If a worker in respect of whom a claim for compensation has been made –

(a) fails, without reasonable cause, to attend before a medical panel at the time and place of which the worker has received not less than 7 days' prior notice in writing from the Tribunal; or

(b) appears before a medical panel but refuses to be medically examined by the medical panel or a member of the medical panel or in any way obstructs such an examination –

the Tribunal may suspend the worker's right to compensation under this Act until he or she appears before the medical panel or undergoes that examination.