Permanent impairment definition

Permanent impairment means the loss of or loss of use of a member of the body existing after the date of maximum medical improvement and includes disfigurement resulting from an injury.
Permanent impairment means the loss of or loss of use of a member of the body
Permanent impairment means any anatomical or functional abnormality or loss after maximum medical improvement has been achieved, which abnormality or loss the physician considers to be capable of being evaluated at the time the rating is made. Except as otherwise provided herein, any examining physician shall only evaluate impairment in accordance with the latest publication of the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" in effect at the time of the injury. The Physician Advisory Committee may, pursuant to Section 201.1 of this title, recommend the adoption of a method or system to evaluate permanent impairment that shall be used in place of or in combination with the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment". Such recommendation shall be made to the Administrator of the Workers' Compensation Court who may adopt the recommendation in part or in whole. The adopted method or system shall be submitted by the Administrator to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate within the first ten (10) legislative days of

Examples of Permanent impairment in a sentence

  • Permanent impairment is any permanent functional or anatomical loss remaining after the healing period has been reached.

  • Permanent impairment is expressed as a percentage of the whole person.

  • Permanent impairment compensation is in addition to any other compensation under this Act.Note.

  • Permanent impairment - Compensation - Time paid.Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch.

  • Permanent impairment, generally a medical condition, is any permanent functional or anatomical loss remaining after the healing period has been reached.


More Definitions of Permanent impairment

Permanent impairment means impairment that continues to exist after the worker reaches maximum medical recovery; (“déficience permanente”)
Permanent impairment means any anatomical or functional abnormality or loss after reasonable medical treatment has been achieved, which abnormality or loss the physician considers to be capable of being evaluated at the time the rating is made. Except as otherwise provided herein, any examining physician shall only evaluate impairment in accordance with the latest publication of the American Medical Association's "Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment" in effect at the time of the injury. However, revisions to the guides made by the American Medical Association which are published after January 1, 1989 shall be operative one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of the month of publication. The examining physician shall not follow the guides based on race or ethnic origin and shall not deviate from said guides except as may be specifically provided for in the guides. These officially adopted guides shall be the exclusive basis for testimony and conclusions with regard to permanent impairment with the exception of paragraph 3 of Section 22 of this title, relating to scheduled member injury or loss; and impairment, including pain or loss of strength, may be awarded with respect to those injuries or areas of the body not specifically covered by said guides.
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Permanent impairment means any anatomical or
Permanent impairment means any anatomical abnormality
Permanent impairment means a loss of value on the purchase price of an investment that the Advisor, believes will not be recovered together with a reasonable return on the purchase price.
Permanent impairment means the permanent loss of bodily