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Chapter 51.14 RCW

SELF-INSURERS

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SELF-INSURED EMPLOYERS
HTMLPDF 51.14.010Duty to secure payment of compensation—Options.
HTMLPDF 51.14.020Qualification.
HTMLPDF 51.14.030Certification of employer as self-insurer.
HTMLPDF 51.14.040Surety liability—Termination.
HTMLPDF 51.14.050Termination of status—Notice—Financial requirements.
HTMLPDF 51.14.060Default by self-insurer—Authority of director—Liability for reimbursement.
HTMLPDF 51.14.070Payments upon default.
HTMLPDF 51.14.073Default lien.
HTMLPDF 51.14.077Self-insurers' insolvency trust—Assessments—Rules.
HTMLPDF 51.14.080Withdrawal of certification—Grounds—Delay.
HTMLPDF 51.14.090Withdrawal of certification, corrective action upon employees' petition.
HTMLPDF 51.14.095Corrective action—Appeal.
HTMLPDF 51.14.100Notice of compliance to be posted—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 51.14.110Employer's duty to maintain records, furnish information—Electronic reporting system—Requirement and penalties—Confidentiality of claims data—Rules.
HTMLPDF 51.14.120Copy of claim file—Notice of protest or appeal—Medical report.
HTMLPDF 51.14.130Request for claim resolution—Time.
HTMLPDF 51.14.140Violations of disclosure or request for resolution—Order by director.
HTMLPDF 51.14.150School districts, ESDs, public hospital districts, or hospitals as self-insurers—Authorized—Organization—Qualifications.
HTMLPDF 51.14.160School districts, ESDs, or hospitals as self-insurers—Rules—Scope.
HTMLPDF 51.14.170Administration of claims—Third-party administrators.
HTMLPDF 51.14.180Duty of good faith—Rules—Violations.
HTMLPDF 51.14.181Duty of good faith—No private cause of action.
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDS
HTMLPDF 51.14.300Ombuds office created—Appointment—Open and competitive contracting.
HTMLPDF 51.14.310Ombuds—Term of office—Removal—Vacancies.
HTMLPDF 51.14.320Ombuds—Training or experience qualifications.
HTMLPDF 51.14.330Ombuds office—Staffing level.
HTMLPDF 51.14.340Ombuds office—Powers and duties.
HTMLPDF 51.14.350Ombuds office—Referral procedures—Department response to referred complaints.
HTMLPDF 51.14.360Ombuds liability—Discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory actions—Communications privileged and confidential—Testimony.
HTMLPDF 51.14.370Confidentiality of ombuds records and files—Disclosure prohibited—Exception.
HTMLPDF 51.14.380Explaining ombuds program—Posters and brochures.
HTMLPDF 51.14.390Ombuds office—Funding.
HTMLPDF 51.14.400Ombuds—Annual report to governor.
HTMLPDF 51.14.500Certain decertified self-insurers—Compensation obligations—Reimbursement.