Okla. Admin. Code § 810:15-9-1
Current through Vol. 41, No. 24, September 3, 2024
Section 810:15-9-1 - Qualifications(a) The Commission shall maintain a list of private physicians to serve as independent medical examiners. The list shall be placed on the Commission's website at http://www.wcc.ok.gov.(b) To be eligible for appointment by the Commission to the list of qualified independent medical examiners, and for retention on the list, the physician must: (1) have a valid, unrestricted professional license as a physician which is not probationary;(2) have at least three (3) years' experience and competency in the physician's specific field of expertise and in the treatment of work-related injuries;(3) be knowledgeable of workers' compensation principles and the workers' compensation system in Oklahoma, as demonstrated by prior experience, and attending educational programming, on the Official Disability Guidelines, if a treating physician, and/or in the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment," if a rating physician, or other continuing education courses related to workers' compensation topics;(4) have in force and effect health care provider professional liability insurance from a domestic, foreign or alien insurer authorized to transact insurance in Oklahoma. The per claim and aggregate limits of the insurance must be at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and(5) have no felony conviction under federal or state law within seven (7) years before the date of the physician's application to serve as a qualified independent medical examiner.(c) Alternatively, a physician may be eligible for appointment to the list of qualified medical examiners if the physician is affiliated with an Oklahoma university hospital or health care provider group that has entered into an agreement with the Commission to add any or all qualified physicians to the independent medical examiner list.(d) Physicians who are serving unexpired terms as qualified independent medical examiners for the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court on February 1, 2014 shall serve as qualified independent medical examiners for the Commission until their respective terms expire, unless voluntarily terminated by the physician or revoked by the Commission, and may reapply for successive qualification periods. The two year period in which to meet the educational requirement in 810:15-9-1(b)(3) commences with the independent medical examiner's first appointment or renewal after February 1, 2014.Okla. Admin. Code § 810:15-9-1
Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 32, Issue 23, August 17, 2015, eff. 8/27/2015Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 24, September 1, 2021, eff. 9/11/2021Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 22, August 1, 2024, eff. 8/14/2024