Idaho Code § 72-403
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72-403 PENALTY FOR MALINGERING — DENIAL OF COMPENSATION.
Official statutory text
72-403. Penalty for malingering — Denial of compensation. If an injured employee refuses or unreasonably fails to seek physically or mentally suitable work, or refuses or unreasonably fails or neglects to work after such suitable work is offered to, procured by or secured for the employee, the injured employee shall not be entitled to temporary disability benefits during the period of such refusal or failure.
History:
[72-403, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. 422; am. 1997, ch. 274, sec. 4, p. 804.]
History:
[72-403, as added by 1971, ch. 124, sec. 3, p. 422; am. 1997, ch. 274, sec. 4, p. 804.]
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