Rhode Island General Laws 28-33-39. Transportation costs for medical examination
The reasonable costs of transportation to and from the office of any examiner requested by the employer or of any impartial examiner appointed as provided in § 28-33-35 shall be charged to the employer and, if paid for by the employee, he or she shall be reimbursed in full for this expenditure by his or her employer, upon presentation of a receipt or other evidence of expenditure. The reasonable cost of transportation that occurs on or after July 1, 2016, is the rate equal to the per-mile rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service for use of a privately owned automobile for business miles driven, as from time to time amended, for a private motor vehicle or the reasonable cost incurred for transportation, from the employee’s point of departure, whether from the employee’s home or place of employment, and return.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 2, § 21; P.L. 1947, ch. 1943, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-33-39; P.L. 1968, ch. 135, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 470, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 473, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-33-39
- Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.