Hargett v. Director, Division of Labor

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

This appeal raises questions of first impression regarding the statute and administrative rules governing medical utilization review in workers’ compensation claims. Claimant, Sharon Hargett, contests an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel requiring a change in her authorized health care provider, who had become her business associate. We affirm in part, set aside in part, and remand for further proceedings.

In September 1988, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found claimant to be twenty percent permanently partially disabled as the result of an admitted industrial…