Section 115 Of Chapter 5. Division Of Workers’ Compensation From California Labor Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 5.
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. Actions of the appeals board shall be taken by decision of a
majority of the appeals board except as otherwise expressly provided.
The chairman shall assign pending cases in which reconsideration
is sought to any three members thereof for hearing, consideration and
decision. Assignments by the chairman of members to such cases shall
be rotated on a case-by-case basis with the composition of the
members so assigned being varied and changed to assure that there
shall never be a fixed and continued composition of members. Any such
case assigned to any three members in which the finding, order,
decision or award is made and filed by any two or more of such
members shall be the action of the appeals board unless
reconsideration is had in accordance with the provisions of Article 1
(commencing with Section 5900), Chapter 7, Part 4, Division 4 of
this code. Any case assigned to three members shall be heard and
decided only by them, unless the matter has been reassigned by the
chairman on a majority vote of the appeals board to the appeals board
as a whole in order to achieve uniformity of decision, or in cases
presenting novel issues.