WORKER'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1969
Act 317 of 1969
418.601 Definitions.
Sec. 601.
Whenever used in this act:
(a) "Insurer" means an organization that transacts the business of worker's compensation insurance within this state.
(b) "Self-insurer" means either of the following:
(i) An individual employer authorized to carry its own risk.
(ii) A group of employers who pool their liabilities under this act as a group fund in the manner provided in section 611.
(c) "Carrier" means a self-insurer or an insurer.
History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1992 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 198, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994
Compiler's Notes:
Section 3 of Act 198 of 1993 provides as follows:
“Section 3. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this amendatory act shall not take effect unless the state administrative board certifies in writing to the secretary of state by December 31, 1994 that an agreement for the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets and the assumption of all or substantially all of the liabilities of the state accident fund has been consummated with a permitted transferee pursuant to the requirements of section 701a of the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 418.701a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as added by this amendatory act.
“(2) Sections 700 and 701a as added by this amendatory act shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this amendatory act.”
PopularName Notes:
Act 317
Notes of Decisions
McAvoy v. H B Sherman Co., 258 N.W.2d 414 (Mich. 1977).
· cites it 2× “" [2] MCLA 418.601(c); MSA 17.237(601)(c). [3] Const 1963, art 6, § 28: "All final decisions, findings, rulings and orders of any administrative officer or agency existing under the constitution or by law, which are judicial or quasi-judicial and affect private rights or…”
Jarosz v. Detroit Auto. Inter-Ins. Exch., 345 N.W.2d 563 (Mich. 1984).
· cites it 2× “* * * "Thus, the conditions of payment for workers' compensation benefits have a completely different nature from old age and survivors' benefits.”
Bailey v. Oakwood Hosp. & Med. Ctr., 698 N.W.2d 374 (Mich. 2005).
· cites it 4× “631(1) [1] "`Vocationally disabled' means a person who has a medically certifiable impairment of the back or heart, or who is subject to epilepsy, or who has diabetes, and whose impairment is a substantial obstacle to employment, considering such factors as the person's age,…”
Revard v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 314 N.W.2d 533 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 4× “Since Dust Fund is neither a "self-insurer” (see MCL 418.601[b]; MSA 17.237[601][b]) nor "the accident fund” (see MCL 418.”
Kihrotris v. Ford Motor Co., 454 N.W.2d 218 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990).
“MCL 418.601; MSA 17.237(601) states: Whenever used in this act: (a) "Insurer” means an organization which transacts the business of workmen’s compensation insurance within this state.”
Carter v. Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc, 327 N.W.2d 257 (Mich. 1982).
“237(537)(1), by referring to another section of the same statute, MCL 418.601; MSA 17.237(601), which provided in part that ”[w]henever used in this act: * * * (b) 'self-insurer’ means an employer authorized to carry its own risk”.”
Cesnulis v. Monarch Prods. Co., 274 N.W.2d 42 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 2× “However, this statute must be read in conjunction with MCL 418.601; MSA 17.237(601), which provides in part that "[wjhenever used in this act: * * * (b) 'self-insurer’ means an employer authorized to carry its own risk”.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.601(a) — 2 cases
Revard v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 314 N.W.2d 533 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
“Since Dust Fund is neither a "self-insurer” (see MCL 418.601[b]; MSA 17.237[601][b]) nor "the accident fund” (see MCL 418.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.601(b) — 2 cases
Cesnulis v. Monarch Prods. Co., 274 N.W.2d 42 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
“However, this statute must be read in conjunction with MCL 418.601; MSA 17.237(601), which provides in part that "[wjhenever used in this act: * * * (b) 'self-insurer’ means an employer authorized to carry its own risk”.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.601(c) — 3 cases
McAvoy v. H B Sherman Co., 258 N.W.2d 414 (Mich. 1977).
“" [2] MCLA 418.601(c); MSA 17.237(601)(c). [3] Const 1963, art 6, § 28: "All final decisions, findings, rulings and orders of any administrative officer or agency existing under the constitution or by law, which are judicial or quasi-judicial and affect private rights or…”
Bailey v. Oakwood Hosp. & Med. Ctr., 698 N.W.2d 374 (Mich. 2005).
“631(1) [1] "`Vocationally disabled' means a person who has a medically certifiable impairment of the back or heart, or who is subject to epilepsy, or who has diabetes, and whose impairment is a substantial obstacle to employment, considering such factors as the person's age,…”
Revard v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 314 N.W.2d 533 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
“Since Dust Fund is neither a "self-insurer” (see MCL 418.601[b]; MSA 17.237[601][b]) nor "the accident fund” (see MCL 418.”
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