RFID tags transmit a unique signal to magnetic readers. They can be implanted as micromodules. There
has been some talk that chips as the new dog tags or required biomarker for
high security clearance jobs. They have
been used for years with livestock, laboratory animals, and endangered
species. Missouri has drawn its line in
the sand: No chipping freshmen.
This raises a concern in the battle against fraud in worker's comp whether
employers can require chipping their
employees just like some federal employers so everyone is watched.
Missouri has been all over this issue. In 2008 it passed HB2041 to be right behind privacy
fighters in Wisconsin and North Dakota to stop chips in the work place. Don’t
even start talking about chipping our M14 sniper rifles.
285.035. 1. No employer shall require an employee
to have personal identification microchip technology implanted into an employee
for any reason.
2. For purposes of this section, "personal
identification microchip technology" means a subcutaneous or surgically
implanted microchip technology device or product that contains or is designed
to contain a unique identification number and personal information that can be
noninvasively retrieved or transmitted with an external scanning device.
3. Any employer who violates this section is guilty
of a class A misdemeanor.
What does this mean to worker’s comp? The fight against fraud is not going to be
fought with chips. It will be fought
with secret microphones and mood rings. Claimants can be reassured they not have been
secretly implanted with invisible chips by IME doctors or being followed by Carrie Masterson. Just don’t bring up the subject about drones
behind “The Cloud.”
