§ 34-9-361. Employer's knowledge of employee's preexisting permanent impairment

GA Code § 34-9-361 (2018) (N/A)

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(1) Epilepsy;

(2) Diabetes;

(3) Arthritis which is an obstacle or hindrance to employment or reemployment;

(4) Amputated foot, leg, arm, or hand;

(5) Loss of sight of one or both eyes or a partial loss of uncorrected vision of more than 75 percent bilaterally;

(6) Residual disability from poliomyelitis;

(7) Cerebral palsy;

(8) Multiple sclerosis;

(9) Parkinson's disease;

(10) Cardiovascular disorders;

(11) Tuberculosis;

(12) Intellectual disability, provided the employee's intelligence quotient is such that he falls within the lowest 2 percent of the general population; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary for the employer to know the employee's actual intelligence quotient or actual relative ranking in relation to the intelligence quotient of the general population;

(13) Psychoneurotic disability following confinement for treatment in a recognized medical or mental institution for a period in excess of six months;

(14) Hemophilia;

(15) Sickle cell anemia;

(16) Chronic osteomyelitis;

(17) Ankylosis of major weight-bearing joints;

(18) Hyperinsulism;

(19) Muscular dystrophy;

(20) Total occupational loss of hearing as defined in Code Section 34-9-264;

(21) Compressed air sequelae;

(22) Ruptured intervertebral disc; or

(23) Any permanent condition which, prior to the occurrence of the subsequent injury, constitutes a 20 percent impairment of a foot, leg, hand, or arm, or of the body as a whole.

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