39-72-601. Medical panel. (1) The department shall develop a list of physicians to serve on the occupational disease medical panel. The list may include physicians nominated by the board of medical examiners. A physician on the panel must be certified by the physician's specialty board or be eligible for certification in the specialty area appropriate to the claimant's condition in relation to this chapter.
     (2) The department shall select a panel physician to examine a claimant, as required. The department shall appoint, as required, a physician as the presiding officer.

     History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 155, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 208, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 92-1314; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 104, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 516, L. 1995.