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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 7. EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS |
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Chapter 7-1. [DELETED] |
Section 7-119. TIME FOR MAKING A CLAIM
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119.1 In order to be eligible to receive benefits pursuant to this chapter, an employee or an employee’s representative must file an initial claim for benefits within two (2) years after the date of the injury or death.
119.2The Program shall not accept any claim for benefits that is filed later than two (2) years after the date of the injury or death unless:
(a) The official superior had actual knowledge of the injury or death within thirty (30) days of the injury or death; or
(b) The employee suffered a latent injury and did not become aware of the causal relationship between the injury and his or her employment until after a period of time following the injury. In this circumstance, the employee must file a claim within two (2) years after the employee became aware, or should have become aware after exercise of reasonable diligence, of the causal relationship between the injury and his or her employment.
119.3The time limitation of this section does not begin to run against:
(a) A minor until the minor reaches twenty-one (21) years of age or has a legal representative appointed;
(b) An individual adjudged incompetent until a legal representative is appointed; and
(c) An employee whose exceptional circumstances, as determined at the discretion of the Chief Risk Officer, justify the filing of a claim.
119.4In the event an injury results in death, a workers’ compensation claim that was timely filed for the initial injury satisfies the notice requirements for the death claim.