California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 1 - Division of Workers' Compensation - Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations › Article 4 - Evaluation Procedures › Section 45 - Method of Evaluation of Cardiac Disability

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For all claims arising before January 1,
				  2005, not subject to section
				  45(b), the method
				  of measuring the cardiac elements of disability shall be set forth below in the
				  "Guidelines for Evaluation of Cardiac Disability" as adopted by the Industrial
				  Medical Council on December 4, 1997 and updated on July 19, 1998. The full text
				  of this document is available at no charge on the web at
				  www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/guidelines.html or by calling the Medical Unit at
				  1-800-794-6900.
(b) For all claims
				  having dates of injury on or after January 1, 2005, and for those compensable
				  claims arising before January 1, 2005, where there has been either no
				  comprehensive medical-legal report or no report by a treating physician
				  indicating the existence of permanent disability, or when the claims
				  administrator, or if none the employer, is not required to provide the notice
				  required by section
				  4061 to the injured worker, the
				  method of measuring the cardiac elements of impairment shall be as described in
				  the American Medical Association, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent
				  Impairment [Fifth Edition] (AMA Guides). Permanent disability shall be
				  described by applying the provisions of the Permanent Disability Rating
				  Schedule adopted by the Administrative Director pursuant to section
				  9805 of Title 8 of the California
				  Code of Regulations.
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1. New
					 section filed 5-23-94; operative 6-22-94 (Register 94, No. 21).
2.
					 Amendment of section and NOTE filed 6-19-98; operative 7-19-98 (Register 98,
					 No. 25).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
					 7-12-2001 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2001, No. 28). Pursuant to this filing, material adopted
					 pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act that had previously been
					 incorporated by reference in the California Code of Regulations was instead
					 printed in full in the California Code of Regulations.
4. Amendment
					 of section and NOTE filed 1-13-2009; operative 2-17-2009 (Register 2009, No.
					 3).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						133,
						139.2(j)(2)
						and
						5307.3, Labor
						Code. Reference: Sections
						139.2(j)(2),
						4060,
						4061,
						4062,
						4062.1,
						4062.2,
						4067,
						4628 and
						4660, Labor
						Code.