8 CCR § 10205.6 — Designated Preferred Method of Service.

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Title 8. Industrial Relations
Division 1. Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4.5.
Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 1.8.5. Electronic Adjudication Management System Rules
Article 1.2. Electronic Filing

The regulation, as printed

(a) Claims administrators' offices and representatives' offices may designate first class mail, electronic mail or fax as their preferred method of service for receiving documents from the district office and the appeals board. The designated method of service shall be the same for all active cases for that claims administrator's office or representative's office. A party, a lien claimant, or an attorney or other representative for a party or lien claimant who does not or cannot designate a preferred method of service shall be served by first class mail. (b) A represented party, a lien claimant, or an attorney or other representative for a party or lien claimant may agree with any other represented party, lien claimant, or attorney or other representative for a party or lien claimant that any method of service may be utilized for receiving documents between the parties to the agreement. If such an agreement is made, service pursuant to the agreement shall constitute valid service. Absent such an agreement, service between these parties or entities shall be made by first class mail. (c) If the service is being made by or on an unrepresented injured worker, unrepresented dependent or unrepresented uninsured employer, then the service shall be made by first class mail.

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Authority and history

Note: Authority cited: Sections 111, 133, 138.2(b) and 5307.3, Labor Code; and Stats. 2011, c. 559, §17 (A.B. 1426). Reference: Section 126, Labor Code.

1. Renumbering of former section 10218 to new section 10205.6, including amendment of Note, filed 12-10-2012 as a change without regulatory effect pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations by the Division of Workers' Compensation and as a file and print by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2012, No. 50). Go Back to Subchapter 1.8.5 Table of Contents

What panels did with this rule

Released decisions that named § 10205.6, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.

ADJ19757339 · 2025-10-07 · Marina Del Rey District Office8 CCR § 10205.6
Determinative passage · p.1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the Findings and Order issued on March 11, 2025, by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), wherein the WCJ found that pursuant to AD Rule 10205.6(b), a strike from a qualified medical evaluator (QME) panel must be made via first class mail, absent agreement of the parties. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10205.6(b).) The WCJ found that WCAB Rule 10625(b)(2), does not apply to permit electronic service of a QME strike. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10625(b)(2).)
The WCJ found this rule conflicted with WCAB Rule 10625(b)(2) and did not permit electronic service of a QME strike.
Official decision · page 1 →

Rules beside this one

Article 1.2. Electronic Filing — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.

§ 10205.3Case Names and Case Index.
§ 10205.4Adjudication Files.
§ 10205.5Official Participant Record and Duty to Furnish Correct Address.3 decisions
§ 10205.7Failure to Comply with the Electronic Adjudication Management System Rules.1 decisions
§ 10205.8Corrective Measures for Misfiled or Misdirected Documents into the Case Management System.
§ 10205.9Extended System Unavailability.

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The regulation, as printed

Authority and history

Note: Authority cited: Sections 111, 133, 138.2(b) and 5307.3, Labor Code; and Stats. 2011, c. 559, §17 (A.B. 1426). Reference: Section 126, Labor Code.

What panels did with this rule

Released decisions that named § 10205.6, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.

ADJ19757339 · 2025-10-07 · Marina Del Rey District Office8 CCR § 10205.6

Determinative passage · p.1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the Findings and Order issued on March 11, 2025, by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), wherein the WCJ found that pursuant to AD Rule 10205.6(b), a strike from a qualified medical evaluator (QME) panel must be made via first class mail, absent agreement of the parties. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10205.6(b).) The WCJ found that WCAB Rule 10625(b)(2), does not apply to permit electronic service of a QME strike. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10625(b)(2).)

The WCJ found this rule conflicted with WCAB Rule 10625(b)(2) and did not permit electronic service of a QME strike.

Official decision · page 1 →

Rules beside this one

Article 1.2. Electronic Filing — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.

§ 10205.3Case Names and Case Index.

§ 10205.4Adjudication Files.

§ 10205.5Official Participant Record and Duty to Furnish Correct Address.3 decisions

§ 10205.7Failure to Comply with the Electronic Adjudication Management System Rules.1 decisions

§ 10205.8Corrective Measures for Misfiled or Misdirected Documents into the Case Management System.

§ 10205.9Extended System Unavailability.

Designated Preferred Method of Service. 8 CCR § 10205.6

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Designated Preferred Method of Service. 8 CCR § 10205.6

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