2023 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation
§23:1310. Initial filing of claim with office of workers' compensation administration

Universal Citation:
LA Rev Stat § 23:1310 (2023)
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RS 23:1310 - Initial filing of claim with office of workers' compensation administration

A. If, at any time after notification to the office of the occurrence of death or injury resulting in excess of seven days lost time, a bona fide dispute occurs, the employee or his dependent or the employer or insurer may file a claim with the state office, or the district office where the hearing will be held, on a form to be provided by the assistant secretary.

B. In addition to any other information required by the assistant secretary, the claim shall set forth the time, place, nature, and cause of the injury, the benefit in dispute, and the employee's actual earnings, if any, at the time of the filing of the claim with the office.

Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1992, No. 1105, §1.

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