(a) consult with
any medical practitioner or other health care professional who is treating or
has treated the worker, and
(b) call for the production of such medical
records (including X-rays and the results of other tests) and other
information as the medical assessor considers necessary or desirable for the
purposes of assessing a medical dispute referred to him or her, and
(c)
require the worker to submit himself or herself for examination by the
medical assessor.
(2) If a worker refuses to submit himself or herself for
examination by the medical assessor if required to do so, or in any way
obstructs the examination--
is
suspended until the examination has taken place.
(3) This section extends to
the assessment of a medical dispute in the course of an appeal or further
assessment under this Part.
(4) A medical assessor hearing the appeal or who
is assessing the matter by way of further assessment has all the powers of a
medical assessor under this section on an assessment of a medical dispute.