Article 6. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION  


Part 1. MEDICAL ATTENTION
§ 34-9-200. Compensation for medical care, artificial members, and other treatment and supplies; effect of employee's refusal of treatment; employer's liability for temporary care
§ 34-9-200.1. Rehabilitation benefits; effect of employee's refusal of treatment; rehabilitation suppliers; catastrophic injury cases
§ 34-9-201. Selection of physician from panel of physicians; change of physician or treatment; liability of employer for failure to maintain panel
§ 34-9-202. Examination of injured employee; request for autopsy; examination by physician designated by employee
§ 34-9-203. Employer's pecuniary liability for medical charges; liability for medical malpractice; payment of reasonable charges; defense for failure to make payments; penalties
§ 34-9-204. Compensation where death or disability caused by nonwork related injury
§ 34-9-205. Board approval of physician's fees, hospital, and other charges; collection of fees; schedule of charges; filing costs for peer review
§ 34-9-206. Reimbursement for costs of medical treatment
§ 34-9-207. Employee's waiver of confidentiality of communications with physician; release for medical records and information; refusal to sign release
§ 34-9-208. Certification of managed health care providers
Part 2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
§ 34-9-220. Period of incapacity preceding payment of compensation
§ 34-9-221. Procedure; payment controverted by employer; delinquency charge; enforcement
§ 34-9-222. Lump sum payments of all or part of compensation generally
§ 34-9-223. Lump sum payments to trustees
§ 34-9-224. Payment of compensation to employees in service of more than one employer
§ 34-9-225. Effect of written receipt of widow or widower, minor, or guardian upon liability of employer; determination of obligation of employer to rival claimants
§ 34-9-226. Appointment of guardian for minor or incompetent claimant
Part 3. LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENT
§ 34-9-240. Effect of refusal of suitable employment by injured employee; attempting or refusing to attempt work with restrictions
§ 34-9-241. Effect of subsequent injury on compensation
§ 34-9-242. Compensation for injury outside of state
§ 34-9-243. Effect of payments made when not due; employer credit or reduction for employer funded payments pursuant to disability plan
§ 34-9-244. Reimbursement of provider of disability benefits to person who subsequently files claim
§ 34-9-245. Repayment of overpayment by claimant

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 34 Chapter 9 Article 6 NOTE

LAW REVIEWS. --For note on 1995 amendments of Code sections in this article, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 280 (1995).
 
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
 
REDUCTION OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHERE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAID. --For case holding permissible certain reductions in retirement payments where workers' compensation also received, see Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 451 U.S. 504, 101 S. Ct. 1895, 68 L. Ed. 2d 402 (1981).
 
CITED in State v. Head, 163 Ga. App. 842, 296 S.E.2d 157 (1982).