“Independent medical examination” means a medical examination conducted by a qualified healthcare provider at the request of either the injured employee or insurance carrier solely for the purpose of determining compensability, degree of disability or degree of impairment arising from the injury.

Source. . #5788, eff 2-17-94, EXPIRED: 2-17-00 New. #7212, INTERIM, eff 3-2-00, EXPIRED: 6-30-00 New. #7338, eff 8-2-00; ss and moved by #9217, eff 8-1-08 (from Lab 702.02); ss by #12013, eff 10-25-16 (from Lab 702.03)