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17-25-514. Workers' compensation required.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-25-514. Workers' compensation required.
(a) A contractor required to be licensed by the Residential Contractors Committee shall secure and maintain workers' compensation coverage as required under § 11-9-401 et seq.
(b) The committee shall require proof of current workers' compensation coverage before issuing or renewing a license to a contractor who is required to have workers' compensation coverage under § 11-9-401 et seq.
(c) Unless otherwise required by law, a home improvement contractor required to be licensed under this subchapter shall not be required to secure the payment of workers' compensation under § 11-9-401 et seq. or provide proof of coverage to the committee before issuing or receiving a license if the cost of the work done or to be done in the State of Arkansas by the home improvement contractor, including without limitation labor and materials, is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(d)(1) If a contractor fails to maintain workers' compensation coverage or fails to maintain proof of current workers' compensation coverage on file with the committee, the committee shall revoke the contractor's license.
(2) A contractor's license that has been revoked due to failure to maintain workers' compensation coverage may be reinstated upon receipt of proof that the contractor has secured workers' compensation coverage.
(e) The committee shall promulgate rules necessary to enforce this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-25-514
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17-25-514. Workers' compensation required.
(a) A contractor required to be licensed by the Residential Contractors Committee shall secure and maintain workers' compensation coverage as required under § 11-9-401 et seq.
(b) The committee shall require proof of current workers' compensation coverage before issuing or renewing a license to a contractor who is required to have workers' compensation coverage under § 11-9-401 et seq.
(c) Unless otherwise required by law, a home improvement contractor required to be licensed under this subchapter shall not be required to secure the payment of workers' compensation under § 11-9-401 et seq. or provide proof of coverage to the committee before issuing or receiving a license if the cost of the work done or to be done in the State of Arkansas by the home improvement contractor, including without limitation labor and materials, is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(d)(1) If a contractor fails to maintain workers' compensation coverage or fails to maintain proof of current workers' compensation coverage on file with the committee, the committee shall revoke the contractor's license.
(2) A contractor's license that has been revoked due to failure to maintain workers' compensation coverage may be reinstated upon receipt of proof that the contractor has secured workers' compensation coverage.
(e) The committee shall promulgate rules necessary to enforce this section.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
11-9-401. Employer's liability for compensation.
(a)(1) Every employer should secure compensation to its employees and pay or provide compensation for their disability or death from compensable injury arising out of and in the course of employment without regard to fault as a cause of the injury.
(2) There shall be no liability for compensation under this chapter where the injury or death was substantially occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to bring about such compensable injury or death.
(b) The primary obligation to pay compensation is upon the employer, and the procurement of a policy of insurance by an employer to cover the obligation in respect to this chapter shall not relieve the employer of the obligation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-9-401
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-9-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.