Colorado § 8-47-103 - Orders of director or appeals office - validity.
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§ 8-47-103. Orders of director or appeals office - validity.
All orders of the director or industrial claim appeals office shall be valid and in force and prima facie reasonable and lawful until found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose, pursuant to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, or until altered or revoked by the director or industrial claim appeals office, as the case may be.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 552, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-46-105 as it existed prior to 1990.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. (1) Since § 8-47-103 is similar to § 8-46-105 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of this title, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
(2) The case included in the annotations to this section which refers to the industrial commission was decided prior to the enactment of 1986 Senate Bill No. 12 which abolished said commission and transferred its power, duties, and functions under this section to the industrial claim appeals office.
Discretionary power rests solely within the commission, and a reviewing court may not interfere with the exercise of that discretion unless there is a clear showing of an abuse thereof. Cosmopolitan W. Hotel v. Henry, 172 Colo. 279, 472 P.2d 134 (1970).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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