Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 31 - QME Panel Selection
(a) The panels shall be selected randomly
from the appropriate specialty identified by the party who holds the legal
right to designate the specialty, with consideration given to the proximity of
the QME's medical office to the employee's residence.
(b) The Medical Director shall exclude from
the panel selection process any QME who has informed the Medical Director that
he or she is unavailable pursuant to section
33 of Title 8 of the California
Code of Regulations.
(c) Any
physician who has served as a primary treating physician or secondary physician
and who has provided treatment to the employee in accordance with section
9785 of Title 8 of the California
Code of Regulations for the disputed injury shall not perform a QME evaluation
on that employee. Whenever that physician's name appears on a QME panel, he or
she shall disqualify him or herself if contacted by a party to perform the
evaluation. Either party may request a replacement QME for this reason pursuant
to section 31.5 of Title 8 of the California
Code of Regulations.
(d) To issue a
panel in a selected specialty there shall be at least five active QMEs in the
specialty at the time the panel selection is requested. In the event less than
five QMEs are active in a requested specialty, the Medical Director shall
contact the party who holds the legal right to designate the specialty for an
alternate specialty selection.
Notes
2. Repealer of subsection (d) and subsection relettering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (d) filed 8-23-96; operative 9-22-96 (Register 96, No. 34).
3. Amendment of subsections (b) and (d) filed 4-14-2000; operative 5-14-2000 (Register 2000, No. 15).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 1-13-2009; operative 2-17-2009 (Register 2009, No. 3).
5. Editorial correction reinstating inadvertently deleted section (Register 2013, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 139.2, 4061, 4062 and 5307.3, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 139.2, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4062.1, 4062.2, 4064 and 4067, Labor Code.
2. Repealer of subsection (d) and subsection relettering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (d) filed 8-23-96; operative 9-22-96 (Register 96, No. 34).
3. Amendment of subsections (b) and (d) filed 4-14-2000; operative 5-14-2000 (Register 2000, No. 15).
4. Amendment of section and Note filed 1-13-2009; operative 2-17-2009 (Register 2009, No. 3).
5. Editorial correction reinstating inadvertently deleted section (Register 2013, No. 44).
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