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§ 60. Evaluation of permanent disability

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 85A. Workers’ CompensationEffective: May 28, 2019

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 85a. Workers' Compensation
Chapter 1. Administrative Workers' Compensation Act
Effective: May 28, 2019
85A Okl.St.Ann. § 60
§ 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 Workers' Compensation Commission which may adopt the recommendation in part or in whole. The adopted method or system shall be submitted by the Executive Director of the Commission 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 Executive Director, the method or system shall become operative thirty (30) days following the adjournment of the Legislature.

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Laws 2013, c. 208, § 60, eff. Feb. 1, 2014; Laws 2019, c. 476, § 22, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
85A Okl. St. Ann. § 60, OK ST T. 85A § 60
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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