Chapter 29
Workers’ Compensation — General Provisions

Index of Sections

§ 28-29-1. Short title.

§ 28-29-1.1. Name change.

§ 28-29-1.2. Legislative findings and implementation of reforms.

§ 28-29-1.3. Jurisdiction of Workers’ Compensation Act.

§ 28-29-2. Definitions.

§ 28-29-3. Defenses abrogated as to injuries in course of employment.

§ 28-29-4. Defenses available in action against employer subject to law — Towns and cities.

§ 28-29-5. Employers exempt.

§ 28-29-6. Employers subject to law.

§ 28-29-6.1. Secondary provision of workers’ compensation insurance.

§ 28-29-6.2. Employers’ mandatory disclosure.

§ 28-29-7. Domestic and farm laborers.

§ 28-29-7.1. Exemption from workers’ compensation — Certain real estate persons.

§ 28-29-7.2. Farm laborers.

§ 28-29-8. Election by exempt employers to be subject to law.

§ 28-29-9. Service of process on nonresident employers.

§ 28-29-10. Certificate of compliance with corporation laws required.

§ 28-29-11. Annual certificate of compliance.

§ 28-29-12. Certificate fee.

§ 28-29-13. Posting of summaries of law.

§ 28-29-13.1. Booklets — Information.

§ 28-29-14. Forms prescribed and furnished.

§ 28-29-15. Exemption of professional hockey personnel.

§ 28-29-16. Certificate of coverage by another state.

§ 28-29-17. Waiver of common law rights — Notice of claim of common law right.

§ 28-29-17.1. Notice of designation as independent contractor.

§ 28-29-18. Minors deemed sui juris — Claim of common law rights.

§ 28-29-19. Waiver of claim of common law rights.

§ 28-29-20. Rights in lieu of other rights and remedies.

§ 28-29-21. Wrongful death law inapplicable.

§ 28-29-22. Agreement for alternative scheme — Approval and certification.

§ 28-29-23. Termination provisions in alternative scheme.

§ 28-29-24. Revocation of certificate as to alternative scheme.

§ 28-29-25. Penal provisions in other statutes unaffected.

§ 28-29-26. Supervision of enforcement.

§ 28-29-27. Appropriations and disbursements.

§ 28-29-28. [Repealed.]

§ 28-29-29. Severability.

§ 28-29-30. Advisory council.