Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025

This section applies if a party to a proceeding wants a court to accept a PIRS rating assessed by a medical expert for a mental disorder of an injured worker.

The party must give the court a written report from the medical expert stating the following matters—

the mental disorder diagnosed by the medical expert;

the PIRS rating assessed by the medical expert for the mental disorder of the injured worker;

how the PIRS rating was assessed, including—

for each area of functional impairment stated in the PIRS—

the relevant clinical findings; and

the level of impairment stated in the PIRS that the medical expert decided described the level of impairment caused by the mental disorder of the injured worker; and

the class stated in the PIRS that corresponds to the level that was decided; and

the median class score and total class score worked out under section 4; and

if the injured worker had a pre-existing mental disorder, the information mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) in relation to the pre-injury rating and the post-injury rating as defined under section 5;

details of any cognitive impairment of the injured worker.