4123-9-01 General functions and organization of the bureau.

(A) The main functions of the bureau of workers’ compensation are of the following:

(1) Prompt payment of compensation and benefits, in accordance with the statutes and rules of the bureau and the industrial commission, for death, injuries, or occupational diseases received in the course of and arising out of employment. Each party shall receive fair, impartial, and equal service.

(2) Maintaining an ongoing program to identify employers subject to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Act and to audit employers to ensure proper premium and assessment payment.

(3) Establishing workers’ compensation coverage for employers under the state insurance fund and collecting premium from employers subject to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Act.

(4) Granting qualifying employers the privilege of self-insurance, and auditing and monitoring the programs conducted by self-insuring employers to ensure compliance with the workers’ compensation statutes and rules.

(B) The administrator of workers’ compensation may organize the work of the bureau, its divisions, sections, departments, and offices, to the extent necessary to achieve the most efficient performance of the functions of the bureau.

Replaces: 4123-9-01

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/06/2004 and 03/01/2008

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.30, 4121.31

Rule Amplifies: 4121.121, 4121.31

Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/78, 9/1/96