§ 27-3-517 — Electronic delivery of information

Whenever this article requires any determination, decision or
notice to be transmitted through the mail, the determination,
decision or notice may be transmitted by an internet application
approved by the department but only upon an election by the
claimant or employer to receive the information by electronic
transmission. Upon the completion of every electronic
transmission authorized by this section, the department shall
provide to the claimant or employer an electronic
acknowledgement specifying the date and time when the
transmission was sent or received. Except as otherwise required
by rules applicable to appeals to the courts of this state,
determinations, decisions or notices transmitted by an approved
electronic means may be appealed or protested by use of the same
means. For the purpose of all relevant time limits established
by this article, electronically transmitted information shall be
deemed delivered on the date indicated on the acknowledgment
required by this section, or if no acknowledgement exists, on
the date the electronic delivery is initiated by the party
sending the information.