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If you truly are an independent contractor, then you won't be eligible for workers' compensation coverage. In Arizona, employers aren't required to purchase coverage for independent contractors. That said, many employers intentionally misclassify employees as contractors to cut costs and avoid paying benefits.

If you are a sole proprietor, you are automatically excluded from a workers' comp policy. However, you can elect to be covered as an employee if you indicate as such on the signed application.

If your employer has no coverage at all, they can be charged with a Class 6 Felony. This is a lower-level class of felony possibly with a prison sentence from 4 months up to 2 years. The employer can also be charged with a misdemeanor.

§ 23-908(A) within eight days after first providing treatment to an injured worker. The physician shall report the injury: 1. Using Commission form 102 (worker's and physician's report of injury), or 2. Attaching to form 102 a medical report that contains the information required in form 102.

A claim is made either by filling out and signing a Worker's and Physician's Report of Injury at the doctor's office or by obtaining a Worker's Report of Injury (use download link directly above to obtain report form) from the ICA, and filing either report with the ICA. Both of these reports constitute a "claim form."

Under Arizona law, it is mandatory for employers to secure workers' compensation insurance for their employees. Workers' compensation is a ?no fault? system in which an injured employee is entitled to receive benefits for an industrial injury, no matter who caused the job-related accident.