§ 871. Board may grant rehearing pending appeal
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 77 P.S. Workers’ Compensation
77 P.S. § 871
§ 871. Board may grant rehearing pending appeal
The board, upon petition of any party and upon cause shown, may grant a rehearing of any petition upon which the board has made an award or disallowance of compensation or other order or ruling, or upon which the board has sustained or reversed any action of a referee;1 but such rehearing shall not be granted more than eighteen months after the board has made such award, disallowance, or other order or ruling, or has sustained or reversed any action of the referee: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this section shall limit or restrict the right of the board, or a referee to review, modify, set aside, reinstate, suspend, or terminate, an original or supplemental agreement, or an award in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred thirteen of this article.2
Credits
1915, June 2, P.L. 736, No. 338, art. IV, § 426, added 1919, June 26, P.L. 642, § 6. Amended 1927, April 13, P.L. 186, § 8. Reenacted and amended 1937, June 4, P.L. 1552, No. 323, § 1; 1939, June 21, P.L. 520, No. 281, § 1. Amended 1943, May 27, P.L. 691, § 1; 1956, Feb. 28, P.L.(1955) 1120, § 1; 1972, Feb. 8, P.L. 25, No. 12, § 3. Affected 1978, April 28, P.L. 202, No. 53, § 2(a)[995], effective June 27, 1978.
Footnotes
Reference to “referee” deemed to be reference to “workers' compensation judge”, pursuant to 1996, June 24, P.L. 350, No. 57, § 31.
77 P.S. §§ 771 to 774.3.
77 P.S. § 871, PA ST 77 P.S. § 871
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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