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Ch. 371 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER 371
(House Bill 384)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments
FOR the purpose of requiring that a licensed psychologist or a qualified physician
perform an evaluation of only the mental or behavioral portion of a permanent
impairment in a workers' compensation case under certain circumstances;
requiring that the report of an evaluation in a case that involves a behavioral or
mental disorder be submitted to the Workers' Compensation Commission in
accordance with the regulations of the Commission; and generally relating to
the evaluation of a permanent impairment under workers' compensation law.
BY repealing and. reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-721
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED. BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-721.
(a) [A]. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, A
physician shall evaluate a permanent impairment and report the evaluation to the
Commission in accordance with the regulations of the Commission.
(b) A medical evaluation of a permanent impairment shall include information
about:
(1) atrophy;
(2) . pain;
(3) weakness; and
(4) loss of endurance, function, and range of motion.
(C) IF A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT INVOLVES A BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL
DISORDER, A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST OR QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN SHALL:
(1) PERFORM AN EVALUATION OF ONLY THE MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL
PORTION OF THE PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT; AND
(2) REPORT THE EVALUATION TO THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
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