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MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 7.28

Costs of medical assessment

7.28 Costs of medical assessment

(cf s 64 MACA)

(1) The costs of medical assessments under this Division are payable by the insurer, except as otherwise provided by the regulations.
(2) The Authority may, for the purposes of meeting those costs, impose fees for the carrying out of medical assessments or make other arrangements for meeting those costs.
(3) The costs of medical assessments under this Division are as follows--
(a) the remuneration of medical assessors,
(b) the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the injured person, and by a parent or other carer of the injured person in order to accompany the injured person, in attending the medical assessor or assessors for the purposes of the assessment,
(c) any costs incurred by the Authority in connection with medical assessments under this Division,
(d) such other costs in connection with medical assessments under this Division as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(4) A reference in this section to medical assessment includes a reference to the review of medical assessments and an assessment for the purposes of the provision of a non-binding opinion under section 7.27 (Non-binding opinion of medical assessor).
(5) The regulations may prescribe a rate at which the cost of travel by any specified mode of transport is to be calculated for the purposes of the payment of travel costs under this section.



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