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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.282Worker to undergo medical examination
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### sec.282 Worker to undergo medical examination
An insurer or a contributor may at any time ask the worker to undergo either or both of the following, whether at 1 time or at different times, at the expense of the insurer or contributor—
a medical examination by a doctor to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 doctors nominated in the request;
an assessment of cognitive, functional or vocational capacity by a registered person to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 persons with appropriate qualifications and experience nominated in the request.
The worker must comply with the request unless it would be unreasonable or unnecessarily repetitious.
If 3 doctors or persons with appropriate qualifications and experience are not available for inclusion on a panel, the number on the panel may be reduced to 2.
s 282 amd 2004 No. 45 ss 46 , 3 sch
(sec.282-ssec.1) An insurer or a contributor may at any time ask the worker to undergo either or both of the following, whether at 1 time or at different times, at the expense of the insurer or contributor— a medical examination by a doctor to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 doctors nominated in the request; an assessment of cognitive, functional or vocational capacity by a registered person to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 persons with appropriate qualifications and experience nominated in the request.
(sec.282-ssec.2) The worker must comply with the request unless it would be unreasonable or unnecessarily repetitious.
(sec.282-ssec.3) If 3 doctors or persons with appropriate qualifications and experience are not available for inclusion on a panel, the number on the panel may be reduced to 2.
- (a) a medical examination by a doctor to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 doctors nominated in the request;
- (b) an assessment of cognitive, functional or vocational capacity by a registered person to be selected by the worker from a panel of at least 3 persons with appropriate qualifications and experience nominated in the request.