DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Division of Workers’ Compensation
7 CCR 1101-3
	WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RULES OF PROCEDURE

Rule 5	Claims Adjusting Requirements

RULE 5-5 	ADMISSIONS OF LIABILITY

(J)	This section (J) applies to claims with a date of injury on or after July 1, 2008. A carrier may not reduce a claimant’s temporary total disability, temporary partial disability or medical benefits because of a prior injury, whether work-related or non work-related.

If a permanent impairment rating is reduced on an admission pursuant to section 8-42-104(5)(a), a copy of the previous award or settlement shall be attached to the admission and must establish that the award or settlement was for the same body part.  If a permanent impairment rating is reduced on an admission pursuant to section 8-42-105(5)(b), documentation shall be attached to the admission establishing prior impairment to the same body part that was identified, treated and independently disabling at the time of the work-related injury.