New Jersey § 34:15-16

§ 34:15-16.

Compensation for all classes of injuries shall run consecutively, and not concurrently,

except as provided in this section and in section 34:15-15 of this Title, as follows: First, medical and hospital services and medicines as

provided in said section 34:15-15 . After the waiting period, compensation during temporary disability. If total period of disability extends beyond 7 days, compensation to cover waiting

period. Following both, either or none of the above, compensation consecutively for each

permanent injury, except that permanent disability, total or partial, shall not be

determined or awarded until after 26 weeks from the date of the employee's final active

medical treatment, or until after 26 weeks from the date of the employee's return

to work, whichever is earlier, or, if no time is lost or no treatment is rendered,

then permanent disability, total or partial, shall not be determined or awarded until

after 26 weeks from the date of the accident, except in cases of amputation or enucleation

or death from other cause within that time and except when earlier determination of

permanent disability is waived by the employer or his insurance carrier. Nothing herein contained shall prevent an employer or his insurance carrier from

paying permanent disability compensation voluntarily prior to the expiration of the

26-week period. Following any or all or none of the above, if death results from the accident, expenses

of last sickness and burial. Following which compensation to dependents, if any. Where an employer or his insurance carrier desires to pay for or furnish compensation,

medical, surgical, or hospital treatment, drugs, orthopedic or prosthetic appliances,

after the date when payments under sections 34:15-12 and 34:15-13 of this Title have terminated, the employer or his insurance carrier may, in writing,

reserve the defense of the jurisdictional limitations provided by sections 34:15-27 , 34:15-34 , 34:15-41 and 34:15-51 of this Title; provided, that the reservation is approved by a deputy director after

advising the petitioner personally of his rights and of the effect of such reservation.