2005 Minnesota Statutes - 175.101 — Duties of commissioner of Department of Labor and Industry as head of the Workers\' Compensation Division.

     175.101 Duties of commissioner of Department of 
  Labor and Industry as head of the Workers' Compensation Division.


    Subdivision 1.    Purpose; duties.  It is the 
 legislative purpose in creating a Division of Workers' 
 Compensation, and in assigning to the commissioner of the 
 Department of Labor and Industry specific duties and 
 responsibilities, to: 


    (a) provide for a unified Department of Labor and Industry 
 for the limited purposes of organization and administration of 
 common administrative functions; and 


    (b) assure the autonomy and maximum independence of the 
 necessary adjudicative functions and quasi-legislative 
 administrative duties of the division. 


    The commissioner as head of the Workers' Compensation 
 Division is the administrator of the Workers' Compensation 
 Division.  The commissioner shall possess only the powers and 
 shall perform only the duties prescribed by law. 


    Subd. 2.    Records.  The commissioner shall keep a full 
 and true record of all proceedings of the Workers' Compensation 
 Division, issue all necessary processes, writs, warrants, and 
 notices which the division is required or authorized to issue 
 and generally act as the administrator of the Division of 
 Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Industry.  
 Notices and other documents required to be served or filed on 
 the Division of Workers' Compensation shall be served on the 
 commissioner. 


    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1983 c 290 s 173 


    Subd. 4.    Chief judge; designation.  The commissioner 
 may designate a workers' compensation judge at the Department of 
 Labor and Industry to serve as chief workers' compensation 
 judge.  The commissioner may revoke the designation at any 
 time.  A revocation does not affect the revoked designee's 
 status as a workers' compensation judge. 


    HIST: 1973 c 388 s 7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 
 134 s 78; 1983 c 290 s 23,24; 1987 c 332 s 4; 1988 c 667 s 23; 
 1998 c 366 s 89