Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 131.111 - Decision of judges(a) Following the close of the evidentiary record and the hearing of oral argument, if any, as provided in § 131.102(a) (relating to oral argument), the judge will issue a written decision, which will contain findings of fact, conclusions of law and an appropriate order based upon the entire evidentiary record.(b) The decision of the judge will be a final order, subject to correction or amendment under § 131.112 (relating to correction or amendment of decision) or appeal.(c) In any petition which may result in the payment of a monetary award subject to 23 Pa.C.S. § 4308.1 (relating to collection of overdue support from monetary awards), a decision will not be issued until the claimant provides to the judge a written statement signed by the claimant and made subject to 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities), including: (1) The claimant's full name, mailing address, date of birth and Social Security number.(2) Whether there is an outstanding child support order against the claimant, and if so, whether payments are current or in arrears.(3) Written documentation of arrears from the Pennsylvania Child Support Enforcement System web site, or, if no arrears exist, written documentation from the web site indicating no arrears.(d) Subsections (a)-(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code §§35.190, 35.201 -35.207, 35.225, 35.226 and 35.241.The provisions of this §131.111 adopted March 29, 1991, effective 3/30/1991, 21 Pa.B. 1401; amended December 6, 2002, effective 12/7/2002, 32 Pa.B. 6043; amended October 16, 2009, effective 10/17/2009, 39 Pa.B. 6038.The provisions of this §131.111 amended under sections 401.1 and 435(a) and (c) of the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§ 710 and 991(a) and (c)); section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. § 1514).