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DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE 3200-6002›PART 4. COMPENSATION PROCEEDINGS 5300-6002›CHAPTER 7. Reconsideration and Judicial Review 5900-6002›ARTICLE 1. Reconsideration 5900-5911

§ 5903

California Labor Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

At any time within 20 days after the service of any final order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge granting or denying compensation, or arising out of or incidental thereto, any person aggrieved thereby may petition for reconsideration upon one or more of the following grounds and no other:

(a) That by the order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or the workers’ compensation judge, the appeals board acted without or in excess of its powers.

(b) That the order, decision, or award was procured by fraud.

(c) That the evidence does not justify the findings of fact.

(d) That the petitioner has discovered new evidence material to him or her, which he or she could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the hearing.

(e) That the findings of fact do not support the order, decision, or award.

Nothing contained in this section shall limit the grant of continuing jurisdiction contained in Sections 5803 to 5805, inclusive.

(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 326, Sec. 30.)

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