Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 23, June 8, 2024
Section 131.112 - Correction or amendment of decision(a) A decision or an order of a judge may be amended or corrected by the judge subsequent to the service of notice of the decision and order. A typographical or clerical error or obvious omission or error on the part of the judge may be corrected on the judge's motion or on the motion of one or both parties. Other amendments or corrections will be made only upon written agreement of the parties. A request for correction or amendment shall be made within 20 days of the date of service of notice of the decision and order.(b) The corrected decision and order will specifically set forth the items in the prior decision and order which are being corrected and amended, and will contain the following provision: "In all other respects the prior decision and order in the case are hereby reaffirmed."(c) Neither the request for correction nor the corrected decision and order will extend the appeal period of the original decision and order as to any part of that decision and order which is not the subject of the request for correction or amendment.(d) Subsections (a)-(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code §§ 31.13, 31.14, 35.54, 35.55, 35.190 and 35.211-35.214 and also supersede 1 Pa. Code Chapter 35, Subchapter D.The provisions of this § 131.112 adopted March 29, 1991, effective 3/30/1991, 21 Pa.B. 1401; amended December 6, 2002, effective 12/7/2002, 32 Pa.B. 6043.The provisions of this § 131.112 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).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 131.111 (relating to decision of judges).