| [effective for dates of injury before September 1, 1995.]
(a) In administering and enforcing this chapter, the director shall act in the capacity of employer and insurer.
(b) The director shall act as an adversary before the commission and courts and present the legal defenses and positions of the state as an employer and insurer.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the director is entitled to the legal counsel of the attorney general.
(d) The director is subject to the rules, orders, and decisions of the commission in the same manner as a private employer, insurer, or association.
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