2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-34 - Workers' Compensation – Occupational Diseases
§ 28-34-1 - Definitions.
SECTION 28-34-1
§ 28-34-1 Definitions. – Whenever used in this chapter:
(1) "Disability" means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed;
(2) "Disablement" means the event of becoming disabled as defined in subdivision (1) of this section;
(3) "Occupational disease" means a disease which is due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment.
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