A system of state laws that provides medical care and compensation to injured workers.
What is the Workers' Compensation Act
100
An injury claim that does not result in medical treatment or lost time.
What is an Incident Only Claim?
100
21 Days
What is the amount of time the TPA has to deny or accept a claim?
100
The ability to perform ALL tasks on both Rank Specifications and Trooper Essential Job Functions.
What is Full Duty?
100
The ability to perform all the tasks associated with a position.
What is Full Duty?
200
The law the provides for the payment of full salary, medical, and hospital expenses of members who are injured in the performance of duty.
What is the Heart & Lung Act
200
An injury that results in medical treatment, but no time lost from work.
What is a Medical Only Claim?
200
JPA-797
What is the name of the Workers' Compensation Claim Report?
200
The PSP regulation governs requests for Limited Duty
What is A-R 4-4?
200
The PSP regulation that governs Fitness for Duty and Medication Reviews.
What is FR 1-2
300
A Designated Health Care Provider
Who must civilians treat with for the first 90 days after injury?
300
An injury that results in medical treatment and time off work.
What is a Lost Time Claim?
300
A person who saw the injury happen.
What is a witness?
300
The maximum one-way distance that members can be assigned from their present duty Station if limited duty is not available at home Station.
What is 50 miles?
300
True or False: Fitness for Duty evaluations can be used in lieu of discipline.
FALSE
400
In what year were the first workers' compensation laws that allowed injured employees to receive medical care without first taking them to court?
1911
400
What PSP regulation governs Exposure claims.
What is A-R 5-10, Blood-Borne Diseases?
400
True or False:
Civilians have the same work-related injury benefits as Enlisted.
False - Civilians are not covered under the Heart & Lung Act.
400
True or False: Members working Limited Duty may only work a Monday - Friday daytime schedule.
FALSE - Members may work any shift that can accommodate the restrictions.
400
$7,570,931.00
What is the total amount paid by TPA for PSP injuries in FY 15/16.
500
90 Days from Injury
What is the time frame that a civilian must treat with a Designated Health Care Provider?
500
The return or worsening of symptoms associated with a previously reported injury.
What is a recurrence of injury?
500
The approximate amount of compensation a civilian may receive for lost time claims over 8 days duration.
What is two-thirds of pre-injury average weekly wage.
500
A form of accommodation, with regard to assignment or position, that is less than full duty, necessitated by an individual's condition following a work or non-work related injury or illness.
What is Limited Duty?
500
The name of the first hospital in the United States.