Early Comments Raise Concerns over Voucher Form

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has proposed a new form for doctors to use to indicate an injured worker is permanent and stationary for the purposes of determining eligibility for the supplemental job displacement voucher.Comments posted on the division’s online forum one day after the form was published say the form is too short to properly describe an injured worker’s medical condition and can’t be used to state the extent of the injured worker's permanent disability.The division published the form Nov. 6 along with proposed regulations to implem...