(In effect as of January 1, 2004*)
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
Alabama	Serious, materially affect-	66-2/3 percent of employee's	100 weeks
	ting employability.	average weekly earnings.
Arizona	Permanent, about head or face,	55 percent of average monthly	18 months
	including injury to, or loss	wages; in addition, the
	of teeth.	Commission may allow such sum
		as it deems just.
Arkansas	Serious and permanent facial	Maximum $3,500; no award for	---------
	or head.	disfigurement shall be entered
		until 12 months after injury.
California	Disfigurement of face due to	No set figure, but the nature	---------
	scarring or deformity.	of the disfigurement shall be
		taken into account when deter-
		mining the percentages of
		permanent disability.
Colorado	Serious facial, head, or ex-	Maximum $2,000, in addition to	---------
	posed body parts.	accident benefits provided under
		the law.
Connecticut	Permanent.	Compensation shall be awarded	208 weeks
		for disfigurement not caused
		solely by the loss or the loss
		of use of a member of the body.
Delaware	Permanent and serious to	66-2/3 percent of employee's	150 weeks
	exposed parts of the human	weekly wage.
	body.
*See Introduction page.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
District of	Serious facial, head, neck or	Maximum $7,500.	---------
Columbia	other exposed areas likely to
	handicap employment.
Florida	Catastrophic Injury	If the injury prevents a worker from returning to work,	---------
		the worker is entitled to permanent total disability
		benefits.
Hawaii	Scarring and other consequences	Maximum $30,000.	---------
	caused by medical, surgical,
	and hospital treatment.
Idaho	----------------------------	No set figure, but effect on em-	---------
		ployment and nature of disfig-
		urement shall be taken into
		account when determining the
		percentages of permanent disa-
		bilities less than total.
Illinois	Serious and permanent to hand,	60 percent of the employee's	150 weeks
	head, face, neck, arm, leg,	average weekly wage, except if
	below knee or chest above	benefits are otherwise payable
	axillary line.	for permanent disability.
Indiana	Permanent, which may impair	At discretion of Industrial	200 weeks
	the future usefulness or	Board, except where benefits
	opportunities of the employee.	are payable elsewhere,
		up to 40 degrees.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
Iowa	Permanent head or facial,	Determined by the Workers'	150 weeks
	which impairs future usefulness	Compensation Commission
	and earnings in occupation	according to severity of
	where injured.	disfigurement.
Kansas 1/	Amputation.	Healing period, 10% of	15 weeks
		schedule
Louisiana	Serious and permanent.	At discretion of Court, not to	100 weeks
		exceed 66-2/3 percent of em-
		ployee's wages.
Maine 2/	Serious facial or head; neck	An amount not exceeding 2/3	---------
	if affects earning capacity.	of the State average weekly
		wage, multiplied by 50.
Maryland	For mutilations and others	Determined at the discretion	156 weeks
	not specifically covered in	of the Workers' Compensation
	schedule.	Commission.
1/ Kansas: When a disfigurement is a handicap in obtaining or retaining employment, compensation will be paid up to a maximum of 415 weeks.
2/ Maine: Not available to employees with dates of injury on or after 1/1/93.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
Massachusetts	Bodily; except that disfigure-	Proper and equitable compensa-	---------
	ment that is purely scar-based	tion not to exceed $15,000;
	is not payable unless the dis-	in addition to other compensa-
	figurement is on the face,	tion for disability.
	neck, or hands.
Minnesota	Disfigurement or scarring, not	Permanent impairment award	---------
	resulting from loss of a member.	based on physician's evaluation
		of percent of loss to whole
		person.
Mississippi	Serious facial or head.	Maximum $2,000.	---------
Missouri	Serious and permanent about	No statutory figure.	40 weeks
	the head, neck, hands or arms
	including the loss of use of
	the loss of a member.
Montana	Serious face, head, or neck.	Maximum $2,500.	---------
New Hampshire	Disfigurement and scarring	Permanent impairment award	350 weeks
	caused by burns.	based on physician's evalua-
		tion of percent of loss to
		whole person following AMA
		guides times employee's
		compensation rate.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
New Mexico	Serious and permanent about	Maximum $2,500, in addition	---------
	the face or head.	to other compensation benefits.
New York	Serious facial, head, neck,	Maximum $20,000.	---------
	or chest.
North Carolina	Serious facial or head, and	Maximum $20,000.	---------
	body when no compensation pay-
	able under schedule of injuries.
North Dakota	-----------------------------	No set figure, but permanent	---------
		partial impairment awards may
		include an award for disfigure-
		ment.
Ohio	Serious facial or head which impairs	Maximum $5,000.	---------
	opportunity to secure/retain
	employment.
Oklahoma	Serious and permanent.	Maximum $20,000.	---------
Oregon	----------------------------	No set dollar amount; however,	---------
		compensation is payable only
		if disfigurement results in
		certain psychological adjust-
		ment problems.
Pennsylvania	Serious and permanent of head,	66-2/3 percent of employee's	275 weeks
	face, or neck.	average weekly wage.
Puerto Rico	Serious scar, burn, or change	Maximum $3,000.	---------
	in physiognomy of the face,
	head, or neck.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
Puerto Rico	Hands or arms if not con-	Maximum $1,600.	---------
(cont.)	sidered in determining any
	other compensation.
Rhode Island	Permanent bodily.	Proper and equitable compen-	500 weeks
		sation determined by the Work-
		ers' Compensation Commission.
South Carolina	Serious and permanent of face,	Proper and equitable benefits,	50 weeks
	head, neck, or other area	unless benefits are otherwise
	normally exposed in employment.	payable for the loss, except
		that benefits shall be paid for
		serious burn and keloid scars
		in addition to other benefits.
South Dakota 3/	----------------------------	------------------------------	---------
Tennessee	Serious of the head, face, or	66-2/3 percent of employee's	200 weeks
	hands, so altering the personal	average weekly earnings; not to
	appearance as to materially	be awarded if compensated under
	affect employability.	any other provisions.
Texas	Any disfigurement is considered	70 percent of employee's	300 weeks
	in the assignment of an	average weekly wages not to
	impairment rating in accordance	exceed the maximum
	with the AMA Guides.	weekly benefit.
3/ South Dakota:  Compensation for permanent disfigurement shall be payable for a portion of 312 weeks which is represented by the percentage of permanent
disfigurement that bears to the body as a whole.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
Utah	Areas of the body not specifi-	Such period of compensation as	312 weeks
	cally covered in schedule.	the Commission shall deem
		equitable and in proportion as
		near as may be to compensation
		for specific loss as set forth
		in the schedule.
Vermont	Permanent impairment of function	Rating pursuant to most recent	---------
		edition of AMA Guides.
Virginia	Severely marked disfigurement of the body resulting	66-2/3 percent of employee's	60 weeks
	from an injury not otherwise compensated by the schedule.	average weekly wages.
Virgin Islands	Serious and permanent of the	Equitable benefits in addition	100 weeks
	head, neck, or other normally	to scheduled income benefits.
	exposed areas that would affect
	employability.
Wisconsin	Areas of the body that are	At the discretion of the Depart-	---------
	exposed in the normal course	ment of Workforce Development,
	of employment.	a sum not to exceed the employ-
		ee's average annual earnings.
Wyoming	Permanent of the face or head	In proportion to the extent of	26 weeks
	that affects earning capacity.	the disfigurement plus an award
		based on 2/3 percent of the
		State average weekly wage.
	TABLE 11.  JURISDICTIONS PROVIDING DISFIGUREMENT BENEFITS (cont.)
	Nature of		Maximum
States	Disfigurement	Compensation Received	Period
United States*:
FECA	Serious of the face, head, or	66-2/3 percent of employee's	---------
	neck of a character likely to	monthly wage; in addition,
	handicap employment.	proper and equitable benefits
		not to exceed $3,500.
LHWCA	Serious facial, head, or neck	Maximum $3,500.	---------
	or of exposed areas likely to
	handicap employment.
*Federal Employees' Compensation Act; Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
The following jurisictions DO NOT provide a statute in their workers' compensation law for disfigurement benefits:
Alaska, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, **New Jersey, Washington State and West Virginia.
** While there is no specific statute for disfigurement benefits, awards can be made for permanent disability based upon extent of disfigurement.