2011 California Code
Labor Code
DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200 - 6002]
PART 3.5. ARBITRATION
Section 5272


CA Labor Code § 5272 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

Arbitrators shall have all of the statutory and regulatory duties and responsibilities of a workers compensation judge, as set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4, except for the following:

(a) Arbitrators shall have no power to order the injured worker to be examined by a qualified medical evaluator pursuant to Sections 5701 and 5703.5.

(b) Arbitrators shall not have power of contempt.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1550, Sec. 51.)

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