State must issue standard workers' comp medical evaluator report and request forms
The Division of Workers' Compensation must create a template report form for qualified medical evaluators and a standard form for parties to send information to a panel evaluator before an exam, with regulations in effect. Using the template does not prove a report is complete.
Who it affects
Injured workers, employers, insurers and qualified medical evaluators
When
January 1, 2027 is a deadline set in the law.
- : Signed into law
- : Law took effect
- : Deadline: Regulations for the new medical evaluator forms must take effect
Official text
California AB 1293: Workers’ compensation: qualified medical evaluators.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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