Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of the employee's employment. Existing law establishes a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and sets forth various proceedings that are required to be brought forth before the board. Existing law provides that the appeals board is vested with full power, authority, and jurisdiction to try and determine finally all the matters specified in those proceedings subject only to the review by the courts, as specified. This bill would define "signature" for purposes of a proceeding before the board to include an electronic signature, as specified. Existing law, as it pertains to a workers' compensation system, requires every compromise and release agreement to be in writing and duly executed, signed by the employee or other beneficiary, and attested by 2 disinterested witnesses or acknowledged before a notary public. This bill would authorize the above-described signature requirement to be satisfied by an electronic signature and would authorize the above-described acknowledgment requirement to be satisfied by electronic signature provided an electronic record includes specified information.