IME providers must make themselves reasonably available to testify at the board of industrial insurance appeals or by deposition. In signing the application to be an independent medical examination provider, the provider agrees to perform examinations and be available to testify and to answer questions about the medical facts of the case at rates established under the authority of Washington industrial insurance law. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in termination of the IME provider number.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.32.055, 51.32.112, 51.32.114, 51.36.060, and 51.36.070. 04-04-029, ยง 296-23-387, filed 1/27/04, effective 3/1/04.]