§ 28-34-1 Definitions
§ 28-34-2 Occupational diseases listed – Treatment as compensable injury
§ 28-34-3 Benefits available to victims of disease
§ 28-34-4 Relationship of disease to employment – Time of bringing suit
§ 28-34-5 Examination and report by physician
§ 28-34-6 Date of disablement
§ 28-34-7 Concealment of previous disease – Occupational disease as partial cause
§ 28-34-8 Apportionment of liability among successive employers
§ 28-34-9 Notice to employer of claim
§ 28-34-10 Information as to previous employers
§ 28-34-11 Rights as to diseases not covered by chapter
§ 28-34-12 Diseases contracted before effective date of chapter
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 28-34 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Diseases

  • Director: means the director of labor and training or his or her designee unless specifically stated otherwise. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • Disability: means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
  • Disablement: means the event of becoming disabled as defined in subsection (1) of this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
  • 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
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Injury: means and refers to personal injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, connected and referable to the employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • Occupational disease: means a disease that is due to causes and conditions that are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1