§ 28-29-26 - Supervision of enforcement.
SECTION 28-29-26
§ 28-29-26 Supervision of enforcement.– (a) Department of labor and training. The director as provided for inchapters 29 – 38 of this title, and chapter 53 of this title and chapter16.1 of title 42, shall have supervision over the enforcement of the provisionsof those chapters, and the director shall have the power and authority to adoptand enforce all reasonable rules, regulations, and orders necessary andsuitable to the administration of the department's responsibilities asdescribed in those chapters.
(b) Workers' compensation court. The workers'compensation court, as provided for in chapters 29 – 38 of this title,shall have supervision over the enforcement of the provisions of the chapters,and shall have the power and authority to adopt and enforce all reasonablerules, regulations, and orders necessary and suitable to the administration ofits responsibilities described in the chapters. The court shall remainjudicially and administratively independent. The Workers' compensation courtshall have original jurisdiction over all civil actions filed pursuant to§§ 28-36-15 and 28-37-28 and pursuant to the provisions of chapter 53of this title.
(2) Any petition arising from any dispute regardless of dateof injury, unless specifically excepted, shall be filed with the administratorof the workers' compensation court in accordance with chapter 35 of this titleand any rules and regulations promulgated by the workers' compensation court.
(3) The enactment of this subsection shall not affect therights of the parties established by any existing memorandum of agreement,suspension agreement and receipt, preliminary determination of the departmentof workers' compensation, order or decree, or any existing right to the paymentof compensation acquired pursuant to § 28-29-6 or 28-35-9.