Labor Code 6409.1 (1979; amended by AB 2181, 2008)

Every employer must file a report with the Department of Industrial Relations of every occupational injury or illness that results in lost time beyond the date of the injury or that requires medical treatment beyond first aid. The reports must the employee's social security number. Insured employers must file with the insurer within five days of learning about the injury. A self-insured employer, the state, or the insurer of an insured employer file within the time prescribed by the administrative director. The administrative director must ensure that the report contains necessary information to continue to be acceptable as substitute documentation for purposes of recordkeeping required under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. [NB: this version of the statute is only effective upon the adoption of regulations by the administrative director, and as of July 2010, this had not occurred.]