DWC Issues Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking for Med-Legal Evaluations

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation issued a notice of emergency regulatory action to address the ongoing need for telehealth medical-legal evaluations as well as flexibility regarding office location. “These emergency regulations will help injured workers and employers continue to move their workers’ compensation claims towards a resolution and avoid additional and undue delay,” the DWC said in a Newsline released Monday. Qualified medical evaluators and agreed medical evaluators would be allowed to conduct telehealth visits when a hands-on physical eval...