Section 95 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Conduct of initial medical assessment

95 Conduct of initial medical assessment (1) A medical assessor undertaking an initial medical assessment must take into account— (a) information provided to the assessor by the Corporation; and (b) any of the following reports, information, or comments provided to the assessor: (i) medical reports requested by the Corporation before the individual rehabilitation plan was prepared: (ii) any other relevant medical reports; and (c) the report of the occupational assessor on the initial occupational assessment; and (d) the medical assessor's clinical examination of the claimant; and (e) any other information or comments that the claimant requests the medical assessor to take into account and that the medical assessor decides are relevant. (2) The medical assessor must also take into account any condition suffered by the claimant that is not related to the claimant's personal injury. (3) The Corporation must provide to a medical assessor all information the Corporation has that is relevant to an initial medical assessment. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 99