Bill Text: AZ HB2182 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Workers' compensation; physician disqualification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-17 - House read second time [HB2182 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-HB2182-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: workers' compensation; physician disqualification |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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HB 2182 |
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Introduced by Representatives Finchem: Clodfelter, Senator Borrelli
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AN ACT
Amending Title 23, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-911; relating to workers' compensation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 23, chapter 6, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-911, to read:
23-911. Physician disqualification
If a claim is denied based on a physician's medical report and the denial is reversed for three separate claims within a two‑year period, the physician may not be chosen as an attending physician for the purposes of claims filed pursuant to this chapter for a period of five years after the most recent reversal of a claim that was denied based on the physician's medical report.
