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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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### 90B Reports in relation to reviews
> [*\[Section 90B of Part VII Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 37, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS37@EN)
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> > (1) After an independent medical review of a worker is conducted under [section 90A](#GS90A@EN) by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner –
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> > > > (a) must prepare a report in respect of the review; and
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> > > > (b) must provide the report to the person who required the worker to submit to the review; and
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> > > > (c) must not provide the report to the worker.
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> > (2) After an examination is conducted under [section 90A(7)(b)](#GS90A@Gs7@Hpb@EN) by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner –
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> > > > (a) must prepare a report in respect of the examination; and
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> > > > (b) must provide the report to the person who required the worker to submit to the review as a result of which the examination was conducted; and
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> > > > (c) must not provide the report to the worker, unless the medical practitioner is the worker's primary treating medical practitioner.
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> > (3) A person to whom a report of a review or examination is provided under [subsection (1)](#GS90B@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS90B@Gs2@EN) must, within 7 days, serve a copy of the report on –
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> > > > (a) the worker's primary treating medical practitioner, unless the person conducting the examination was the primary treating medical practitioner; and
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> > > > (b) the injury management co-ordinator to whom the worker has been assigned under [section 143B](#GS143B@EN) .
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (4) If a report is served on a primary treating medical practitioner under this section or relates to an examination conducted by that practitioner under [section 90A(7)(b)](#GS90A@Gs7@Hpb@EN) or otherwise, the primary treating medical practitioner must provide the report to the worker.