TITLE 23. LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION

CHAPTER 10. WORKERS' COMPENSATION

PART II. BENEFITS

SUBPART A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

23:1208.1     Employer's inquiry into employee's previous injury claims;  forfeiture of benefits

Nothing in this Title shall prohibit an employer from inquiring about previous injuries, disabilities, or other medical conditions and the employee shall answer truthfully;  failure to answer truthfully shall result in the employee's forfeiture of benefits under this Chapter, provided said failure to answer directly relates to the medical condition for which a claim for benefits is made or affects the employer's ability to receive reimbursement from the second injury fund.  This Section shall not be enforceable unless the written form on which the inquiries about previous medical conditions are made contains a notice advising the employee that his failure to answer truthfully may result in his forfeiture of worker's compensation benefits under R.S. 23:1208.1.  Such notice shall be prominently displayed in bold faced block lettering of no less than ten point type.

Added by Acts 1988, No. 938, s 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1989, No. 454, s 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.