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Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
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sch.15-sec.10 Cognitive impairment
If a medical expert assessing a PIRS rating for a mental disorder of an injured worker suspects the injured worker has a cognitive impairment, the medical expert must take into account the following factors— the relevant medical history of the injured worker; any medical treatment, and progress towards rehabilitation, for the cognitive impairment; any results of radiological scans, including CT and MRI scans, electroencephalograms and psychometric tests made available to the medical expert.
- (a) the relevant medical history of the injured worker;
- (b) any medical treatment, and progress towards rehabilitation, for the cognitive impairment;
- (c) any results of radiological scans, including CT and MRI scans, electroencephalograms and psychometric tests made available to the medical expert.