One assessment only of degree of permanent impairment
322A One assessment only of degree of permanent impairment
(1) Only one assessment may be made of the degree of permanent impairment of
an injured worker.
(1A) A reference in subsection (1) to an assessment
includes an assessment of the degree of permanent impairment made by the
Commission in the course of the determination of a dispute about the degree of
the impairment that is not the subject of a referral under this Part.
(3) Accordingly, a
medical dispute about the degree of permanent impairment of a worker as a
result of an injury cannot be referred for, or be the subject of, assessment
if a medical dispute about that matter has already been the subject of--