342.310 Assessment of cost of unreasonable proceedings -- Restitution.
(1) If any administrative law judge, the board, or any court before whom any
proceedings are brought under this chapter determines that such proceedings have <br>been brought, prosecuted, or defended without reasonable ground, he or it may <br>assess the whole cost of the proceedings which shall include actual expenses but not <br>be limited to the following: court costs, travel expenses, deposition costs, physician <br>expenses for attendance fees at depositions, attorney fees, and all other out-of-<br>pocket expenses upon the party who has so brought, prosecuted, or defended them.
(2) If any administrative law judge, the board, or any court before whom any
proceedings are brought under this chapter determines that a party has committed <br>acts in violation of KRS 342.335(1) or (2), that party may be ordered to make <br>restitution for any compensation paid as a result of the commission of such acts.
Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 514, sec. 21, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1996 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 62, effective December 12, 1996. -- <br>Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 355, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1987 <br>(1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 39, effective January 4, 1988. -- Amended 1984 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, <br>sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4940.
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