§ 142. General powers and duties of the workmen's compensation board.\n1. The workmen's compensation board shall have power to hear and\ndetermine all claims for compensation or benefits or relating to special\nfunds created under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner\nprovided by this chapter; to require medical service for injured\nemployees as provided by this chapter; to approve and fix attorney's\nfees and claims for medical service to the extent provided in this\nchapter; to excuse failure to give notice either of injury or death of\nan employee, to approve agreements, to modify or rescind awards, to make\nconclusions of fact and rulings of law, to certify questions to the\nappellate division of the supreme court, to enter orders in appealed\ncases, to determine the time for the payment of compensation, to order\nthe reimbursement of employers for amounts advanced, to assess\npenalties, to commute awards, to compromise actions for the collection\nof awards, to require or permit employers to deposit the present value\nof awards in the aggregate trust fund of the state fund, to determine by\nrule the assignment of a minor's right to sue a third party, to require\nguardianship for minor dependents, to hear and determine claims under\nthe occupational disease act, to order physical examinations, to take\ntestimony by depositions; and to have and exercise all other powers and\nduties, exclusive of purely administrative functions, originally\nconferred or imposed upon the workmen's compensation commission by this\nchapter, or by any other statute, and by chapter six hundred and\nseventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifteen conferred and\nimposed upon the industrial commission, and by chapter fifty of the laws\nof nineteen hundred twenty-one conferred and imposed upon the industrial\nboard. For the purpose of exercising such powers and performing such\nduties, the workmen's compensation board shall be deemed to be a\ncontinuation of the industrial board provided for by the provisions of\nthe labor law; and all proceedings under this chapter pending before\nsuch board are hereby transferred to the workmen's compensation board\nwithout prejudice to the rights of any party to such proceeding.\n The workmen's compensation board, subject to the provisions of this\nchapter and of the provisions of the labor law as to the distribution of\nfunctions, shall succeed to all the rights, powers, duties and\nobligations of the department of labor, the industrial commissioner and\nthe industrial board, in so far as they relate to workmen's\ncompensation, as heretofore constituted, except such as are vested in\nthe chairman of the board by this article and except with respect to\narticle six of this chapter.\n Whenever the term "industrial board" or the "chairman" or\n"vice-chairman" thereof appears in this chapter or in the provisions of\nthe labor law after the time this article takes effect, it shall be\nconstrued to mean the workmen's compensation board or the chairman\nthereof, as created by the provisions of this chapter, as may be\nrequired by the context unless the contrary shall be indicated.\n 2. Any review, hearing, rehearing, inquiry or investigation required\nor authorized to be conducted or made by the workers' compensation board\nmay be conducted or made by any panel of the board consisting of not\nless than three members thereof, and the order, decision or\ndetermination of a majority of the members of a panel shall be deemed\nthe order, decision or determination of the board from the date of\nfiling thereof with the secretary of the board, unless the board on its\nown motion, or on application by a party in interest for a full board\nreview made in accordance with section twenty-three of this chapter,\nshall modify or rescind such order, decision or determination. Four\npanels shall be constituted at all times, and the chair shall assign the\nmembers to the panels upon which they shall serve. At least one m
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