053-6 Wyo. Code R. §§ 6-1 - Referral for Hearing

(a) Upon receipt of a request for hearing, the Division shall immediately transmit a copy of the request and a notice of request for hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) or Workers' Compensation Medical Commission as appropriate. For purposes of judicial review of agency inaction under W.S. § 16-3-114(a), the Division is deemed to have denied any timely, written request for a hearing pursuant to W.S. § 27-14-601(k)(iv) when it has failed to transmit a notice of request for hearing within 30 days after receipt of the request.

(i) For purposes of referring contested cases to the Workers' Compensation Medical Commission for hearing, W.S. § 27-14-616(b)(iv), the phrase "medically contested cases" shall include those cases in which the primary issue is:

(A) a claimant's percentage of physical impairment;

(B) whether a claimant is permanently totally disabled;

(C) whether a claimant who has been receiving TTD benefits remains eligible for those benefits under W.S. § 27-14-404(c); or,

(D) any other issue, the resolution of which is primarily dependent upon the evaluation of conflicting evidence as to medical diagnosis, medical prognosis, or the reasonableness and appropriateness of medical care.

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053-6 Wyo. Code R. §§ 6-1

Amended, Eff. 3/29/2017.