C. L. 334 - Notice Requirement for Cancellation of Impartial Medical Examination

CIRCULAR LETTER # 334

TO:              All Interested Parties

FROM:        Paul V. Buckley, Commissioner

RE:              Notice Requirements for Cancellation of Impartial Medical Examination
                    [Circular Letter #334 updates Circular Letter #272 and Circular Letter #309]

DATE:         May 25, 2010

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When an Administrative Judge, or the judge's Administrative Assistant, receives notice of the cancellation of an impartial medical examination more than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of an examination duly scheduled with an impartial medical examiner under GL c. 152, § 11A(2), the Department shall reschedule the impartial medical examination without a missed appointment fee. For a cancellation of an impartial medical examination within forty-eight (48) hours of an examination duly scheduled with an impartial medical examiner under GL c. 152  § 11A(2), the examination will not be rescheduled until the Impartial Medical Unit Manager receives a missed appointment fee of one hundred ($100) dollars as established in Circular Letter # 309. In the event of a cancellation within forty-eight (48) hours due to an unavoidable emergency through no fault of the injured worker, there can be consideration of a waiver of the missed appointment fee by contacting the Impartial Medical Unit Manager at (617) 727-4900.