1. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Rules of Practice and Procedure

Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
Changes to Rules of Practice and Procedure
Title 8, California Code of Regulations
Sections 10213 - 10296 and 10300- 10999

Filed with Secretary of State - Oct. 15, 2014
Effective - Jan. 1, 2015

  • Clean copy of final text of regulations word image version
  • Final statement of reasons acrobat image version
    • Initial Statement of Reasons acrobat image version
  • Final text of regulations word image version

Rulemaking history

Comment chart

Rulemaking documents

  • Notice of Proposed rulemaking acrobat image version
  • Initial Statement of Reasons acrobat image version
  • Text of Proposed Regulations word image version

Time and Place of Public Hearing

A public hearing has been scheduled to permit all interested persons the opportunity to provide oral or written statements or arguments relevant to the proposed rulemaking. The public hearing will be held at the following time and place:

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or conclusion of testimony
Place: Hiram Johnson State Office Building
455 Golden Gate Avenue
Santa Barbara Room - Basement Level
San Francisco

Public comment will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude when the last speaker has finished his or her presentation. Testimony will be limited to 10 minutes per speaker and should be specific to the proposed regulations. If public comment concludes before the Noon recess, no afternoon session will be held.

Written Comments

The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board prefers written comments to oral testimony and prefers that written comments be submitted by e-mail. If written comments are timely submitted, it is not necessary to present oral testimony at the public hearing. To be timely, the written comments must be received by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at which time the written comment period closes.

The address for submission of comments by e-mail is: WCABRules@dir.ca.gov.

The address for submission of comments by mail is:

Neil P. Sullivan, Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
P.O. Box 429459
San Francisco, CA 94142-9459

The address for submission of comments by delivery service or personal delivery is:

Neil P. Sullivan, Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Ninth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

Comments also may be submitted by facsimile (Fax) at 1-415-703-4549.

Additional procedural information regarding the proposed rulemaking, including contact information for non-substantive and substantive inquiries may be obtained by clicking on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking links above.