Kan. Admin. Regs. § 40-3-58

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 40-3-58 - Controlled insurance programs including workers compensation liabilities

Each controlled insurance program including coverage for workers compensation liabilities of the participants shall require the following:

(a) Workers compensation coverage shall include all workers compensation for which payroll attributable to the contractual agreement has been reported and the premiums collected covering all services performed incidental to, arising out of, or emanating from the construction site or sites and the coming or going to or from the site or sites. Nothing in this regulation shall be construed to expand, reduce, or otherwise modify current statutory law, regulations, or judicial decisions regarding the scope of workers compensation obligations regarding off-site injuries. This regulation shall be limited to requiring that any controlled insurance program provide coverage for the work-related off-site injuries only to the extent that the injuries would otherwise be covered under existing law and regulations. This regulation shall be construed to require that any controlled insurance program provide coverage for work-related off-site injuries to the extent that the injuries would be covered under existing law as interpreted by the courts.

(b) Participants shall not be required to provide employment to a worker who has been injured on the job unless both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The worker's treating health care provider certifies that the worker is fit to perform the participant's work on the job site consistent with the treating physician's limitations.

(2) The employer has the preinjury job or modified work available.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 40-3-58

Authorized by K.S.A. 40-103, 2009 HB 2214, sec. 3, and 2009 HB 2214, sec. 4; implementing 2009 HB 2214, sec. 3 and sec. 4; effective Oct. 30, 2009.