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Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013
289Costs of reports by registered health practitioners
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289 Costs of reports by registered health practitioners
(1) The Authority or a self-insurer must pay the reasonable costs of a report provided by a registered health practitioner who has examined a worker if—
S. 289(1)(a) amended by No. 73/2016 s. 21(2).
(a) the report has been requested by ACCS; and
(b) the worker has consented to a report being provided.
(2) In this section, ***registered health practitioner*** means any of the following—
(a) medical practitioner;
(b) registered dentist;
(c) registered optometrist;
(d) registered physiotherapist;
(e) registered chiropractor;
(f) registered osteopath;
(g) registered podiatrist;
(h) registered psychologist.
Pt 6 Div. 2 Subdiv. 3 (Heading and ss 289A–289C) inserted by No. 15/2021 s. 23.
Subdivision 3—Conciliation of disputes
S. 289A inserted by No. 15/2021 s. 23.