Workforce Services, Department of

Workers' Compensation - Medical Commission

Chapter 3: Referral of Medically Contested Cases

Effective Date: 06/07/1994 to 02/13/2003

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 053.0019.3.06071994

CHAPTER 3

REFERRAL OF MEDICALLY CONTESTED CASES

Section 1. From the Division.

(a) The commission shall accept for hearing those cases determined by the division to be medically contested under Workers' Compensation Rules and Regulations, Chapter VII, Section 2(f), as amended, and referred by the clerks of district courts.

(b) Following referral by the division, the medical hearing panel shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide all issues related to the written notice of objection filed pursuant to W.S. 27-14-601(k).

Section 2. From the Office of Administrative Hearings. Pursuant to W.S. 27-14-616(e), upon agreement of all parties to a case, the hearing examiner in a contested case which has been referred to the Office of Administrative Hearings may:

(i) transfer a medically contested case to the commission for review by a medical hearing panel;

(ii) seek the advice of the commission on specified medical issues. The advice will be in writing and transmitted to the hearing examiner for distribution to the parties and incorporation into the contested case record.