12Limitations on frequency and number of medical examinations

12 Limitations on frequency and number of medical examinations

(1) The employee shall not be required to undergo more than one medical examination in respect of the injury more frequently than at 6-month intervals, where each interval commences the day after the last day on which the last examination took place. (2) The minimum interval specified in subsection (1) only applies in relation to a medical examination if: (a) the employee undergoes the examination; and (b) the employee does not in any way obstruct the examination; and (c) the support person (if any) does not in any way obstruct the examination. (3) The minimum interval specified in subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a medical examination if: (a) where the employee has requested a medical examination—the request is made during the minimum interval specified in subsection (1); or (b) where the employee’s treating practitioner has recommended a medical examination—the recommendation is made during the minimum interval specified in subsection (1); or (c) where a medical practitioner, following an earlier medical examination, recommended a further examination or re-examination by a specific date or after a specific period—the date is, or the period ends, during the minimum interval specified in subsection (1); or (d) there has been a change in the employee’s circumstances; or (e) where the injury requires multidisciplinary medical treatment: (i) it is not reasonably practicable for a single medical practitioner to address all the matters that are the subject of paragraph 9(4)(b); and (ii) it is appropriate for the relevant authority to require the employee to undergo more than one medical examination, with a different medical practitioner, during the minimum interval specified in subsection (1); or (f) the medical practitioner nominated by the relevant authority to conduct the medical examination fails, for any reason, to provide a written report of the examination within: (i) the timeframe specified by the relevant authority as part of the arrangement; or (ii) such additional timeframe allowed by the relevant authority; or (g) a request for reconsideration of any determination is made in accordance with section 62 of the SRC Act and: (i) in the opinion of the relevant authority there is insufficient or inconsistent information regarding any matter relevant to the reasons for the request; and (ii) a reviewable decision has not yet been made in relation to the request; or (h) an application for review of any reviewable decision is made in accordance with section 64 of the SRC Act and: (i) in the opinion of the person or body who made the reviewable decision, there is insufficient or inconsistent information regarding any matter relevant to the review; and (ii) a final decision has not yet been made in relation to the review.