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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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