If you have any questions, you should contact a lawyer first. The employer completes a First Report of Injury and offers the employee a panel of three medical providers for treatment. The employee selects one of the providers, who becomes the authorized treating physician and provides treatment at the employer's expense. The employer is to provide, free of charge, a panel of three physicians from which the employee selects one for treatment, termed the authorized treating physician. This physician will direct all medical treatment for the employee's workers' compensation injury.
Medical treatment extends for as long as required by the authorized treating physician.
If appropriate, this physician will provide the employee with off-work excuses and light or restricted duty limitations. It is very important that the authorized physician's instructions and restrictions be followed at all times. When the injury has healed, the injured employee will be released from the physician's care. This PPD rating, combined with vocational factors, may result in a permanent disability settlement from the workers' compensation insurance company.