Methods of Physician Selection Provided by Workers' Compensation Statutes | ||||||
Employee Choice of Physician | Employer Selection of Physician | Employer Initial Selection | State Agency Selects Physician | |||
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| Initial Choice | Selection from list prepared by State Agency | Selection from list maintained by employer | May be changed by State Agency | After specified periods stated in law, employee has free choice | ||
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| Alaska | Connecticut | Georgia | Alabama* | Arkansas | California | Puerto Rico |
| Arizona | District of | Tennessee | Florida | Colorado | Michigan | |
| Delaware | Columbia | Virginia | Idaho | Kansas | Pennsylvania | |
| Hawaii | Nevada | Indiana | Utah | |||
| Illinois | New York | Iowa | Vermont | |||
| Kentucky | Maryland | |||||
| Louisiana | Missouri | |||||
| Maine | Montana | |||||
| Massachusetts | New Jersy | |||||
| Minnesota | New Mexico | |||||
| Mississippi | North Carolina | |||||
| Nebraska | South Carolina | |||||
| New Hampshire | South Dakota | |||||
| North Dakota | ||||||
| Ohio | ||||||
| Oklahoma | ||||||
| Oregon | ||||||
| Rhode Island | ||||||
| Texas | ||||||
| Virgin Islands | ||||||
| Washington | ||||||
| West Virginia | ||||||
| Wisconsin | ||||||
| Wyoming | ||||||
| FECA | ||||||
| LHWCA | ||||||
| *Alabama - Selection of initial physician may be made either the employer or employee for physical rehabilitation. | ||||||
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