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Workers Compensation Act 1951
107Payment of cost of medical treatment and rehabilitation
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107 Payment of cost of medical treatment and rehabilitation
services for injured worker
(1) The worker’s personal injury plan may provide for the insurer to pay
the following costs:
(a) the cost of any medical treatment for the workplace injury
provided to the worker by the nominated treating doctor if the
nominated treating doctor is prepared to take part in the
arrangements under the plan;
(b) the cost of other medical treatment described in the plan that is
provided to the worker for the workplace injury;
(c) the cost of any rehabilitation services (including, if necessary,
vocational rehabilitation) provided to the worker under the plan.
Examples of other medical treatment for par (b)
Treatment may be identified by reference to factors like the kind of medical
treatment, the identity of the health care professional who provides the medical
treatment, and the circumstances in which the medical treatment is provided.
(2) For a payment under subsection (1), it does not matter that the worker
has not made a claim for compensation, that the insurer has not
accepted liability for the injury or if the insurer disputes liability for
the injury.
(3) If the insurer makes the payments in relation to the injury and another
insurer (the other insurer) or another employer (the other employer)
accepts liability to pay compensation to the worker in relation to the
injury, the insurer is entitled to recover the costs (to the extent that
compensation is payable under this Act in relation to the costs) as a
debt from the other insurer or other employer.
(4) An amount recoverable under subsection (3) is taken to be payable by
the other insurer or other employer as compensation to the injured