Record of death or disability.
Article 203
ART. 203. Record of death or disability. — (a) All employers shall keep a logbook to record chronologically the sickness, injury or death of their employees, setting forth therein his name, date and place of the contingency, nature of the contingency and absences. Entries in the logbook shall be made within five days from notice or knowledge of the occurrence of the contingency. Within five days after entry in the logbook, the employer shall report to the System only those contingencies it deems to be work-connected. All entries in the employer's logbook shall be made by the employer or any of his authorized official after verification of the contingencies or the employee's absences for a period of a day or more. Upon request by the System, the employer shall furnish the necessary certificate regarding information about any contingency appearing in the logbook, citing the entry number, page number and date. Such logbook shall be made available for inspection to the duly authorized representative of the System. Should any employer fail to record in the logbook an actual sickness, injury or death of any of his employees within the period prescribed herein, give false information or withhold material information already in his possession, he shall be held liable for fifty percent of the lump sum equivalent of the income benefit to which the employee may be found to be entitled, the payment of which shall accrue to the State Insurance Fund. In case of payment of benefits for any claim which is later determined to be fraudulent and the employer is found to be a party to the fraud, such employer shall reimburse the System the full amount of the compensation paid. ART. 204, Notice of sickness, injury or death. — Notice of sickness, injury or death shall be given to the employer by the employee or by his dependents or anybody on Ms behalf within five days from the occurence of the contingency. So notice to the employer stall be required if the contingency is known to the employer or his agents or representatives.