Powers and functions of the division of workers' compensation
The division of workers' compensation handles day-to-day work running the workers' comp system, based on rules set by the commission. However, only the commission itself can review workers' comp awards — that job cannot be handed off to anyone else. Also, the commission has no say in who the division hires or fires.
287.410. Powers and functions of the . — The shall have and exercise such of the powers and functions of the in the of the law as the commission may by ; provided, however, that the power and duty to any made under the workers' compensation law, as by sections 287.470 and 287.480, may not be , but such power and duty shall be exercised exclusively by the commission; and provided further, that the commission shall exercise no with respect to the selection or of any individual appointed or employed by the division in the administration of the workers' compensation law.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1945 p. 1996 § 3744A, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1396)
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