2015 Revised Code of Washington
Title 51 - INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
51.36 Medical aid.
51.36.070 Medical examination—Reports—Costs.
RCW 51.36.070 Medical examination—Reports—Costs.
Whenever the director or the self-insurer deems it necessary in order to resolve any medical issue, a worker shall submit to examination by a physician or physicians selected by the director, with the rendition of a report to the person ordering the examination. The department or self-insurer shall provide the physician performing an examination with all relevant medical records from the worker's claim file. The director, in his or her discretion, may charge the cost of such examination or examinations to the self-insurer or to the medical aid fund as the case may be. The cost of said examination shall include payment to the worker of reasonable expenses connected therewith.
[2001 c 152 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 60; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 54.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
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