Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12 - HEALTH
Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Chapter 110 - ELIGIBILITY AND APPEALS
Part I - Client Appeals
Subpart II - Hearing Officer Review
Article 2 - Prehearing Review
Section 12VAC30-110-200 - Medical assessment
Universal Citation: 12 VA Admin Code 12VAC30-110-200
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A hearing officer may order an independent medical assessment when:
1. The hearing involves medical issues such
as a diagnosis, an examining physician's report, or a medical review team's
decision; and
2. The hearing
officer determines it necessary to have an assessment by someone other than the
person or team who made the original decision, for example, to obtain more
detailed medical findings about the impairments, to obtain technical or
specialized medical information, or to resolve conflicts or differences in
medical findings or assessments in the existing evidence.
B. A medical assessment ordered pursuant to this regulation shall be at the department's expense and shall become part of the record.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia.
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