Lee v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

The questions urged on this review of an award entered by the respondent Commission’s hearing officer in a workmen’s compensation proceeding have arisen because the injured workman sought f nd received unauthorized treatment from a physician other than the physician designated by the employer pursuant to A.R.S. § 23-1070.

Petitioner’s employer, Associated Grocers, was self-insured and had complied with the requirements of A.R.S. § 23-1070, which allows a self-insured employer to make its own contractual arrangements for the provision of medical, surgical, and hospital…