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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 55 When and how to make an assessment of impairment

WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 55

When and how to make an assessment of impairment

Despite anything to the contrary in the A.M.A Guides, an assessment under this Division of the degree of impairment resulting from an injury must be made—

S. 55(a) amended by No. 10/2022 s. 59.

        (a)     subject to sections 68A and  68D, after the injury has stabilised; and

        (b)     subject to section 53, based on the worker's current impairment as at the date of the assessment, including any changes in the signs and symptoms following any medical or surgical treatment undergone by the worker in respect of the injury.