Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 1. Administrative Director--Administrative Rules
- Article 5. Predesignation of Personal Physician; Request for Change of Physician; Reporting Duties of the Primary Treating Physician; Petition for Change of Primary Treating Physician
The regulation, as printed
The statute above this rule
Every regulation names the Labor Code it was written under. This is where the two halves of the law meet.
ImplementsLabor Code § 4600Labor Code § 4601Labor Code § 4616
Written under§ 4603.5
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 4603.5, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 3550, 3551, 4600, 4601 and 4616, Labor Code.
1. Repealer and new section filed 11-9-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 46). 2. Repealer and new section filed 11-7-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 45). 3. Amendment of section andNote filed 3-14-2006; operative 3-14-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 11).
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 9782, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ13514659 · 2024-05-28 · Anaheim District Office8 CCR § 9782
Determinative passage · p.3On December 1, 2022, we issued our Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration. Therein, we determined that pursuant to section 4600(d), "an employer has an affirmative obligation to provide notice to its employees of their right to predesignate a physician in the event of workplace injury." (Opinion on Decision, dated December 1, 2022, at p. 7.) We further observed that pursuant to Administrative Director (AD) Rule 9782(b), "[e]very employer shall advise its employees in writing of an employee's right to predesignate a personal physician pursuant to subdivision (d) of Labor Code section 4600, and section 9780.1." (Cal. Code Regs., tit.
Requires employer to notify employees of right to predesignate a personal physician.
Official decision · page 3 →
Rules beside this one
Article 5. Predesignation of Personal Physician; Request for Change of Physician; Reporting Duties of the Primary Treating Physician; Petition for Change of Primary Treating Physician — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.