5 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

Department of ENERGY, Labor & Economic Growth Workers’ Compensation Agency

 

Workers’ Compensation Agency Board of Magistrates - General Rules SOAHR # 2009-036 LG

R 418.55 Admission of records, reports, memorandum, and data compilation NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

December 21, 2009

Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth State Secondary Complex, General Office Building 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, Michigan

Wing B First Floor – 9:00 a.m.

 

The Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, Workers’ Compensation Agency Board of Magistrates will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 21, 2009, at the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, State Secondary Complex, General Office Building, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, Michigan in Wing B on the first floor at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be held to receive public comment on the proposed rule modification for R418.55 Admission of records, reports, memorandum, and data compilation.

 

This rule sets forth guidelines for the introduction of, and objection to, records at the time of trial in a contested workers’ compensation claim. The rule modification will require that the Notice of Intent to submit records and any Objection to same be transmitted only between the litigants and will also require that the parties produce and retain a Proof of Service.

 

These rules are promulgated by authority conferred on the Director of the Department of Energy, Labor

& Economic Growth by section 213 of 1969 PA 317, and Executive Reorganization Order No. 1996-2, 2002-1, and 2003-1 MCL 418.213, MCL 445.2001, MCL 445.2004, and MCL 445.2011. This rule is

proposed to become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.

 

This rule, R418.55 (Rule 5), is published on the Michigan Government web site at  http://www.michigan.gov/soahr and in the December 1, 2009 issue of the Michigan Register. Comments may be submitted to the following address by 5:00 p.m. on December 21, 2009. Copies of the draft rule may also be obtained by mail or electronic transmission from the following:

 

Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Workers’ Compensation Agency

P.O. Box 30016   Lansing, Michigan 48909

Phone: [phone], FAX [phone]

Email: [e-mail].

 

 

The hearing site is accessible and has handicapped parking. Individuals attending the meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional accommodations such as information in alternative formats in order to participate in the hearing should contact Susan Bickel at [phone] (voice) at least 14 working days before the hearing.