California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4.5 - Division of Workers' Compensation › Subchapter 1 - Administrative Director-Administrative Rules › Article 5.5.2 - Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule › Section 9792.26 - Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Medical Director shall create a
					 Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee (MEEAC) to provide
					 recommendations to the Medical Director on matters concerning the MTUS. The
					 recommendations are advisory only and shall not constitute scientifically based
					 evidence.
(1) If the Medical Director position
					 becomes vacant, the Administrative Director shall appoint a competent person to
					 temporarily assume the authority and duties of the Medical Director as set
					 forth in this section, until such time that the Medical Director position is
					 filled.
(2) The members of the
					 MEEAC shall be appointed by the Medical Director, or his or her designee, and
					 shall consist of 19 members of the medical community holding the following
					 licenses: Medical Doctor (M.D.) board certified by an American Board of Medical
					 Specialties (ABMS) approved specialty board; Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) board
					 certified by an ABMS or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) approved
					 specialty board; M.D. board certified by a Medical Board of California (MBC)
					 approved specialty board; Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.); Physical Therapy
					 (P.T.); Occupational Therapy (O.T.); Acupuncture (L.Ac.); Psychology (PhD.);
					 Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM); Pharmacologist (PharmD); Nurse Practitioner
					 (NP) or Registered Nurse (RN), and representing the following specialty fields:
(A) One member shall be from the orthopedic
					 field;
(B) One member shall be from
					 the chiropractic field;
(C) One
					 member shall be from the occupational medicine field;
(D) One member shall be from the acupuncture
					 medicine field;
(E) One member
					 shall be from the physical therapy field;
(F) One member shall be from the psychology
					 field;
(G) One member shall be from
					 the pain specialty field;
(H) One
					 member shall be from the occupational therapy field;
(I) One member shall be from the psychiatry
					 field;
(J) One member shall be from
					 the neurosurgery field;
(K) One
					 member shall be from the family physician field;
(L) One member shall be from the neurology
					 field;
(M) One member shall be from
					 the internal medicine field;
(N)
					 One member shall be from the physical medicine and rehabilitation
					 field;
(O) One member shall be from
					 the podiatrist field;
(P) One
					 member shall be from the pharmacology field;
(Q) One member shall be from the nursing
					 field;
(R) Two additional members
					 shall be appointed at the discretion of the Medical Director or his or her
					 designee.
(3) In addition
					 to the nineteen members of MEEAC appointed under subdivision (a)(2) above, the
					 Medical Director, or his or her designee, may appoint an additional three
					 members to MEEAC as subject matter experts for any given
					 topic.