Section Sch1-28 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Conduct of medical assessment
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28 Conduct of medical assessment (1) A medical assessor undertaking a medical assessment as part of an assessment of a claimant's vocational independence under section 108 must take into account— (a) information provided to the assessor by the Corporation; and (b) any individual rehabilitation plan for the claimant; and (c) any of the following medical reports provided to the assessor: (i) medical reports requested by the Corporation before the individual rehabilitation plan was prepared: (ii) medical reports received during the claimant's rehabilitation; and (d) the report of the occupational assessor under clause 26 ; and (e) the medical assessor's clinical examination of the claimant; and (f) 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 Corporation must provide to a medical assessor all information the Corporation has that is relevant to a medical assessment. Compare: 1998 No 114 s 99
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