Insurers

Regulation of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission pertaining to Designated Representatives

Assists each insurance carrier licensed to write workers’ compensation coverage in the Commonwealth of Virginia, each employer certified as a self-insurer by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, and each group association licensed as a self-insurer by the state corporation commission to understand the requirements of designating and maintain representative in Virginia.

Filing guidelines prepared by the Virginia State Corporation Commission to assist insurers in preparing and submitting filings.

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This is the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission chronological compensation benefits chart.

Rules that provide mandatory procedures for the filing of claims and applications and the resolution of disputes both informally and through hearings.

Scope: This policy applies to all Commission departments except the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (CICF) and CICF files.

All Commission facsimile (fax) equipment and services are available to receive documents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Any document submitted by fax shall be deemed filed with the Commission as of the date and time it is received by the Commission’s fax equipment or service agent to which it has been sent.

The Commission has implemented guidelines to its employees to help ensure that information for determining eligibility for employment is not provided without the written consent of the employee. The procedures outlined in the Telephone Disclosure Guidelines are used by the Commission personnel in determining what information will be disclosed upon telephone inquiry. To view the complete Telephone Disclosure Guidelines, please see the link above.

A Commission-issued table for determining the compensable percentage of hearing loss. The average decibel loss is to be translated into percentage of compensable hearing loss of each ear, according to the calculations in this table.

The Snellen's Chart is a chart developed in 1862 by the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen, the son of the renowned physician, Dr. F. A. Snellen. The younger Snellen studied medicine in The Netherlands under Gerard Johann Mulder, Jacobus Ludovicus Conradus Schroeder van der Kolk, and Franz Cornelis Donders. He received his medical doctorate at Utrecht in 1858.

Dr. Snellen's chart is used to measure the percentage of loss of visual acuity.

Effective April 19, 2022 the format to be used in Issue Mediation or Full and Final Mediation may be via videoconference, telephone, in person, or some hybrid of the three, subject to the discretion of the mediator and the agreement of the parties.