A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 221 Disposition versions

2022-10-06

221. The member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale shall, in a substantiated opinion in writing, quash or confirm the diagnosis and the other findings of the health professional in charge of the worker and of the health professional designated by the Commission or by the employer relating to matters set out in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 212 and substitute therefor his own diagnosis and findings, where required.

When expressing his opinion regarding the date on which an employment injury is consolidated, the member of the Bureau shall also do so regarding the fact and percentage of the worker’s permanent physical or mental impairment as well as regarding the fact and assessment of the worker’s functional limitations, where such impairment and such functional limitations have not been determined. He is not required to express his opinion if medical reasons prevent him from doing so. He shall, in such a case, state those reasons in his opinion.

If the member of the Bureau is of the opinion that the injury no longer requires care or treatment, he may express his opinion regarding the date of consolidation, in which case the second paragraph applies.

1985, c. 6, s. 221; 1992, c. 11, s. 23; 2020, c. 6, s. 13; 2021, c. 27, s. 69.

2021-01-25

221. The member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale shall, in a substantiated opinion in writing, quash or confirm the diagnosis and the other findings of the health professional in charge of the worker and of the health professional designated by the Commission or by the employer relating to matters set out in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 212 and substitute therefor his own diagnosis and findings, where required.

The member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale may also, if he considers it appropriate, state his opinion regarding any of those matters, even if the health professional in charge of the worker or the health professional designated by the employer or by the Commission did not express his opinion on the matter.

1985, c. 6, s. 221; 1992, c. 11, s. 23; 2020, c. 6, s. 13.

1992-11-01

221. The member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale shall, in a substantiated opinion in writing, quash or confirm the diagnosis and the other findings of the physician in charge of the worker and of the health professional designated by the Commission or by the employer relating to matters set out in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 212 and substitute therefor his own diagnosis and findings, where required.

The member of the Bureau d’évaluation médicale may also, if he considers it appropriate, state his opinion regarding any of those matters, even if the physician in charge of the worker or the health professional designated by the employer or by the Commission did not express his opinion on the matter.

1985, c. 6, s. 221; 1992, c. 11, s. 23.

1985-08-19

221. The referee shall, in a substantiated opinion in writing, quash or confirm the diagnosis and the other findings of the physician in charge of the worker relating to matters set out in subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 212 and substitute therefor his own diagnosis and findings, where required.

1985, c. 6, s. 221.