2020 Indiana Code
Title 22. Labor and Safety
Article 3. Worker's Compensation System
Chapter 3. Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment; Compensation Schedule; Payments
22-3-3-3. Limitation of Actions; Radiation
Sec. 3. The right to compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be forever barred unless within two (2) years after the occurrence of the accident, or if death results therefrom, within two (2) years after such death, a claim for compensation thereunder shall be filed with the worker's compensation board. However, in all cases wherein an accident or death results from the exposure to radiation, a claim for compensation shall be filed with the board within two (2) years from the date on which the employee had knowledge of his injury or by exercise of reasonable diligence should have known of the existence of such injury and its causal relationship to his employment.
Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.24; Acts 1947, c.162, s.2; Acts 1961, c.101, s.1. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.31; P.L.28-1988, SEC.26.
