If the injured worker becomes dissatisfied with the medical treatment or care provided by the Physician, or the Physician is unable to continue treating the worker, the worker can not change doctors except with the authorization of the District's workers compensation carrier. The Commission provides assistance concerning the claim free of charge. The workers compensation insurance will pay for the medical treatment or for an injury or illness that occurred at work or the disease or illness that is job related. It will replace worker's lost wages if the injury or illness causes the worker to lose some compensation or all income for more than seven days. If the employee does not have any lost time, or returns to work before the seven-day period has expired, the insurance carrier does not pay weekly benefits.
Weekly benefits begin on eighth day.
When an employee completes the claim form, the location Human Resources office is responsible for filing the claim with the insurance carrier and applying applicable benefits. This report is faxed to the insurance carrier, no later than the eighth day after the receipt of notice of an employee's injury or from the first day of the employee's absence due to an injury or death. The original form is forwarded to the District Human Resources office. A copy is mailed to the employee's home address. When the employee returns to work or at the end of sixty days, the location must complete the Employer's Supplemental Report of Injury and forward to District Human Resources.