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OKDHS:2-15-1. Workers' Compensation and accommodations for injured or disabled workers

Revised 9-15-07

(a) Workers' Compensation (WC) is the only remedy for work-related illness or injury suffered in the course of employment.  [85 O.S. § 1 et seq.]  WC is intended to provide an employee with income and medical care while off work due to a work-related illness or injury that arose out of and in the course and scope of employment.

(b) The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) ensures all employees with valid WC claims are provided all benefits to which they are entitled.  OKDHS pursues available administrative and criminal sanctions in the event an employee files a claim for WC benefits to which he or she is not entitled.

(c) All rights and benefits associated with WC continue while the employee is on leave for a continuous period not to exceed 12 months.  These rights and benefits end immediately when a claim for WC is denied or cancelled within the continuous 12 month period.

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