State, Ex Rel. v. Indus. Comm.

The question first in importance in this case is whether the Industrial Commission is authorized under its rule-making power conferred by Section 1465-44, General Code, to require an applicant for workmen's compensation, as a condition precedent to a consideration of his claim, to sign and file a waiver providing as follows:

"By signing this application I expressly waive, on behalf of myself and of any person who shall have any interest in this claim, all provisions of law forbidding any physician or other person who has heretofore attended or examined me, or who may hereafter attend or…