WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146H

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146H

146H .         Approved medical specialist, duties of after making assessment

        (1)         An approved medical specialist making an assessment for the purposes of Part III Division 2A, Part IV Division 2 Subdivision 3, Part IXA or clause 18A is required to give to each of the worker and the employer, in writing in accordance with the regulations —

            (a)         a report of the worker’s degree of impairment, including details of the assessment and reasons justifying the assessment; and

            (b)         a certificate specifying the worker’s degree of impairment.

        (2)         An approved medical specialist giving a certificate —

            (a)         for the purposes of Part III Division 2A or Part IXA that a worker’s condition has not stabilised to the extent required for an evaluation to be made in accordance with the WorkCover Guides as described in sections 146A, 146B, and 146D; or

            (b)         for the purposes of Part IV Division 2 Subdivision 3 that a worker’s condition has not stabilised to the extent required for a normal evaluation to be made in accordance with the WorkCover Guides as described in sections 146A and 146C,

                is required to give to each of the worker and the employer, in writing in accordance with the regulations —

            (c)         a report of any relevant details provided by the worker; and

            (d)         brief reasons justifying the finding certified.

        (3)         A certificate for the purposes of —

            (a)         Part III Division 2A; or

            (b)         Part IV Division 2 Subdivision 3; or

            (c)         Part IXA; or

            (d)         clause 18A,

                is to specify the provisions for the purposes of which it is made.

        [(4)         deleted]

        (5)         If any of the documents described in subsection (1) or (2) is produced to the Director for the purposes of Part III Division 2A, Part IV Division 2 Subdivision 3, Part IXA or clause 18A and a factual error is apparent on the face of the document, the Director may reject the document and require the approved medical specialist to replace it with a correct document given to each of the recipients of the document that contained the error.

        [Section 146H inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 109; amended: No. 16 of 2005 s. 18; No. 31 of 2011 s. 100.]