§ 22-3-7-15 — Death benefits; burial expenses

In cases of the death of an employee from an
occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the employee's
employment under circumstances that the employee would have been
entitled to compensation if death had not resulted, the employer shall
pay the burial expenses of such employee, not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ($10,000).
Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.7d; Acts 1947, c.164, s.5; Acts
1955, c.241, s.1; Acts 1963, c.388, s.10; Acts 1967, c.313, s.2; Acts
1971, P.L.354, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.225-1983, SEC.3;
P.L.95-1988, SEC.13; P.L.170-1991, SEC.18; P.L.201-2005, SEC.8;
P.L.167-2019, SEC.2.