North Carolina General Statutes 97-73. Fees
(a) Claims. – Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Industrial Commission may establish by rule a schedule of fees for examinations conducted, reports made, documents filed, and agreements reviewed under this Article. The fees shall be collected in accordance with rules adopted by the Industrial Commission.
(b), (c) Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 10.33(d), effective July 1, 2003.
(d) Safety. – A fee in the amount set by the Industrial Commission is imposed on an employer for whom the Industrial Commission provides an educational training program on how to prevent or reduce accidents or injuries that result in workers’ compensation claims or a person for whom the Industrial Commission provides other educational services. The fees are departmental receipts.
(e) Exceptions. – Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Industrial Commission may not charge fees for any of the following:
(1) A hearing before a Deputy Commissioner under this Chapter.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 97-73
- adopted: means legal adoption prior to the time of the injury. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- Commission: means the North Carolina Industrial Commission, to be created under the provisions of this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- compensation: means the money allowance payable to an employee or to his dependents as provided for in this Article, and includes funeral benefits provided herein. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- disability: means incapacity because of injury to earn the wages which the employee was receiving at the time of injury in the same or any other employment. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- employee: means every person engaged in an employment under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, including aliens, and also minors, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, but excluding persons whose employment is both casual and not in the course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of his employer, and as relating to those so employed by the State, the term "employee" shall include all officers and employees of the State, including such as are elected by the people, or by the General Assembly, or appointed by the Governor to serve on a per diem, part-time or fee basis, either with or without the confirmation of the Senate; as relating to municipal corporations and political subdivisions of the State, the term "employee" shall include all officers and employees thereof, including such as are elected by the people. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- employer: means the State and all political subdivisions thereof, all public and quasi-public corporations therein, every person carrying on any employment, and the legal representative of a deceased person or the receiver or trustee of any person. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- person: means individual, partnership, association or corporation. See North Carolina General Statutes 97-2
(2) A hearing before the full Commission under this Chapter.
(3) Processing of an agreement for compensation of disability, an employer’s admission of employee‘s right to permanent partial disability, or a supplemental agreement as to payment of compensation. (1935, c. 123; 1955, c. 525, s. 8; 1991, c. 481, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.39; 2003-284, s. 10.33(d); 2005-276, s. 45.1(a); 2009-451, s. 14.16(a); 2014-100, s. 15.16B(a).)