Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

It's an "Urban Legend" you get paid wages for a comp doctor appointment.

LC 4620 does state that when the employer/insurer schedules and directs you to attend ONE Medical Legal evaluation, you get one day of Temporary Total Disability, 2/3 your avg wage.

AND you get Temporary Disability (2/3 of your avg wage) for each day the physician writes you are incapable of performing any work for anyone, or you are restricted from certain tasks and the employer has no modified work for those dates.

But there is NO Labor Code section stating you get paid wages for attending treatment appointments.

SOLUTION; NEVER SCHEDULE ANY TREATMENT DURING WORK HOURS. If the physician's staff refuses to schedule you before or after work, you switch treating physicians. LC 4600 lets you switch to any Medical Provider Network physician you choose.

I know a lot of doctors in West Covina... email me at [email protected] with the comp insurer so I can look on that insurer's Medical Provider Network (MPN) and find doctors cooperative who can treat you in non-peak hours.