Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 11. Evidence

§ 10683. Specific Finding of Fact - Labor Code Section 139.2(d)(2).

Where a qualified medical evaluator's report has been considered and rejected pursuant to Labor Code section 139.2(d)(2), the workers' compensation judge or Appeals Board shall make and serve a specific finding on the qualified medical evaluator and the Division of Workers' Compensation at the time of decision on the regular workers' compensation issues. The specific finding may be included in the decision.

If the Appeals Board, on reconsideration, affirms or sets aside the specific finding of fact filed by a workers' compensation judge, it shall advise the qualified medical evaluator and the Division of Workers' Compensation at the time of service of its decision on the petition for reconsideration. If the workers' compensation judge does not make a specific finding and the Appeals Board, on reconsideration, makes a specific finding of rejection pursuant to Labor Code section 139.2(d)(2), it shall serve its specific finding on the qualified medical evaluator and the Division of Workers' Compensation at the time it serves its decision after reconsideration.

Rejection of a qualified medical evaluator's report pursuant to Labor Code section 139.2(d)(2) shall occur where the qualified medical evaluator's report does not meet the minimum standards prescribed by the provisions of rule 10682 and the regulations of the Division of Workers' Compensation.

This rule shall apply to injuries on or after January 1, 1994.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 5307, Labor Code. Reference: Section 139.2(d)(2), Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 10631 to section 10683 filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).