Subdivision Subdiv 4 - Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 - Reducing, suspending and discontinuing income compensation

Subdiv 4Reducing, suspending and discontinuing income compensation

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Subdivision 4 — Reducing, suspending and discontinuing income compensation

Restrictions on reduction, suspension or discontinuation of income compensation 59
Reducing or discontinuing income compensation on basis of worker’s return to work 60
Reducing or discontinuing income compensation on basis of medical evidence 60
Worker not residing in State: failure to provide declaration 62
Suspension of income compensation while worker in custody 64
Effect of suspension of income compensation payments 65
Power of arbitrator to review disputed income compensation payments 65

Division 4 — Compensation for medical and health expenses

Terms used 66
Medical and health expenses compensation under this Division 67
Expenses that are medical and health expenses 67
Requirement that medical and health expenses be reasonable 68
Medical and health expenses order 69
Eligibility to provide compensable medical and health services 71
General limit on compensation for medical and health expenses 71
Notice to worker that 60% of general limit reached 72
Standard increase in compensation limit 72
Increase for special expenses in the medical and health expenses general limit amount 73
Assessment of degree of permanent impairment for special increase 75
Effect of participation in catastrophic injuries support scheme 76