California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 1 - Division of Workers' Compensation - Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations
Article 4 - Evaluation Procedures
Section 43 - Method of Evaluation of Psychiatric Disability
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) For all claims arising before January 1, 2005, not subject to section 43(b), the method of measuring the psychiatric elements of a disability shall be as set forth below in the "Psychiatric Protocols" as adopted by the Industrial Medical Council on July 16, 1992, and amended on March 18 and October 25, 1993. The full text of this document is available at no charge on the web at www.dir.ca.gov/IMC/guidelines.html or by calling the Medical Unit at 1-800-794-6900.
1. New section filed 12-7-93; operative 1-6-94 (Register 93, No. 50).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 3-15-94 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 94, No. 11).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 9-7-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 36).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 7-12-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 28). Pursuant to this filing, material adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act that had previously been incorporated by reference in the California Code of Regulations was instead printed in full in the California Code of Regulations.
5. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 1-13-2009; operative 2-17-2009 (Register 2009, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 139.2(j)(4) and 5307.3, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 139.2(j)(4), 4060, 4061, 4062, 4062.1, 4062.2, 4067, 4628 and 4660, Labor Code, and Section of Title 89805 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
