WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 70

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 70

70 .         Medical reports, provision of to worker or employer

        (1)         Where a worker has submitted himself for examination by a medical practitioner as required under section 64, 65 or 66A, the employer or employer’s insurer, as the case requires, shall, within 14 days after receiving the report of that practitioner as to the worker’s medical condition, furnish the worker with a copy of that report.

        (2)         If a person is required to furnish a worker with a copy of a report under subsection (1) and fails to do so within the period referred to in that subsection, that person commits an offence.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) it is a defence for the employer or the employer’s insurer, as the case may be, to show that the other of them furnished a copy of the report within the period referred to in subsection (1).

        (4)         Where a worker has been examined by a medical practitioner selected by himself, the worker shall, within 14 days after receiving the report of that practitioner as to the worker’s medical condition, furnish the employer with a copy of that report.

        (5)         The reference in subsection (4) to the employer is, where the employer is insured against liability to pay compensation under this Act, a reference to the employer’s insurer.

        [Section 70 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 56.]