Medical question
medical question means any of the following —
- a question as to the nature of a worker's medical condition relevant to an injury or alleged injury
- a question as to the existence, extent or permanency of any incapacity of a worker for work or suitable employment and the question whether a worker is partially or totally incapacitated
- a question as to whether a worker has a current work capacity or has no current work capacity and what employment would or would not constitute suitable employment
- a question as to whether a worker, on a particular date or during a particular period, had no current work capacity and if not, what employment would or would not, have constituted suitable employment on that date or during that period
- a question as to whether a worker has no current work capacity and is likely to continue indefinitely to have no current work capacity
- a question as to whether a worker has a current work capacity and, because of the injury, is, and is likely to continue indefinitely, to be incapable of undertaking —
- (i) further or additional employment or work or
- (ii) further or additional employment or work that would increase the worker's current weekly earnings —
and if not so incapable, what further or additional employment or work the worker is capable of undertaking
- a question as to the medical, personal and household or occupational rehabilitation service provided or to be provided, to a worker for an injury, including a question as to the adequacy, appropriateness or frequency of that service
- a question whether a worker's employment was in fact or could possibly have been—
- a significant contributing factor or
- a contributing factor—
to an injury or alleged injury or to a similar injury
- a question as to the extent to which any physical or mental condition, including any impairment, results or resulted from or was or is, materially contributed to by the injury
- a question as to the level of impairment of a worker, including—
- a question of the degree of impairment of a worker assessed in accordance with Division 4 of Part 2 of this Act or section 91 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985
- a question as to whether or not that impairment is permanent
- a question as to the amount of the total percentage referred to in section 61(2)(b) of this Act or section 89(3)(b) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985
- a question as to whether a worker has an injury which is a total loss mentioned in the Table in Schedule 4 of this Act or the Table in Schedule 3B of the Accident Compensation Act 1985
- a question whether a worker's incapacity for work results or resulted from or is or was materially contributed to by, an injury or alleged injury
- a question prescribed to be a medical question in respect of an application for leave under section 335(2)(d) of this Act or section 134AB(16)(b) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985
- a question determined to be a medical question by a court hearing an application for leave under section 335(2)(d) of this Act or section 134AB(16)(b) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985