Commission Proposes Rules to Expand Use of Electronic Document Portal

The North Carolina Industrial Commission is proposing a rule amendment that regulators hope will end the headaches caused when parties file medical motions with the wrong office or submit documents using both email and paper. The proposed changes to Rule 11 in the North Carolina Administrative code would require parties to file medical motions and related responses in the commission’s Electronic Document Filing Portal. The commission said in a fiscal note explaining the proposed rule amendments that submitting documents directly to the portal would eliminate the hassle of copying docum...