Arkansas Code Title 11. Labor and Industrial Relations § 11-9-519. Compensation--Total disability

(d)(1) No more often than annually, the carrier or self-insured employer or the Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund may require an injured worker receiving permanent total disability benefits to, as of the date thereof, certify on forms provided by the Workers' Compensation Commission that he or she is permanently and totally disabled and not gainfully employed.

(2) Notice of the requirement shall be made by certified mail.

(3) Failure of the employee to so certify within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice shall permit the discontinuance of benefits without penalty until otherwise ordered by the commission.

(e)(1) “Permanent total disability” means inability, because of compensable injury or occupational disease, to earn any meaningful wages in the same or other employment.

(2) The burden of proof shall be on the employee to prove inability to earn any meaningful wage in the same or other employment.

(2) The impairment rating guide adopted by the commission shall be subject to review by the General Assembly before April 1 of every odd-numbered year beginning with the regular session of 1999.