Other LanguagesThe Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals may use money in the accident fund or the medical aid fund to process and adjudicate appeals arising under Laws of 1996, ch. 226 or Laws of 2003, ch. 402, although the Legislature may in its discretion provide other sources of funding for this activity.
(1) The State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals may not use Title 51 RCW accident fund or medical aid fund monies to process and adjudicate appeals arising under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. (2) In the absence of any funds which may legally be used for the processing of crime victims compensation appeals, no appeal processing which requires an expenditure of state funds can properly be carried on by the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.
The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals may promulgate a rule giving it authority to deny or limit the taking of depositions of the medical testimony of a general practitioner who was not the attending physician of the claimant, provided that the application of the rule will not prevent the parties from receiving a fair and impartial trial nor constitute a denial of due process of law.
The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals is not a part of the judicial branch of state government for purposes of determining the applicability of the Executive Conflict of Interest Act, chapter 42.18 RCW.
A new member of the board of industrial insurance appeals appointed to serve a term commencing June 18, 1957, is legally entitled to a salary of $14,500 per annum as set by RCW 2.08.090, as last amended by chapter 260, Laws of 1957.