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- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.1 · Other rights and remedies against employer excluded.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.2 · Rights under Article not affected by liability of third party; rights and remedies against third parties.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.3 · Minors illegally employed.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-11 · Employer not relieved of statutory duty.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-12 · Use of intoxicant or controlled substance; willful neglect; willful disobedience of statutory duty, safety regulation or rule.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-12.1 · Willful misrepresentation in applying for employment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-13 · Exceptions from provisions of Article.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 97-14 through 97-16 · Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1291, ss. 7-9.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-17 · Settlements allowed in accordance with Article.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-18 · Prompt payment of compensation required; installments; payment without prejudice; notice to Commission; penalties.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-18.1 · Termination or suspension of compensation benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-19 · Liability of principal contractors; certificate that subcontractor has complied with law; right to recover compensation of those who would have been liable; order of liability.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-19.1 · Truck, tractor, or truck tractor trailer driver's status as employee or independent contractor.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-20 · Priority of compensation claims against assets of employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-21 · Claims unassignable and exempt from taxes and debts; agreement of employee to contribute to premium or waive right to compensation void; unlawful deduction by employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-22 · Notice of accident to employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-23 · What notice is to contain; defects no bar; notice personally or by registered letter or certified mail.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-24 · Right to compensation barred after two years; destruction of records.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25 · Medical treatment and supplies.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.1 · Limitation of duration of medical compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.2 · Managed care organizations.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.3 · Preauthorization.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.4 · Utilization guidelines for medical treatment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.5 · Utilization guidelines for vocational and other rehabilitation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-25.6 · Reasonable access to medical information.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26 · Fees allowed for medical treatment; malpractice of physician.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26.1 · Fees for medical records and reports; expert witnesses; communications with health care providers.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-26.2 · Reimbursement for prescription drugs, prescribed over-the-counter drugs, and professional pharmaceutical services.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-27 · Medical examination; facts not privileged; refusal to be examined suspends compensation; other medical opinions; autopsy.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-28 · Seven-day waiting period; exceptions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-29 · (Effective until July 1, 2027) Rates and duration of compensation for total incapacity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-29 · (Effective July 1, 2027) Rates and duration of compensation for total incapacity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-29.1 · Increase in payments in cases for total and permanent disability occurring prior to July 1, 1973.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-30 · Partial incapacity.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-31 · (Effective until July 1, 2027) Schedule of injuries; rate and period of compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-31 · (Effective July 1, 2027) Schedule of injuries; rate and period of compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-31.1 · Effective date of legislative changes in benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32 · Refusal of injured employee to accept suitable employment as suspending compensation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32.1 · Trial return to work.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-32.2 · Vocational rehabilitation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-33 · Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-34 · Employee receiving an injury when being compensated for former injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-35 · How compensation paid for two injuries; employer liable only for subsequent injury.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-36 · Accidents taking place outside State; employees receiving compensation from another state.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-37 · Where injured employee dies before total compensation is paid.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-38 · Where death results proximately from compensable injury or occupational disease; dependents; burial expenses; compensation to aliens; election by partial dependents.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-39 · Widow, widower, or child to be conclusively presumed to be dependent; other cases determined upon facts; division of death benefits among those wholly dependent; when division among partially dependent.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-40 · Commutation and payment of compensation in absence of dependents; "next of kin" defined; commutation and distribution of compensation to partially dependent next of kin; payment in absence of both dependents and next of kin.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-40.1 · Second Injury Fund.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-41 · Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1308, s. 5.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-42 · Deduction of payments.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-42.1 · Credit for unemployment benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-43 · Commission may prescribe monthly or quarterly payments.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-44 · Lump sums.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-45 · Reducing to judgment outstanding liability of insurance carriers withdrawing from State.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-46 · Lump sum payments to trustee; receipt to discharge employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-47 · Change of condition; modification of award.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-47.1 · Payment without prejudice; limitations period.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-48 · Receipts relieving employer; payment to minors; when payment of claims to dependents subsequent in right discharges employer.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-49 · Benefits of mentally incompetent or minor employees under 18 may be paid to a trustee, etc.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-50 · Limitation as against minors or mentally incompetent.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-51 · Joint employment; liabilities.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-52 · Occupational disease made compensable; "accident" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-53 · (See editor's note on condition precedent) Occupational diseases enumerated; when due to exposure to chemicals.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-54 · "Disablement" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-55 · "Disability" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-56 · Limitation on compensable diseases.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-57 · Employer liable.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-58 · Time limit for filing claims.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-59 · Employer to pay for treatment.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-60 · Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(a), effective July 1, 2003.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61 · Rewritten as §§ 97-61.1 to 97-61.7.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.1 · First examination of and report on employee having asbestosis or silicosis.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.2 · Filing of first report; right of hearing; effect of report as testimony.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.3 · Second examination and report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.4 · Third examination and report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.5 · Hearing after first examination and report; removal of employee from hazardous occupation; compensation upon removal from hazardous occupation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.6 · Hearing after third examination and report; compensation for disability and death from asbestosis or silicosis.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-61.7 · Waiver of right to compensation as alternative to forced change of occupation.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-62 · "Silicosis" and "asbestosis" defined.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-63 · Period necessary for employee to be exposed.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-64 · General provisions of act to control as regards benefits.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-65 · Reduction of rate where tuberculosis develops.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-66 · Claim where benefits are discontinued.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-67 · Postmortem examinations; notice to next of kin and insurance carrier.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-68 · Controverted medical questions.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-69 · Examination by advisory medical committee; inspection of medical reports.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-70 · Report of committee to Industrial Commission.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-71 · Filing report; right of hearing on report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-72 · Appointment of advisory medical committee; terms of office; duties and functions; salaries and expenses.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-73 · Fees.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-74 · Expense of hearings taxed as costs in compensation cases; fees collected directed to general fund.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 97-75, 97-76 · Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(f), effective July 1, 2003.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-77 · North Carolina Industrial Commission created; members appointed by Governor; terms of office; chairman.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-77.1 · Expired.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-78 · Salaries and expenses; administrator, executive secretary, deputy commissioners, and other staff assistance; annual report.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-78.1 · Standards of judicial conduct to apply to commissioners and deputy commissioners.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-79 · Offices and supplies; deputies with power to subpoena witnesses and to take testimony; meetings; hearings.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-80 · Rules and regulations; subpoena of witnesses; examination of books and records; depositions; costs.
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-81 · Blank forms and literature; statistics; safety provisions; accident reports; studies and investigations and recommendations to General Assembly; to cooperate with other agencies for prevention of injury.