sec.500Reference to tribunals

### sec.500 Reference to tribunals An insurer may refer the following matters in relation to an injury under this Act to the appropriate tribunal for decision on the medical matters involved— a worker’s application for compensation for an alleged injury; a worker’s capacity for work; a worker’s permanent impairment under section 160 ; a worker’s permanent impairment under section 179 ; a worker’s level of dependency under section 193 ; whether a worker has a serious personal injury that meets the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury; for a worker who the insurer decides is entitled to treatment, care and support payments for an interim period under section 232M , whether the worker’s serious personal injury is likely to continue to meet the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury after the interim period ends; whether a particular treatment, care and support need resulting from the worker’s serious personal injury is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances; a worker’s permanent impairment reviewable under section 266 . An insurer may also, in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A (1) (b) , refer to the appropriate tribunal, for decision on the medical matters involved, a matter that could have been referred to a former tribunal under a former Act. s 500 amd 2006 No. 13 s 7 ; 2013 No. 52 s 32 (retro); 2016 No. 44 s 38 (sec.500-ssec.1) An insurer may refer the following matters in relation to an injury under this Act to the appropriate tribunal for decision on the medical matters involved— a worker’s application for compensation for an alleged injury; a worker’s capacity for work; a worker’s permanent impairment under section 160 ; a worker’s permanent impairment under section 179 ; a worker’s level of dependency under section 193 ; whether a worker has a serious personal injury that meets the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury; for a worker who the insurer decides is entitled to treatment, care and support payments for an interim period under section 232M , whether the worker’s serious personal injury is likely to continue to meet the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury after the interim period ends; whether a particular treatment, care and support need resulting from the worker’s serious personal injury is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances; a worker’s permanent impairment reviewable under section 266 . (sec.500-ssec.2) An insurer may also, in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A (1) (b) , refer to the appropriate tribunal, for decision on the medical matters involved, a matter that could have been referred to a former tribunal under a former Act. - (a) a worker’s application for compensation for an alleged injury; - (b) a worker’s capacity for work; - (d) a worker’s permanent impairment under section 160 ; - (e) a worker’s permanent impairment under section 179 ; - (f) a worker’s level of dependency under section 193 ; - (fa) whether a worker has a serious personal injury that meets the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury; - (fb) for a worker who the insurer decides is entitled to treatment, care and support payments for an interim period under section 232M , whether the worker’s serious personal injury is likely to continue to meet the chapter 4A eligibility criteria for the injury after the interim period ends; - (fc) whether a particular treatment, care and support need resulting from the worker’s serious personal injury is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances; - (g) a worker’s permanent impairment reviewable under section 266 .