39-72-601. Medical evaluators. (1) The department shall develop a list of physicians to serve as occupational disease medical evaluators. The list may include physicians nominated by the board of medical examiners. An evaluator 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 an evaluator to examine a claimant, as required.

     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; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 442, L. 1999.