§ 28-33-1 - Employees entitled to compensation.
SECTION 28-33-1
§ 28-33-1 Employees entitled tocompensation. – If an employee who has not given notice of his claim of common law rights ofaction, or who has given the notice and has waived the common law rights, asprovided in § 28-29-19, receives a personal injury arising out of and inthe course of his or her employment, connected and referable to the employment,he or she shall be paid compensation, as hereinafter provided, by an employersubject to or who has elected to become subject to the provisions of chapters29 – 38 of this title.