WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182ZD
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 182ZD
182ZD . Medical dispute may be referred to medical assessment panel
(1) If permitted by
section 145A to do so, the conciliation officer may refer a question as to
—
(a) the
nature or extent of an injury; or
(b)
whether an injury is permanent or temporary; or
(c) a
worker’s capacity for work,
for determination by a
medical assessment panel.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), it applies to —
(a)
questions as to the permanent or other loss of the efficient use of any part
or faculty of the body for the purposes of Part III Division 2, or to the
degree of that loss; and
(b)
questions as to the degree of disability assessed in accordance with
section 93D(2); and
(c)
questions for the purposes of section 31F as to whether a worker has
contracted AIDS.
(3) Subsection (1)
does not apply to questions as to —
(a) the
permanent or other impairment of the efficient use of any part or faculty of
the body for the purposes of Part III Division 2A, or to the degree of that
impairment; or
(b) the
degree of permanent whole of person impairment for the purposes of Part IV
Division 2 Subdivision 3; or
(c) the
degree of whole of person impairment for the purposes of Part IXA; or
(d) the
degree of permanent whole of person impairment for the purposes of clause 18A.
[Section 182ZD inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]
[Heading inserted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 6.]