As the Legislature printed it
DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200 - 6002] · PART 1. SCOPE AND OPERATION [3200 - 4418] · CHAPTER 7. Medical Examinations [4050 - 4068] · ARTICLE 2. Determination of Medical Issues [4060 - 4068]
How panels applied this section
Newest released decisions whose legal-standard extraction named this section. Each quotes the passage and links to the official PDF. Unofficial guide — not legal advice.
- ADJ10116539 · 2024-04-29 · Los Angeles District Office§ 4063
Determinative passage · p.5Obligation to Provide Benefits Labor Code Section 4063 requires an employer to commence
Requires employer to commence compensation if PQME or AME makes a medical determination requiring it.
Official decision · page 5 → - ADJ13508500 · 2021-06-18 · Sacramento District Office§ 4063
Determinative passage · p.6Labor Code section 4063 requires that on receipt of a report resolving an issue requiring a defendant to provide compensation, it must do so or file a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed. The claims examiner is incorrect that he has no duty when he makes a unilateral decision to reject the clear and unambiguous opinion of the evaluator. 3. Defendant made no formal attempts to receive additional records Defendant has argued that its discovery attempts were hampered by the failure of applicant to sign an unlimited release. However, it has shown no meaningful attempts to receive an unlimited release. The claims examiner can only recall with any detail one phone call to applicant requesting a second release. (Minutes of Hearing, Summary of Evidence, page 11, liens 1 to 4.) If defendant determined that it needed an unlimited release, it had the ability to seek WCAB intervention. There is no record of any efforts to do so. Instead it chose to unilaterally sit on its hands from the February 20, 2020, receipt of the time-limited release until its October 7, 2020, objection to applicant's DOR. Defendant clearly waived any right to insist on an unlimited release due to its delays.
Claims examiner incorrectly believed he had no duty to act on the medical report, leading to denial of benefits.
Official decision · page 6 → - 2003spd-3 · 2003-04-29§ 4063
Determinative passage · p.176 if it fails to pay permanent disability benefits based on any one of the following physicians: the
Applied to hold defendant need not file application if paying PD per treating physician, panel QME, or AME.
Official decision · page 17 →
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About California Labor Code § 4063
What is California Labor Code § 4063?
Labor Code § 4063 sits in ARTICLE 2. Determination of Medical Issues [4060 - 4068]. The statute on this page begins: If a formal medical evaluation from an agreed medical evaluator or a qualified medical evaluator selected from a three member panel. The official display is on LegInfo; this is a reprint.
Did WCAB panels apply Labor Code § 4063 in this corpus?
This corpus has 3 released decisions whose extracted legal standards named § 4063. Quotes and PDFs are on this page. That is not every case in California that ever cited the section.