SWCB Readopts Reg Expanding Time for Filing IMEs

The New York State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB) has filed notice that it is extending an emergency regulation that changed the deadline for the filing of independent medical examinations from 10 calendar days to 10 business days.The board said in a regulatory notice published in the New York State Register Wednesday that late filings have resulted in memoranda of decision issued by board panels rejecting the examinations as untimely.SWCB warned that requiring filings within 10 calendar days "greatly, negatively affected" doctors performing the independent medical examinations (IMEs) ...