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AZ HB2181

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2017

Primary Sponsor

Mark Finchem

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 23-908 regarding workers' compensation injury reporting requirements for employers and physicians.

  • 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.

  • Requires the commission to establish and maintain an alternative physicians list for peace officers to use when undergoing workers' compensation medical examinations.

  • Maintains existing requirements that physicians selected under the alternative list must conduct examinations and file reports consistent with standard procedures.

  • 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

Full Bill Text

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