336.020 Departments of Workplace Standards and Workers' Claims.
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The Department of Workplace Standards shall be headed by a commissioner
appointed by the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.040 and shall be divided for
administrative purposes into the Division of Employment Standards,
Apprenticeship and Mediation, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Compliance, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Education and
Training, and the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds. Each of these
divisions shall be headed by a director appointed by the secretary and approved by
the Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050.
The Department of Workers' Claims shall be headed by a commissioner who is
nominated by the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission, appointed by
the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate in accordance with KRS 342.213 and
342.228. The department shall be divided for administrative purposes into the
Office of Administrative Law Judges, the Office of General Counsel for Workers'
Claims, the Division of Claims Processing, the Division of Information and
Research, the Division of Security and Compliance, and the Division of
Ombudsman and Workers' Compensation Specialist Services. The Office of
Administrative Law Judges shall be headed by a chief administrative law judge
appointed in accordance with KRS 342.230. Each division in the department shall
be headed by a director appointed by the commissioner and approved by the
Governor in accordance with KRS 12.050 and 342.230. The following agencies are
attached to the Department of Workers' Claims for administrative purposes only:
(a) Workers' Compensation Board;
(b) Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; and
(c) Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission.
The Office of General Counsel for the Labor Cabinet and the Division of
Management Services are attached to the Office of the Secretary of the Labor
Cabinet.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1701, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 34, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002
Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 579,
sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 3, effective
April 4, 1994. -- Amended 1987 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 2, effective
January 4, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 9, effective July 13, 1984. - Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 252. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 19,
sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. secs. 4618-111, 4748g-4.
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