REPORT TITLE:
Workers' Comp/Perm. Impairment


DESCRIPTION:
Requires a mutually agreed upon examiner to determine permanent
impairment.  If employer and employee cannot agree, requires the
director of labor and industrial relations to appoint an examiner
from a list compiled by the director.  Requires the employer to
pay for examinations.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 386, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§386-    Examination for determination of permanent
 
 5 impairment.  The examination for a determination of permanent
 
 6 impairment pursuant to approved guidelines shall be conducted by
 
 7 an examiner who has been mutually agreed upon by the employer and
 
 8 the employee.  In the event the parties are not able to mutually
 
 9 agree upon an examiner, the director shall appoint an impairment
 
10 examiner from a list of qualified examiners.  The director shall
 
11 compile and maintain a list of impairment examiners and shall
 
12 appoint examiners to conduct examinations in the order that they
 
13 appear on the list.  The cost of examinations shall be borne by
 
14 the employer."
 
15      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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