N.Y. Workers’ Compensation Law 231 – Subpoenas
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§ 231. Subpoenas. A subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum may be signed and issued by the chairman, a member of the board, referee or such officer as may be designated by the chairman. A subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum may also be signed and issued by any attorney and counsellor-at-law appearing before the board on behalf of an employee or other party. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules.
Terms Used In N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 231
- Board: means the workers' compensation board created under this chapter. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
- Chairman: means the chairman of the workers' compensation board of the state of New York. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
- Employee: means a person engaged in the service of an employer in any employment defined in subdivision six of this section, except a minor child of the employer, except a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister, priest or rabbi, a sexton, a christian science reader, or member of a religious order, or an executive officer of a corporation who at all times during the period involved owns all of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation and holds all of the offices pursuant to paragraph (e) of § 715 of the business corporation law or two executive officers of a corporation who at all times during the period involved between them own all of the issued and outstanding stock of such corporation and hold all such offices provided, however, that each officer must own at least one share of stock, except as provided in section two hundred twelve of this article, or an executive officer of an incorporated religious, charitable or educational institution, or persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution, or volunteers in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution, or persons participating in and receiving rehabilitative services in a sheltered workshop operated by a religious, charitable or educational institution under a certificate issued by the United States department of labor, or recipients of charitable aid from a religious or charitable institution who perform work in or for the institution which is incidental to or in return for the aid conferred, and not under an express contract of hire. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.