§ 42 — Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings

§ 42. Reports of injuries, claims and proceedings. If an injury is one\nfor which an insurance carrier might be liable under a contract of\ninsurance or a county plan of self-insurance might be required to pay,\nthe officer to whom a notice of injury is required to be delivered or\nmailed and with whom the claim in relation to such injury is required to\nbe filed under the provisions of this chapter shall send a copy of such\nnotice and claim and a copy of any notice of a proceeding relating to an\ninjury or claim to such insurance carrier or county plan of\nself-insurance, as the case may be, promptly after receiving the same.\nThe political subdivision or volunteer ambulance company liable for the\npayment of benefits under this chapter shall keep such records and make\nsuch reports to the chairman of the workers' compensation board as\nrequired by section one hundred ten of the workers' compensation law,\nwhich by section fifty-seven of this article is made applicable to this\nchapter. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not\nrelieve such an insurance carrier of liability or a county plan of\nself-insurance from its obligation to pay.\n