Workers Compensation and Injury Management Arbitration Rules 2024

In any proceeding, unless leave of an arbitrator is obtained —

a medical report by a medical practitioner in a particular area of medical practice cannot be lodged or admitted in evidence on behalf of a party to the proceeding if another medical report by another medical practitioner in that area of medical practice has been lodged or admitted in evidence on behalf of that party; and

a medical report by a medical practitioner in a particular area of medical practice cannot be lodged or admitted in evidence on behalf of a party to the proceeding if medical reports in 3 areas of medical practice have been lodged or admitted in evidence on behalf of that party.

For the purposes of this rule, a medical report in more than 1 area of medical practice is taken to be a medical report in each of those areas of medical practice.

This rule does not affect the lodging or admission in evidence of a medical report required to be obtained for either of the following reasons —

a worker’s medical practitioner has ceased treating the worker because —

the medical practitioner retired, changed practice or a similar circumstance arose; or

the medical practitioner’s practice has been taken over by another medical practitioner;

a worker attends a general medical practice and is seen by more than 1 medical practitioner in that same practice from time to time.