39-71-736. Compensation -- from what dates paid. - Montana Statutes

     39-71-736. Compensation -- from what dates paid. (1) (a) Compensation may not be paid for the first 32 hours or 4 days' loss of wages, whichever is less, that the claimant is totally disabled and unable to work because of an injury. A claimant is eligible for compensation starting with the 5th day.
     (b) Separate benefits of medical and hospital services must be furnished from the date of injury.
     (2) For the purpose of this section, except as provided in subsection (3), an injured worker is not considered to be entitled to compensation benefits if the worker is receiving sick leave benefits, except that each day for which the worker elects to receive sick leave counts 1 day toward the 4-day waiting period.
     (3) Augmentation of temporary total disability benefits with sick leave by an employer pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement may not disqualify a worker from receiving temporary total disability benefits.
     (4) Receipt of vacation leave by an injured worker may not affect the worker's eligibility for temporary total disability benefits.

     History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 96, L. 1915; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 196, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2918, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 177, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 2918, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 213, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 7, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 144, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 23, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 535, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 92-707; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 103, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 464, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 333, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 619, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 486, L. 2003.