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AZ HB2181
Bill
Status
1/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mark Finchem
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 23-908 regarding workers' compensation injury reporting requirements for employers and physicians.
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Adds new subsection G allowing peace officers to select a physician from a commission-established alternative physicians list for required medical examinations, instead of using the employer-designated physician.
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Requires the commission to establish and maintain an alternative physicians list for peace officers to use when undergoing workers' compensation medical examinations.
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Maintains existing requirements that physicians selected under the alternative list must conduct examinations and file reports consistent with standard procedures.
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Preserves existing penalty provisions classifying non-compliance with injury reporting requirements as a petty offense.
Legislative Description
Workers' compensation; peace officers; physicians
Labor
Last Action
House read second time
1/17/2017