Title 28, Chapter 5, Section 106
( 28-5-106)
No resolution for the payment of compensation under this part shall
be adopted unless notice of claim has been filed with the board
within 18 months after the date of the personal injury or death, the
claim is otherwise presented in accordance with law, and the
personal injury or death was the result of an incident or offense
for which compensation is authorized by this part and which had been
reported to an officer of the law within five days of its occurrence
or, if the incident or offense could not reasonably have been
reported within such period, within five days of the time when a
report could reasonably have been made. |