Cal. Lab. Code § 4056

Current through the 2023 Legislative Session.
Section 4056 - Unreasonable refusal to submit to medical treatment or surgery

No compensation is payable in case of the death or disability of an employee when his death is caused, or when and so far as his disability is caused, continued, or aggravated, by an unreasonable refusal to submit to medical treatment, or to any surgical treatment, if the risk of the treatment is, in the opinion of the appeals board, based upon expert medical or surgical advice, inconsiderable in view of the seriousness of the injury.

Ca. Lab. Code § 4056

Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.