HI HB863

Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes section 386-79 to require physicians or surgeons who perform medical examinations on employees for workers' compensation purposes to be "duly qualified," defined as appropriately licensed under chapter 453, possessing medical malpractice insurance, and owing the same duty and standard of care to injured employees as owed to traditional patients.

Allows employees to record medical examinations conducted by employer-designated physicians or surgeons, provided the examining physician or surgeon approves the recording.

Limits employer-requested medical examinations to one per case unless good and valid reasons exist regarding the employee's medical progress.

Caps the cost of employer-ordered medical examinations to the complex consultation charges governed by the medical fee schedule established under section 386-21(c).

Makes permanent the provisions of Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, by removing the June 30, 2019 repeal date and making the amendments to section 386-79 effective June 29, 2019.