The California Industrial Medical Council has issued new regulations concerning guidelines for the evaluation of foot and ankle disability.Effective 2/10/03, section 46.1 has been authored to develop a more uniform method of evaluating foot and ankle injuries without diminishing the individual expertise of the participating evaluator. "This method will allow involved parties (particularly the WCAB) to review evaluator's reports which employ a more standardized format," says the IMC.A copy of the new guidelines are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/Imc/GuidelinesForTheEvaluationOfFootAndAnkl...
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