Statutes, Rules, Regulations, and Other Authorities

©2020 California Workers' Compensation Reporter

 

 

[February–December 2020; 48 CWCR 1–262]

 

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION

 

Art. XIV

§4

         1–2, 60, 169, 222, 229

        

 

CALIFORNIA STATUTES

 

Business and Professions Code

7448–7467

         239

7449

         239

7450

         239

7451

         239

7455

         239

7455(e)

         239

10032(b)

         256

25600

         215

25602

         215

25602(b)

         213

 

Civil Code

1431.2–1431.5 (Proposition 51)

         62, 122, 151, 172, 260

3294(a, b)

         232

3294(b)

         118–19

3294(c)

         119

3333.1

         100

3333.1–3333.2

         98

3333.2

         100

 

 

Code of Civil Procedure

340.2

         119

387

         98

437(c)

         37

641(d)

         34

641(f)

         34

877

         260

 

Corporations Code

16202(c)(3)

         78

 

Education Code

48900(a)(1)–(a)(2)

         109

49079

         109

49079(c)

         109

 

Evidence Code

210

         12

452(h)

         134, 245

500

         42

702

         117

1200(a)

         117

1523(b)

         118

 

Government Code

810–998.3

         251

911.2(a)

         251

911.4

         251

945.4

         251

12900–12996 (Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA))

         13, 118, 163–65, 214

12926(c)

         163, 165

12940

         13

12940(a)

         13

12940(h)

         13, 118

12940(j)

         13

12940(j)(1)

         96

12940(k)

         13, 96

12965(b)

         96

20046

         81

21166

         81

21364

         50

21537

         50

21541

         50–51

 

Insurance Code

1063.1

         99, 227–28

1063.1(c)(1)

         99

1063.1(c)(5)

         228

1063.1(c)(5)(A)

         227

1871.4

         34

1871.4(a)

         34

1871.5

         34

11580–11589.5

         255

11580.2(f)

         254

11580.2(h)

         254

 

Labor Code

62.5

         160, 260

62.6

         260

77.8

         196, 255

111

         2, 252

132a

         207–09

133

         2

139.2

         21

139.48

         135, 241

142.3(b)

         258

142.3(c)

         258

220

         199          

248

         255

248.1

         195, 255

248.5

         255

432.7

         231, 233

432.7(a)(3)

         231

1197.1

         199, 255

2750.3 (former)

         25, 44, 46, 71, 80, 124, 127, 132, 175, 215, 255

2775

         255, 257

2775–2777

         258

2775–2787

         175, 255, 257, 258

2776

         256

2776–2784

         256, 257

2777

         256

2777(c)

         256

2778

         256

2779

         256

2780

         256

2781

         257

2782

         257

2783

         199, 257

2784

         257

2785

         257

2785(d)

         257

2786

         175, 257

2787

         258

2802

         96

2810.3

         256

3200 et seq.

         2, 256

3200–6002

         208

3201

         32

3202

         25, 27, 66, 115, 167, 180, 201–02, 240

3202.5

         105, 130

3208.1

         60, 84, 84–85, 111–12, 247

3208.2

         99, 112

3208.3

         31, 183

3208.3(b)

         138

3208.3(d)

         182–83

3208.3(e)(4)

         13

3212.1

         9, 107–08, 133–35, 153–54, 202–04

3212.1(d)

         134

3212.86

         196, 258

3212.87

         196, 255, 258

3212.88

         196, 255, 258

3213.2

         240

3351

         79–80, 165

3351–3352

         180

3351(i)

         25

3352(a)(9)

         165

3366

         175–80

3366(a)

         176

3370

         3

3501

         55

3550(d)

         2

3600

         180, 213

3600(a)

         65, 214

3600(a)(2)

         66, 215

3600(a)(4)

         129

3600(a)(5)

         32

3600(a)(6)

         31–32

3600(a)(7)

         114–115

3600(a)(9)

         190–91

3600.5

         92

3600.5(a)

         91–92

3600.5(c)

         90–92

3600.5(c)(1)

         91

3600.5(c)(1)(A)

         91

3600.5(c)(1)(B)

         91

3600.5(c)(3)

         91                                                                                                                                                         

3600.5(d)

         90–92

3600.5(d)(1)

         92

3600.5(d)(1(A)

         91–92

3600.5(d)(1)(B)

         91–92

3602

         213

3602(a)

         65

3722

         80

3852

         169

3853

         98–99

3856

         89

3856(b)

         42

3859

         99

3860(a)

         99

3861

         89

4060

         11–12, 184, 186, 221

4060–4062

         12

4060–4062.2

         10

4060(b)

         183, 186

4060.1

         11

4060.2

         11–12

4061

         11–12, 159

4061(b)

         11

4061(i)

         11–12

4061.5

         35–36, 86

4062

         11–12, 159, 230

4062–4062.2

         12

4062(c)

         10

4062.1

         11

4062.2

         10–12, 183, 186, 220–21

4062.2(b)

         8, 186

4062.2(c)

         186

4062.3

         10, 102

4062.3(a)

         10, 12

4062.3(a)(2)

         10

4062.3(b)

         10

4062.3(c)

         11

4064(d)

         11–12, 186, 221–22

4150–4157

         165

4453(a)

         239

4453(a)(10)

         219, 260

4453(c)

         249–50

4453(c)(4)

         250

4553

         109, 178

4558

         194–95

4558(a)(2)

         194

4558(a)(5)

         194

4600

         161, 229

4600(h)

         229

4601(i)

         12

4605

         10–12, 221–22

4610

         161, 228, 230

4610.5

         161

4610.5(c)(2)

         223

4610.6

         160

4610.6(h)

         222

4610.6(h)(1)

         161, 223

4610.6(h)(1), (5)

         223

4610.6(h)(5)

         161, 223

4610.6(i)

         222–23

4628(c)

         85

4628(e)

         85

4628(j)

         85

4650–4657

         114

4650(d)

         32–33

4656(c)

         248–49

4657

         201

4658(d)

         214

4658.5(c)

         2–4, 51

4658.7

         135

4658.7(b)

         3

4658.7(h)

         2–4, 51

4659(c)

         237, 260

4660

         6, 139–40, 217, 224–25

4660(b)(1)

         184

4660(c)

         6, 61

4660(d)

         185

4660.1

         4–5, 6, 148, 217, 223–25, 227

4660.1(b)

         18

4660.1(c)

         225

4660.1(c)(1)

         5

4660.1(c)(2)

         183)

4660.1(c)(2)(A)

         4–5, 226

4660.1(c)(2)(A)–(B)

         5

4660.1(c)(2)(B)

         4 (mis-numbered as “4600.1(c)(2)(B)”), 5, 183

4660.1(d)

         61, 185

4660.1(e)

         185

4660.1(g)

         225

4660.1(h)

         185

4661.5

         50

4662

         217, 223, 225, 243

4662(a)

         53–55, 59, 139, 225

4662(a)(1)

         52–53, 56

4662(a)(2)

         55

4662(a)(4)

         55, 225

4662(b)

         112, 206, 224–25

4663

         29–31, 52–54, 56, 61–63, 106, 112, 148, 240

4663(e)

         240

4664

         53, 61–63, 112, 148, 181–82, 206–07, 239–40, 242

4664(a)

         52–54, 56

4664(b)

         29–31, 55–56, 61–63, 206–07

4664(c)(1)

         53, 55, 243–44

4664(c)(1)(G)

         243–44

4700

         50

4701

         239

4702

         239

4702(b)

         50, 237, 261

4703.5

         52

4704

         50–52

4706.5

         196

4707

         50–51

4750 (former)

         133

4751

         7, 71, 131–33, 139–40, 211

4753

         131, 133, 210–11

4800

         196, 258

4800.5

         196, 258

4850

         77, 196, 258

5000–5006

         208

5000(a)

         208, 229

5001

         207–08, 229

5300

         1–3, 229

5301

         9, 229

5303

         99

5305

         91–92

5311

         34

5313

         138, 160

 5315

         160

5402

         102

5410

         155–56

5412

         60, 84, 247

5500.5

         60, 200, 247

5500.5(b)

         200

5500.5(e) 

         199–200

5501

         186

5502(d)(3)

         84

5701

         86, 88, 111

5702

         159

5705(b)

         130

5708

         86, 203

5801

         56

5803

         155–56, 159

5900(b)

         181, 202–03

5906

         86

5909

         160

5911

         181

6401.7(e)(3)(A)

         256

6709

         199, 258

9040

         199, 258

 

Penal Code

118

         34

303

         215

830.1

         154

830.1(b)

         154

 

Revenue and Taxation Code

17020.12

         258

18406

         258

21003.5

         258

23045.6

         258

61001

         258

 

California Acts by Name

Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)

         13–14, 16, 95–98, 118, 163–65, 214

Fair Responsibility Act (Proposition 51)

         62, 122, 151, 172

Government Claims Act (GCA)

         16, 251

Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA)

         98, 100

Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA)

         22

Protect App -Based Drivers and Services Act (Proposition 22)

         239

 

 

 

CALIFORNIA SESSION LAWS

 

Statutes of 2020

Chap. 38 (AB 2257)

     175, 215, 255, 258

Chap. 45 (AB 1867)

     195, 255

Chap. 85 (SB 1159)

     196, 255, 258

Chap. 341 (AB 323)

     199, 257

Chap. 370 (SB 1371)

     199, 255, 258

 

Statutes of 2019

Chap. 296 (AB 5)

         3, 175, 199

 

Statutes of 2012

Chap. 363 (SB 863)

         6, 18, 55, 61, 66, 73, 100, 110, 143, 148, 185, 235, 241

 

Statutes of 2004

Chap. 34 (SB 899)

         3, 6, 18, 36, 40, 45, 61, 73, 100, 104, 106, 110, 143, 148, 160, 185, 204, 216

 

Statutes of 1989

Chap. 892 (AB 276 and SB 47)

         15

 

 

CALIFORNIA BILLS —2020

 

[Note: Not listed below, but noted in CWCR’s March issue at pages 44–46, are more than 20 bills that did no more than exempt particular occupations and businesses from application of the ABC test for independent contractor status. Many of those occupations are now exempted in newly-enacted Labor Code §§2775–2787.]

 

Assembly Bills

196

         127, 171

323

         196, 199, 257

664

         101, 103, 127, 171

1419

         44, 73

1426

         44, 73

1850

         124, 146, 171

1867

         195, 255

1928

         25, 71

2169

         43

2257

         171, 175, 215, 255, 258

2294

         43

2398

         43, 71, 101, 103, 146, 171

2457

         124

2489

         125

2665

         43, 71

2750

         44

2793

         125

2797

         43, 71

2864

         43

3056

         43

3185

         125

3295

         43

 

Senate Bills

806

         25, 71, 101, 122

893

         43, 71, 101, 123

924

         44, 72

975

         44–45, 72

990

         124

1039

         46

1047

         44, 73, 102, 124

1159

         124, 147, 172, 196, 255, 258

1371

         44, 147, 172, 196, 199, 255, 258

1399

         44, 73, 101

1419

         44

1426

         44

 

 

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

Title 8

Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME Rules)

30(b)(3)

         116

31.1(b)

         8–9

31.5(a)(2)

         185–86

31.5(a)(9)

         9

31.5(a)(10)

         8–9

35(e)

         11–12

35.5(g)(2)

         8

36.7

         103

78

         102–03

78(a)(6)

         102

78(b)

         102

78(g)

         103

 

Cal-OSHA Rules

5110

         158

 

Administrative Director Rules

9720.1–9723

         192

9721.12(a)

         34

9785(a)(2)

         35–36

9785(c)

         35–36

9785(e)(3)

         35

9785(e)(4)

         35

9785(h)

         36

9792.20–9792.27.22

         223

9792.25.1

         223

9793(c)(2)

         35

9812

         159

10109

         85

10133.54

         1–4, 51

10133.54(g)

         2

10166(b)

         245

10205.7(a)

         74

 

WCAB Rules

10430 (mislabeled AD Rule)

         35

10500

         200

10510

         200

10620

         219

10670(b)(3)

         219

10700(b)

         159

10755

         219

10756

         219

10843(a) (former)

         89

10859

         85

10882 (former)

         159

10888

         219

10940(a)

         74

10940(b)

         74

10955(a)

         89

10945(b)

         245

10961

         243

 

 

OTHER RULES, SCHEDULES, AND GUIDES

 

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Practice Guidelines (ACOEM Guidelines)

         18, 45

 

American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Disabilities  (AMA Guides) (5th ed., 2005

Generally

         8, 36, 57–59 (§1.4), 62, 73, 79, 106, 110, 137, 153, 155–56, 181–82, 184–85, 206–07, 216, 240, 242

Chapters

3

         206

4

         206

Figures

15-19

         240

Sections

1.4

         59

2.5h

         181

15.2

         181

15.8

         181

Tables

4-2

         206

6-9

         241

15-3

         240

17-5

         226

18-4

         155–56

 

 

California Approved Civil [Jury] Instructions (CACI)

401

         41

405

         69

406

         69

472

         69

473

         39, 70

1009B

         19, 93–94

5013

         142, 144

 

California Rules of Court

8.1115

         130

8.1115(a)

         67, 254

 

DWC 2005 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities (PDRS)

         6, 18, 56–58, 61, 104, 132, 137, 184-85, 210, 216–17, 226

 

DWC 1997 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities (PDRS)

         6, 112

 

WCAB Policy and Procedural Manual

§1.140

         169

 

 

UNITED STATES STATUTES

 

United States Code

Title 29

§141 et seq. (Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)

         212

§794 (Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973

         58

 

Title 42

§12133 (Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

         58

 

Title 45

§§51–60 (Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA))

         236

§55

         236–37

 

Title 46

§30104–30106 (Jones Act)

         67, 234, 251

§§30301–30308 (Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA))

         233

 

 

U.S. Acts by Name

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

         58, 95

Congressional Review Act (CRA)

         158

Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA)

         233–34

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

         196, 255

Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

         95

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub Law 116–127)

         196, 255 

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

         95

Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA)

   §55                

         236–37

Federal Rehabilitation Act

         58

Jones Act

         67–68, 234, 251

Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)

         212–13

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

         158

 

 

TEXTS AND TREATISES

California Tort Damages (2d ed., Cal CEB 2002)

§14.11A

         121

§§14.20–14.23

         121

 

California Tort Guide (3d ed., Cal CEB 1996)

§1.8

         213

§§4.53–4.57

         18

§§11.8–11.18

         144

 

California Workers’ Compensation Practice (4th ed., Cal CEB 2003)

§§2.75–2.76

         80

§12.55

         254

 

California Workers’ Damages Practice (2d ed., Cal CEB 2001)

§3.9

         100

§3.25

         118, 260

§3.26

         253

§§3.50–3.50B

         144

§3.50A

         118, 122, 254, 260

§§3.50A–3.50B

         194

§3.56

         100

Chap. 4

         90

§4.5

         42

§4.12

         66, 167, 180

§4.19

         16

§4.25

         42

§4.35

         194

§§4.37–4.63

         180

§§4.48-4.50

         233

§§4.53–4.56

         195

§§4.53–4.57

         254          

§4.67

         16

§4.72

         165

§4.74

         16, 98, 121

§4.80

         98, 165

§§4.90–4.92

         237

§§4.95–4.96

         69, 235, 253

Chap. 5

         90

§5.4

         233

§5.6

         18, 167, 215

§6.4

         233

Chap. 7

         100

§7.4

         100

§7.63

         233

§8.6

         100

§9.5

         170

§§9.8–9.13A

         38, 95

§§9.8A–9.13A

         21

§9.10

         142, 170

§9.12

         142

§§9.13–9.16

         41, 70

§9.21B

         145, 194, 254

 

Restatement (Second) of the Law of Torts

§324A

         170