48

§§9.8–9.12
    44:174

§§9.8–9.13A
    44:16, 287

§9.10
    44:217, 260

§§9.10–9.12

217, 228

§9.13
    44:23, 217, 260

§§9.14–9.16
    44:21

§9.21B
    44:94, 96, 124, 146

§9.25
    44:33

§§9.26–9.33
    44:203

§§9.26–9.37
    44:287

 

Restatement (Second) of the Law of Agency
    
44:5

 

Restatement (Third) of the Law of Torts

§2
    44:118

§5
    44:146

 

 

Wrongful Employment Termination Practice (2d ed., Cal CEB 1997)

§§2.60–2.79
    44:201

§§2.78–2.80
    44:70