Board Of Industrial Insurance Appeals Washington State
Industrial insurance workers compensation.
Board of industrial insurance appeals washington state. The three principal types of appeals are. Significant decisions subject index. Washington state board of industrial insurance appeals. 226 or laws of 2003 ch.
Board of industrial insurance appeals po box 42401 olympia wa 98504 2401. The board of industrial insurance appeals may use money in the accident fund or the medical aid fund to process and adjudicate appeals arising under laws of 1996 ch. Types of decisions reviewed and heard by the board include wisha citations and employer premiums. If you offer your doctor s report to the board of industrial insurance appeals judge presiding in your board matter the iaj will likely reject it under court rule 802 unless an exception applies.
Appointed from a mutually agreed to list of not less than three active or judicial members of the washington state bar association submitted to the governor by the two organizations defined below and such member shall be the chairperson of said board. Seldom do exceptions apply and even when they do the judge cannot consider the doctor s opinion for the truth of the matter asserted within that opinion. Significant decisions case name index. It has been given jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals taken from the action of the supervisor upon industrial insurance claims.
The biia hears appeals from decisions made by l i in several areas. The board of industrial insurance appeals biia is a state agency that is independent from the department of labor and industries l i. You may appeal directly to the biia without first protesting to l i. Board of industrial insurance appeals.
402 although the legislature may in its discretion provide other sources of funding for this activity. Industrial insurance appeals board of hears appeals from decisions made by the department of labor and industries in several areas such as the industrial insurance worker s compensation safety citations under the washington industrial safety and health act wisha and employer premium tax assessments and classifications. The board of industrial insurance appeals is a washington state agency that independently hears appeals of decisions made by the department of labor and industries l i. After receiving your appeal the board will notify us to give us an opportunity to reconsider our original.