Rules Would Cap Penalties for Lack of Comp Insurance

The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission is accepting public comment on proposed rule changes that would loosen some requirements on independent medical examiners and would cap penalties for failure to obtain comp insurance at $50,000 for a first offense. The rulemaking, announced by the commission on Wednesday, would modify regulations in other ways: Penalty reductions. When considering reduction of penalties when a business contests the citation, the commission would no longer be able to consider the appropriateness of the penalty or the employer's circumstances. But the chang...