A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 142 Disposition versions

2022-10-06

142. The Commission may reduce or suspend the payment of an indemnity

(1)  if the beneficiary

(a)  produces inaccurate information;

(b)  refuses or neglects to produce the information it requires or to give the authorization necessary for obtaining it;

(2)  if the worker, without valid reason,

(a)  interferes with a medical examination prescribed under this Act or neglects or refuses to undergo such an examination, unless, in the opinion of the health professional in charge of him, the examination usually entails serious danger;

(b)  does anything that, according to the health professional in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale, prevents or delays a cure;

(c)  neglects or refuses to undergo medical treatment, other than a surgical operation, that the health professional in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale considers necessary in the interest of the worker;

(d)  neglects or refuses to avail himself of a rehabilitation measure or his personal rehabilitation program;

(e)  neglects or refuses to perform the work temporarily assigned to him by his employer that he is required to perform in accordance with section 179 while his employer pays or offers to pay him the salary or wages and the benefits contemplated in section 180;

(f)  neglects or refuses to inform his employer in accordance with section 274.

1985, c. 6, s. 142; 1992, c. 11, s. 7; 2020, c. 6, s. 13; 2021, c. 27, s. 26.

2021-01-25

142. The Commission may reduce or suspend the payment of an indemnity

(1)  if the beneficiary

(a)  produces inaccurate information;

(b)  refuses or neglects to produce the information it requires or to give the authorization necessary for obtaining it;

(2)  if the worker, without valid reason,

(a)  interferes with a medical examination prescribed under this Act or neglects or refuses to undergo such an examination, unless, in the opinion of the health professional in charge of him, the examination usually entails serious danger;

(b)  does anything that, according to the health professional in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale, prevents or delays a cure;

(c)  neglects or refuses to undergo medical treatment, other than a surgical operation, that the health professional in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale considers necessary in the interest of the worker;

(d)  neglects or refuses to avail himself of the rehabilitation measures prescribed in his personal rehabilitation program;

(e)  neglects or refuses to perform the work temporarily assigned to him by his employer that he is required to perform in accordance with section 179 while his employer pays or offers to pay him the salary or wages and the benefits contemplated in section 180;

(f)  neglects or refuses to inform his employer in accordance with section 274.

1985, c. 6, s. 142; 1992, c. 11, s. 7; 2020, c. 6, s. 13.

1992-11-01

142. The Commission may reduce or suspend the payment of an indemnity

(1)  if the beneficiary

(a)  produces inaccurate information;

(b)  refuses or neglects to produce the information it requires or to give the authorization necessary for obtaining it;

(2)  if the worker, without valid reason,

(a)  interferes with a medical examination prescribed under this Act or neglects or refuses to undergo such an examination, unless, in the opinion of the physician in charge of him, the examination usually entails serious danger;

(b)  does anything that, according to the physician in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale, prevents or delays a cure;

(c)  neglects or refuses to undergo medical treatment, other than a surgical operation, that the physician in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, a member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale considers necessary in the interest of the worker;

(d)  neglects or refuses to avail himself of the rehabilitation measures prescribed in his personal rehabilitation program;

(e)  neglects or refuses to perform the work temporarily assigned to him by his employer that he is required to perform in accordance with section 179 while his employer pays or offers to pay him the salary or wages and the benefits contemplated in section 180;

(f)  neglects or refuses to inform his employer in accordance with section 274.

1985, c. 6, s. 142; 1992, c. 11, s. 7.

1985-08-19

142. The Commission may reduce or suspend the payment of an indemnity

(1)  if the beneficiary

(a)  produces inaccurate information;

(b)  refuses or neglects to produce the information it requires or to give the authorization necessary for obtaining it;

(2)  if the worker, without valid reason,

(a)  interferes with a medical examination prescribed under this Act or neglects or refuses to undergo such an examination, unless, in the opinion of the physician in charge of him, the examination usually entails serious danger;

(b)  does anything that, according to the physician in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, the referee, prevents or delays a cure;

(c)  neglects or refuses to undergo medical treatment, other than a surgical operation, that the physician in charge of him or, if the matter is contested, the referee considers necessary in the interest of the worker;

(d)  neglects or refuses to avail himself of the rehabilitation measures prescribed in his personal rehabilitation program;

(e)  neglects or refuses to perform the work temporarily assigned to him by his employer that he is required to perform in accordance with section 179 while his employer pays or offers to pay him the salary or wages and the benefits contemplated in section 180;

(f)  neglects or refuses to inform his employer in accordance with section 274.

1985, c. 6, s. 142.