Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023
Part 4Medical assessment
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Part 4 — Medical assessment
Division 1 — Preliminary
- Term used: Permanent Impairment Guidelines 145
Division 2 — Medical examination of worker
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Power to require medical examination of worker 145
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Worker contravening requirement for medical examination 146
Division 3 — Assessing degree of permanent impairment
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Assessments to which Division applies 147
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Method of assessment 148
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Assessing degree of permanent impairment when multiple injuries arise from single event 148
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Secondary conditions disregarded in certain cases 148
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Assessment by approved permanent impairment assessor or Dust Disease Medical Panel 149
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Permanent Impairment Guidelines 149
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Requirement for injury to have stabilised 149
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Asymptomatic pre‑existing disease 150
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Request for assessment of permanent impairment 150
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Powers of approved permanent impairment assessors 151
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Report on results of assessment 152
Division 4 — Permanent impairment assessors
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Approval of permanent impairment assessors 153
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Conditions of approval 154
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Minister may fix scale of fees and charges for permanent impairment assessment 154
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Duration of approval 155
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Suspension or cancellation of approval 155
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Compliance audits and investigations 156
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Register of approved permanent impairment assessors 156