(a) Upon receipt of such notice of objection
(form A-1), the physician may request arbitration by notifying the chairman in
accordance with the following:
(1) If only
arbitration issues are raised, the request for arbitration shall be made within
60 days after receipt of the notice of objection (A-1).
(2) If there are issues requiring
adjudication by a Workers' Compensation Law judge in addition to arbitration
issues, the request for arbitration shall be made within 60 days of the filing
of the decision in favor of the physician.
(3) Failure to make timely request for
arbitration shall be deemed a waiver of the right to arbitration.
If the physician wishes to arbitrate the bill, he shall
complete and sign the request for arbitration and forward it to the medical
registration section together with a check to the order of the Chairman,
Workers' Compensation Board, in the sum of five dollars as a minimum
arbitration fee. Notwithstanding any provision in this section to the contrary,
upon application of the physician, the chairman may for good cause shown excuse
the physician for the delay in filing the request for arbitration, and schedule
the disputed bill for arbitration.
(b) An authorized physician claiming that a
case has been improperly transferred may arbitrate as provided in subdivision
(3) of section 13-a of the Workers' Compensation Law by filing his claim with
the chairman, Workers' Compensation Board, and forwarding a copy thereof to the
carrier.
(c) Failure of the
physician to render a bill to the employer or carrier within 90 days from the
last day of the month in which services were rendered shall be deemed to be a
waiver of the right to arbitrate the bill. Notwithstanding any provision in
this section to the contrary, upon application of the physician, the chairman
may for good cause shown excuse the physician for the delay in submitting such
bill to the carrier and schedule the disputed bill for arbitration.