25-5-194
Section 25-5-194 Rights and remedies of employees, etc., under article exclusive; civil
and criminal liability of employers, etc. The rights and remedies granted in this article
shall exclude all other rights and remedies of an employee, his personal representative, parent,
surviving spouse, dependents, or next of kin, at common law, by statute, contract, or otherwise
on account of occupational exposure to radiation and on account of any injury, disability,
loss of service, or death resulting from occupational exposure to radiation. Except as provided
in this article, no employer included within the terms of this chapter and no officer, director,
agent, servant, or employee of such employer shall be held civilly liable for the occupational
exposure to radiation or for injury, disability, loss of service, or death of any employee
due to occupational exposure to radiation while engaged in the service or business of the
employer, the cause of which occupational exposure to radiation...
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25-5-114
Section 25-5-114 Rights and remedies of employees, etc., under article exclusive; civil
and criminal liability of employers, etc. The rights and remedies granted in this article
shall exclude all other rights and remedies of an employee, his personal representative, parent,
surviving spouse, dependents, or next of kin, at common law, by statute, contract, or otherwise
on account of the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, and
on account of any injury, disability, loss of service, or death resulting from an occupational
disease, as defined in this article. Except as provided in this article, no employer included
within the terms of this chapter and no officer, director, agent, servant, or employee of
such employer shall be held civilly liable for the contraction of an occupational disease,
as defined in this article, or for injury, disability, loss of service, or death of any employee
due to an occupational disease while engaged in the service or business...
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25-5-191
Section 25-5-191 Right to compensation for injury or death. Where the employer and employee
are subject to the provisions of this chapter, the disablement or death of an employee caused
by occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article, shall be treated as an
injury by accident, and the employee or, in case of his death, his dependents shall be entitled
to compensation as provided in this article. In no case, however, shall an employer be liable
under this article for compensation by reason of exposure to radiation or for disability or
death resulting therefrom unless such exposure arose out of and in the course of the employment
and resulted from the nature of the employment in which the employee was engaged. (Acts 1967,
No. 521, p. 1245.)...
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25-5-195
Section 25-5-195 False written representation to employer as to previous compensation
for exposure to radiation. If any employee, at the time of or in the course of entering into
the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be paid, wilfully
and falsely represented himself in writing to such employer as not having previously been
disabled, laid off or compensated in damages, workers' compensation, or otherwise, because
of occupational exposure to radiation, or as not having previously been subjected to occupational
exposure to radiation, such employee, his personal representative, parents, surviving spouse,
dependents, and next of kin shall be barred from compensation or other benefits provided by
this article or from recovery at common law, by statute, contract, or otherwise on account
of occupational exposure to radiation subsequent to such representation and while in the employ
of such employer. (Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245.)...
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25-5-197
Section 25-5-197 Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. In case of
occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article, or of injury or disability
resulting therefrom, all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless within one
year after the employee first suffered disability therefrom and either knew or in the exercise
of reasonable diligence should have known that the disability was caused therefrom, but in
no event more than three years after date of the injury as hereinafter defined, the parties
shall have agreed upon the compensation payable under this article, or unless within such
period of time one of the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section
25-5-88. In case of death, all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless the
death results proximately from occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article,
and occurs within three years of the date of the injury, as hereinafter defined,...
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25-5-110
Section 25-5-110 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) OCCUPATIONAL
DISEASE. A disease arising out of and in the course of employment, including occupational
pneumoconiosis and occupational exposure to radiation as defined in subdivisions (2) and (3),
respectively, of this section, which is due to hazards in excess of those ordinarily
incident to employment in general and is peculiar to the occupation in which the employee
is engaged but without regard to negligence or fault, if any, of the employer. A disease,
including, but not limited to, loss of hearing due to noise, shall be deemed an occupational
disease only if caused by a hazard recognized as peculiar to a particular trade, process,
occupation, or employment as a direct result of exposure, over a period of time, to the normal
working conditions of the trade, process, occupation, or employment. (2) OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS....

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25-5-190
Section 25-5-190 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE TO RADIATION. Gradual exposure to radiation over a period of time from the use of
or direct contact with radium, radioactive substances, roentgen rays (X rays), or ionizing
radiation, arising out of and in the course of the employment and resulting from the nature
of the employment in which the employee is engaged, without regard to whether or not said
exposure is inherent in the employment or can be eliminated or reduced by due care on the
part of the employer. The term "occupational exposure to radiation" shall not include
accidents involving sudden and violent injuries within the meaning of subdivision (9) of Section
25-5-1, such accidents being covered by such section. (2) NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT. Such
term shall mean that, as to the industry in which the employee is engaged, there is attached
a particular...
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25-5-118
Section 25-5-118 Rights and remedies as to exposures to hazards of occupational disease
occurring prior to September 1, 1971. All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September
1, 1971, to the hazards of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, while in the
employ of the employer, shall be deemed for all purposes to be subject to the provisions of
this article, and the employee, his personal representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents,
and next of kin shall be entitled to compensation or other benefits and barred from other
rights and remedies as provided in this article for exposures occurring after September 1,
1971. (Acts 1971, No. 668, p. 1379; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §41.)...
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25-5-193
Section 25-5-193 Manner of compensation, etc., provided by article exclusive. No employee
of any employer subject to this article, nor the personal representative, surviving spouse,
or next of kin of any such employee shall have any right to any other method, form, or amount
of compensation or damages for occupational exposure to radiation, or for injury, disability,
loss of service, or death resulting from such exposure, arising out of and in the course of
employment, or determination thereof, in any manner other than as provided in this article.
(Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245; Acts 1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §34.)...
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25-5-198
Section 25-5-198 Rights and remedies as to exposures to hazards of radiation occurring
prior to September 7, 1967. All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 7,
1967, to the hazards of radiation while in the employ of the employer shall be deemed for
all purposes to be subject to the provisions of this article, and the employee, his personal
representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents, and next of kin shall be entitled to
compensation, or other benefits and barred from other rights and remedies as provided in this
article for exposures occurring after September 7, 1967. (Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245; Acts
1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, §36.)...
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