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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations (Chs. 1 — 15)
Appendix A - Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Rule 82 - Statute of Limitation and Procedure for Filing Claims

Universal Citation:
O.C.G.A. Title 34 Appx. Bd. Work. Comp. r. 82
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  • (a) Any defense as to the time of filing a claim is waived unless it is made no later than the first hearing.

  • (b) A party filing a claim should file Form WC-14 with the Board and serve a copy on all other parties.

  • (c) A claim shall be filed electronically through ICMS. However, in the event of an outage preventing an electronic submission and the time for filing a claim is at issue, a claim may be filed in paper or by facsimile with any Board office. Any filing by facsimile transmission must be clearly labeled with the name of the claimant, claim number, and Board division or employee to whom the facsimile transmission is directed.

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Notes

Note as to revisions.

The revision effective July 1, 1996, deleted the second sentence in subsection (b), which read “If any party chooses to enclose other documents not required by other board rules when sending Form WC-14 to the other parties, those documents shall not be sent to the board.”

The revision effective July 1, 1997, made a capitalization change in the word “board”.

The 1999 revision effective July 1, 1999, substituted “no” for “not” in subsection (a).

The revision effective July 1, 2007, deleted “, along with five copies when also requesting a hearing,” preceding “and serve a copy” in subsection (b).

The revision effective July 1, 2009, added subsection (c).

The revision effective July 1, 2010, in subsection (c), deleted “, only with the prior express permission of the Board” following “Board office” at the end of the second sentence, and added the last sentence.

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