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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 192

192 .         Report on results of assessment

        (1)         An approved permanent impairment assessor (the assessor ) who makes an assessment of a worker’s degree of permanent impairment must give the worker, the employer and the employer’s insurer a report in the approved form on the results of the assessment.

        (2)         The report must include —

            (a)         a certificate as to the worker’s degree of permanent impairment as assessed; and

            (b)         a statement of the reasons that justify the assessment; and

            (c)         other information required by the approved form.

        (3)         If there is an error apparent on the face of a report, the assessor must correct the error if required to do so by the Director.

        (4)         If the assessment returns a finding that the worker’s condition has not stabilised to the extent required for an assessment of the worker’s degree of permanent impairment, the assessor must notify the worker, the employer and the insurer of that finding.



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