Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
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Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
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This section applies if— a person (the applicant ) makes an application to an insurer under section 132 , 132A or 132B of the Act ; and the application is not accompanied by a medical certificate; and the worker sustained the injury outside Queensland. The applicant may give the insurer a document, that is substantially to the same effect as the medical certificate, prepared by a person who holds a qualification corresponding to a doctor, nurse practitioner or registered dentist who attends the worker for the purpose of giving the document. The document is taken to be a certificate in the approved form for section 132 (3) (a) , 132A (3) (c) (i) or 132B (3) (c) (i) of the Act . Also, the insurer may— ask the person who gave the document to give a detailed report on the worker’s condition to the insurer within 10 days after receiving the request; and pay an amount to the person who gave the document for the report that the insurer considers reasonable having regard to the table of costs. (sec.114-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person (the applicant ) makes an application to an insurer under section 132 , 132A or 132B of the Act ; and the application is not accompanied by a medical certificate; and the worker sustained the injury outside Queensland. (sec.114-ssec.2) The applicant may give the insurer a document, that is substantially to the same effect as the medical certificate, prepared by a person who holds a qualification corresponding to a doctor, nurse practitioner or registered dentist who attends the worker for the purpose of giving the document. (sec.114-ssec.3) The document is taken to be a certificate in the approved form for section 132 (3) (a) , 132A (3) (c) (i) or 132B (3) (c) (i) of the Act . (sec.114-ssec.4) Also, the insurer may— ask the person who gave the document to give a detailed report on the worker’s condition to the insurer within 10 days after receiving the request; and pay an amount to the person who gave the document for the report that the insurer considers reasonable having regard to the table of costs.