WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146K
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 146K
146K . Constituting panels
(1) On a question
being referred under section 31D(4), 158C(2)(b) or clause 18C for assessment
by an approved medical specialist panel, the Registrar is to select 2 approved
medical specialists to be the panel that is to assess the degree of
impairment.
(2) An approved
medical specialist who has treated or examined the worker concerned in a
professional capacity or in the capacity of an approved medical specialist is
not eligible to be a member of the panel.
(3) If a referral is
made to an approved medical specialist panel, WorkCover WA may, with the
consent of the worker, disclose to the panel any information that it has in
relation to the worker that may be relevant to the assessment.
[Section 146K inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 109;
amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 75.]