Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - REG 104

104 Certificate given by dentist, doctor or nurse practitioner

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a certificate in the approved form is not lodged with an application made under section 132 , 132A or 132B of the Act in relation to a worker who sustains an injury; and

(b) the worker sustained the injury in another State or country.

(2) The insurer must accept a written certificate that is substantially to the effect of the approved form from the dentist, doctor or nurse practitioner who attended the worker.

(3) The certificate is taken to be a certificate in the approved form for section 132 (3) (a) , 132A (3) (c) (i) or 132B (3) (c) (i) of the Act .

(4) Also, on the insurer’s request, the dentist, doctor or nurse practitioner who attended the worker must give a detailed report on the worker’s condition to the insurer within 10 days after receiving the request.

(5) The fee payable to the dentist, doctor or nurse practitioner for the report is an amount that the insurer considers to be reasonable, having regard to the relevant table of costs.