2002 Minnesota Statutes

     175.16 Divisions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Established.  The department of labor 
 and industry shall consist of the following divisions:  division 
 of workers' compensation, division of boiler inspection, 
 division of occupational safety and health, division of 
 statistics, division of steamfitting standards, division of 
 voluntary apprenticeship, division of labor standards, and such 
 other divisions as the commissioner of the department of labor 
 and industry may deem necessary and establish.  Each division of 
 the department and persons in charge thereof shall be subject to 
 the supervision of the commissioner of the department of labor 
 and industry and, in addition to such duties as are or may be 
 imposed on them by statute, shall perform such other duties as 
 may be assigned to them by said commissioner.  Notwithstanding 
 any other law to the contrary, the commissioner is the 
 administrator and supervisor of all of the department's dispute 
 resolution functions and personnel and may delegate authority to 
 compensation judges and others to make determinations under 
 sections 176.106, 176.238, and 176.239 and to approve settlement 
 of claims under section 176.521. 

    Subd. 2.    Fraud investigation unit.  The department of 
 labor and industry shall contain a fraud investigation unit for 
 the purposes of investigating fraudulent or other illegal 
 practices of health care providers, employers, insurers, 
 attorneys, employees, and others related to workers' 
 compensation and to investigate other matters under the 
 jurisdiction of the department. 

    An investigator of the fraud investigation unit of the 
 department of labor and industry has the inspection authority of 
 the commissioner provided under section 182.659 and may apply 
 this authority to subjects of investigations under this 
 subdivision. 

    HIST: (4045) 1921 c 81 s 14; 1969 c 9 s 42,52; 1973 c 388 s 9; 
 1973 c 732 s 26; 1975 c 348 s 2; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1995 c 231 art 
 1 s 12; art 2 s 43; 1998 c 366 s 89 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 2 is repealed by Laws 2002, chapter 331, 
*section 17, effective July 1, 2003.  Laws 2002, chapter 331, 
*section 19.