Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 135A

135A Examination of particular claimants by psychiatrist

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person makes an application for compensation for an injury that is post-traumatic stress disorder; and

(b) at any time before the claimant was diagnosed as having the disorder, the claimant was employed as a first responder or an eligible employee; and

(c) there is no evidence that the claimant has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having the disorder.

(2) The insurer must—

(a) arrange for the claimant to be examined by a psychiatrist to obtain a diagnosis; and

(b) pay for—

(i) the examination by the psychiatrist; and

(ii) any travel costs incurred by the claimant in attending the examination that the insurer considers are necessary and reasonable.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the insurer decides under section 134 to allow the application.

(4) This section does not limit section 135 .