{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-342.185","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 342.185","heading":"Notice of accident -- Claim for compensation -- Limitation -- Cumulative","body":"trauma injury.\n(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no proceeding under\nthis chapter for compensation for an injury or death shall be maintai ned unless a\nnotice of the accident shall have been given to the employer as soon as practicable\nafter the happening thereof and unless an application for adjustment of claim for\ncompensation with respect to the injury shall have been made with the departm ent\nwithin two (2) years after the date of the accident, or in case of death, within two (2)\nyears after the death, whether or not a claim has been made by the employee himself\nor herself for compensation. The notice and the claim may be given or made by a ny\nperson claiming to be entitled to compensation or by someone in his or her behalf.\nIf payments of income benefits have been made, the filing of an application for\nadjustment of claim with the department within the period shall not be required, but\nshall become requisite within two (2) years following the suspension of payments or\nwithin two (2) years of the date of the accident, whichever is later.\n(2) The right to compensation under this chapter resulting from work -related exposure\nto the human immunode ficiency virus shall be barred unless notice of the injurious\nexposure is given in accordance with subsection (1) of this section and unless an\napplication for adjustment of claim for compensation shall have been made with the\ncommissioner within five (5) years after the injurious exposure to the virus.\n(3) The right to compensation under this chapter resulting from work -related exposure\nto cumulative trauma injury shall be barred unless notice of the cumulative trauma\ninjury is given within two (2) years f rom the date the employee is told by a\nphysician that the cumulative trauma injury is work -related. An application for\nadjustment of claim for compensation with respect to the injury shall have been\nmade with the department within two (2) years after the e mployee is told by a\nphysician that the cumulative trauma injury is work -related. However, the right to\ncompensation for any cumulative trauma injury shall be forever barred, unless an\napplication for adjustment of claim is filed with the commissioner with in five (5)\nyears after the last injurious exposure to the cumulative trauma.","path":["KRS Chapter 342"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47617","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:31Z","sha256":"2423b1009ed9febb014f1b38e0a60ad765cc220d16a3dad8810d4055b62a5fb5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-342.180","next":"us-ky/krs-342.186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}