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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 90B Reports in relation to reviews

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 90B

Reports in relation to reviews

(1)  After an independent medical review of a worker is conducted under section 90A by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner –
(a) must prepare a report in respect of the review; and
(b) must provide the report to the person who required the worker to submit to the review; and
(c) must not provide the report to the worker.
(2)  After an examination is conducted under section 90A(7)(b) by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner –
(a) must prepare a report in respect of the examination; and
(b) must provide the report to the person who required the worker to submit to the review as a result of which the examination was conducted; and
(c) must not provide the report to the worker, unless the medical practitioner is the worker's primary treating medical practitioner.
(3)  A person to whom a report of a review or examination is provided under subsection (1) or (2) must, within 7 days, serve a copy of the report on –
(a) the worker's primary treating medical practitioner, unless the person conducting the examination was the primary treating medical practitioner; and
(b) the injury management co-ordinator to whom the worker has been assigned under section 143B .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(4)  If a report is served on a primary treating medical practitioner under this section or relates to an examination conducted by that practitioner under section 90A(7)(b) or otherwise, the primary treating medical practitioner must provide the report to the worker.