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Utah Code § 34A-2-112 (2026)

Administration of this chapter and Chapter 3

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Administration of this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, is vested in the commission to be administered through the division, the Division of Adjudication, and for administrative appeals through the commissioner and the Appeals Board.
The commission:
has jurisdiction over every workplace in the state and may administer this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act, and any rule or order issued under these chapters, to ensure that every employee in this state has a safe workplace in which employers have secured the payment of workers' compensation benefits for their employees in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act;
through the division under the supervision of the director, has the duty and full authority to take any administrative action authorized under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; and
through the Division of Adjudication, commissioner, and Appeals Board, provide for the adjudication and review of an administrative action, decision, or order of the commission in accordance with this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2025 · leading case: Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023).
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Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023). · cites it 12× “At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the court stated that the question of jurisdiction over the Act “begins and ends” with Utah Code section 34A-2-112 which vests administration of the Act in the Labor Commission.”
Hinton v. Midwest Fam. Mut. Ins., 2025 UT 4 (Utah 2025). “See UTAH CODE § 34A-2-112(1). Hinton relies on a statement we made in Sheppick that district courts “have no jurisdiction whatsoever over cases that fall within the purview of the Workers’ Compensation Act.”
Utah Code § 34A-2-112(1): 2 cases
Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023). “At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the court stated that the question of jurisdiction over the Act “begins and ends” with Utah Code section 34A-2-112 which vests administration of the Act in the Labor Commission.”
Hinton v. Midwest Fam. Mut. Ins., 2025 UT 4 (Utah 2025). “See UTAH CODE § 34A-2-112(1). Hinton relies on a statement we made in Sheppick that district courts “have no jurisdiction whatsoever over cases that fall within the purview of the Workers’ Compensation Act.”
Utah Code § 34A-2-112(2)(a): 1 case
Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023). “At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the court stated that the question of jurisdiction over the Act “begins and ends” with Utah Code section 34A-2-112 which vests administration of the Act in the Labor Commission.”
Utah Code § 34A-2-112(2)(c): 1 case
Granite Sch. Dist. v. Young, 2023 UT 21 (Utah 2023). “At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the court stated that the question of jurisdiction over the Act “begins and ends” with Utah Code section 34A-2-112 which vests administration of the Act in the Labor Commission.”
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