§ 85A-60. Evaluation of permanent disability.

The Physician Advisory Committee may recommend the adoption of a method or system to evaluate permanent disability that shall deviate from, or be used in place of or in combination with the Guides.  Such recommendation shall be made to the Commission which may adopt the recommendation in part or in whole.  The adopted method or system shall be submitted by the Director to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within the first ten (10) legislative days of a regular session of the Legislature.  Such method or system so submitted shall be subject to disapproval by joint or concurrent resolution of the Legislature during the legislative session in which submitted.  If disapproved, the existing method of determining permanent partial disability shall continue in effect.  If the Legislature takes no action on the method or system submitted by the Director, the method or system shall become operative thirty (30) days following the adjournment of the Legislature.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 60, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.