{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1521.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1521.01","heading":"Establishment of Compensation Order Review Board.","body":"(a)\nThere is hereby established a Compensation Order Review Board (“Board”) that shall consist of 5 members as follows:\n(1)\nThe Chief Judge of the Office of Hearings and Adjudication (“OHA”) within the Department of Employment Services who shall serve as Chairperson; and\n(2)\nFour Administrative Law Judges from the OHA, who shall:\n(A)\nBe appointed by the Chairperson;\n(B)\nHave received an overall rating of satisfactory or above in his or her most recent performance review; and\n(C)\nBe a member in good standing of the OHA.\n\n(b)\nThe Chairperson shall have the authority to create from among the members of the Board one or more Compensation Order Review Panels (“panel”) which shall:\n(1)\nConsist of 3 members and may include the Chairperson;\n(2)\nDecide matters before it by majority vote; and\n(3)\nBe prohibited from discussing the compensation order with the Administrative Law Judge who issued the compensation order while the matter is undergoing review.\n\n(c)\nThe Chairperson shall, within 7 days of an application for review being filed, create and assign a panel to review the application for review; provided, that no member of the panel is the Administrative Law Judge who issued the compensation order that is under review.\n\n(d)\nThe panel shall:\n(1)\nReview the compensation order for legal sufficiency;\n(2)\nDispose of the matter under review by issuing an order affirming the compensation order; reversing the compensation order, in whole or in part, and amending the order based on the panel’s findings, or by remanding the order to the issuing Administrative Law Judge for further review; except, that:\n(A)\nThe panel shall affirm a compensation order that is based upon substantial evidence and is in accordance with this chapter and other applicable laws and regulations and shall not disturb factual findings contained in the compensation order that are supported by substantial evidence; and\n(B)\nAny reversal, in whole or in part, shall be supported by a written order, which shall contain the legal and factual basis for the reversal, and may amend the compensation order, in whole or in part, or remand the matter to the issuing Administrative Law Judge for additional findings of fact or conclusions of law and the issuance of a compensation order on remand; and\n(3)\nMake its disposition within 30 days of being assigned the application for review.\n\n(e)\nA party aggrieved by the compensation order on remand may appeal it in the same manner as a compensation order.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 15. Workers’ Compensation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1521.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"736601d6739e594b95a2ed6c789a193f265bbf8589b52dc3981a52479e276f43","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1521","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}