2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Enacted by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, @8)
Chapter 7: PROCEDURES ENACTED BY PL 1991, C. 885, PT. A, §8
39-A §321-A. Appellate Division
Part 1: MAINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT OF 1992 ENACTED BY PL 1991, C. 885, PT. A, §8
Subchapter 1: BOARD PROCEEDINGS ENACTED BY PL 1991, C. 885, PT. A, §8
§321-A. Appellate Division
1. Establishment. There is established within the board the Appellate Division, referred to in this subchapter as "the division."
[ 2011, c. 647, §20 (NEW) .]
2. Composition. The division is composed of full-time hearing officers who are appointed by the executive director of the board to serve on panels to review decisions under section 318. The executive director of the board shall appoint no fewer than 3 full-time hearing officers to serve as members of a panel. A hearing officer may not serve as a member of a panel that reviews a decision of that hearing officer. A hearing officer may be a member of more than one panel at the discretion of the executive director of the board.
[ 2011, c. 647, §20 (NEW) .]
3. Rules. The board shall adopt rules of procedure designed to provide a prompt and inexpensive review of a decision by a hearing officer. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
[ 2011, c. 647, §20 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
2011, c. 647, §20 (NEW).
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