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Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 14. Record of Proceedings

§ 10807. Inspection of Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Records.

(a) The records and files of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board shall not be taken from its offices on informal request, in response to a subpoena duces tecum, or in response to any order issued by any other court or tribunal.

(b) Except as precluded by Civil Code section 1798.24 or Government Code section 6254, certified copies of portions of the records desired by litigants shall be delivered upon payment of fees as provided in the Rules of the Administrative Director.

(c) Except as provided by rules 10208.6 and 10813, or as ordered by the presiding workers' compensation judge or the Appeals Board, the adjudication case files of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board may be inspected in accordance with the provisions of rules 10208.5 and 10208.6.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 5307, 5309 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 126, 127, 5811 and 5955, Labor Code; Section 1798.24, Civil Code; and Section 6254, Government Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).

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