Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     39-72-405. General limitations on payment of compensation. When an employee has an occupational disease incurred in and caused by the employment that is not yet disabling and is discharged or transferred from the employment in which the employee is engaged or when the employee ceases employment and it is medically inadvisable for the employee on account of a nondisabling occupational disease to continue in employment and the employee suffers wage loss by reason of the discharge, transfer, or cessation, compensation may be paid, not exceeding $10,000, by an agreement between the insurer and the claimant. If the parties fail to reach an agreement, the mediation procedures in Title 39, chapter 71, part 24, must be followed.

     History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 155, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 92, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 208, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 92-1311(1)(a) thru (d); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 104, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 112, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 555, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 377, L. 1999.

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