124.1 The Program shall inform a claimant of the requirements in § 123 of this chapter promptly after acceptance of the claim or notification of injury, and shall provide the claimant with a list of panel physicians who provide the type of treatment needed.

124.2 Physicians shall apply to be members of the panel. The Program shall select members of the panel based on the physicians' likelihood of meeting the goals of § 122.1. The Program may add and remove physicians from the panel at its discretion.

124.3 If the Program decides to remove a physician from the panel of treating physicians, the Program shall give all of the claimants currently being treated by that physician notice of the decision, as well as a list of alternative treating physicians on the panel, thirty (30) days before the physician is removed from the panel.

124.4 Upon a request from the Program, the claimant and panel or non-panel treating physicians shall provide copies of all the claimant's medical records regardless of the source of the record(s) or the medical condition(s) addressed in the records. The Program shall take appropriate steps to ensure that the medical records provided to it are maintained in a confidential manner.

124.5 The Program may require an injured claimant to submit to physical examinations as frequently and at times and places as may be reasonably required to investigate an employee's initial eligibility for benefits under the Act, as provided at § 136 of this chapter.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12229 (December 24, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8771 (July 27, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (July 7, 2017).