Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200 - 6002]
( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373. ) PART 4. COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS [5300 - 6002]
( Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) CHAPTER 7. Reconsideration and Judicial Review [5900 - 6002]
( Heading of Chapter 7 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 778. ) ARTICLE 1. Reconsideration [5900 - 5911]
( Heading of Article 1 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 778. ) 5900.
(a) Any person aggrieved directly or indirectly by any final order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge under any provision contained in this division, may petition the appeals board for reconsideration in respect to any matters determined or covered by the final order, decision, or award, and specified in the petition for reconsideration. The petition shall be made only within the time and in the manner specified in this chapter.
(b) At any time within 60 days after the filing of an order, decision, or award made by a workers’ compensation judge and the accompanying report, the appeals board may, on its own motion, grant reconsideration.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 326, Sec. 27.)