Indiana Code 22-3-7-8. Place of exposure; foreign states or foreign countries
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- disablement: means the event of becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work in which the employee was engaged when last exposed to the hazards of the occupational disease by the employer from whom the employee claims compensation or equal wages in other suitable employment, and "disability" means the state of being so incapacitated. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- employee: means every person, including a minor, in the service of another, under any contract of hire or apprenticeship written or implied, except one whose employment is both casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- employer: includes the state and any political subdivision, any municipal corporation within the state, any individual or the legal representative of a deceased individual, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation or the receiver or trustee of the same, using the services of another for pay. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- occupational disease: means a disease arising out of and in the course of the employment. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-10
Sec. 8. Every employer and employee under this chapter shall be bound by the provisions of this chapter whether exposure and disablement therefrom or death resulting from an occupational disease occurs within the state or in some other state or in a foreign country.
Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.4e; Acts 1963, c.388, s.8. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.60.