Texas Labor Code
§ 408.0221 — REQUEST FOR DESCRIPTION OF EMPLOYMENT
LA § 408.0221Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS · Art. B. MEDICAL BENEFITS
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to an employee of an employer who has 10 or more employees.
(b)To facilitate an injured employee's return to employment as soon as it is considered safe and appropriate by the injured employee's treating doctor, the treating doctor may request that the injured employee's employer provide the treating doctor with the information described by Subsection (d) on the form adopted under that subsection.
(c)Information provided to a treating doctor under Subsection (b) does not constitute:
(1)a request by the employer that the injured employee return to the employment;
(2)an offer of employment by the employer for the injured employee to return to employment; or
(3)an admission of the compensability of the injury of the employee.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 456 (H.B. 2547), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.