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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-736" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place or is discovered after the rate of compensation is set or compensation is terminated, the Commission, on the application of any party in interest or on its own motion, may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>readjust for future application the rate of compensation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if appropriate, terminate the payments.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission has continuing powers and jurisdiction over each claim under this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Commission may modify any finding or order as the Commission considers justified.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Commission may not modify an award unless the modification is applied for within 5 years after the latter of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the date of the accident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of disablement; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the last compensation payment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If it is established that a party failed to file an application for modification of an award because of fraud or facts and circumstances amounting to an estoppel, the party shall apply for modification of an award within 1 year after:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the date of discovery of the fraud; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date when the facts and circumstances amounting to an estoppel ceased to operate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Failure to file an application for modification in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection bars modification under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
