IME Qualification Bill Heading to Conference Committee

A bill that would establish qualification standards for Hawaii doctors conducting independent medical examinations is heading to an end-of-session conference committee after the House of Representatives refused to concur with amendments adopted in the Senate. HB 2202, by Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, D-Moanalua, would require doctors conducting IMEs be “duly qualified” to perform such evaluations. When the House on March 1 unanimously passed the bill, it defined duly qualified as meaning a doctor has malpractice insurance, owes the same duty of care to an injured worker that woul...