Colorado Code
Part 4 - Enforcement and Penalties
§ 8-43-404. Examination - Refusal - Personal Responsibility - Physicians to Testify and Furnish Results - Injured Worker Right to Select Treating Physicians - Injured Worker Right to Third-Party Communications - Definitions - Rules
































(I) Compensability of a claim is initially denied;
(II) The services of the physician selected by the employer are not tendered at the time of the injury; and









Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 513, § 1, effective July 1; (6) amended, p. 1844, § 31, effective July 1. L. 96: (8) added, p. 271, § 3, effective April 8. L. 2007: (5)(a) amended, p. 763, § 1, effective January 1, 2008. L. 2009: (9) added, (SB 09-243), ch. 269, p. 1223, § 5, effective July 1; (2) amended, (SB 09-168), ch. 184, p. 807, § 5, effective August 5. L. 2010: (2) amended, (SB 10-163), ch. 66, p. 233, § 7, effective March 31; (5)(c) added, (SB 10-011), ch. 302, p. 1433, § 3, effective May 27. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-199), ch. 196, p. 760, § 3, effective May 23. L. 2014: (1)(b)(I) amended and (10) added, (SB 14-191), ch. 316, p. 1374, § 8, effective July 1; (5)(a)(I)(A) amended and (5)(a)(I)(C) added, ch. 324, p. 1422, § 1, effective April 1, 2015. L. 2016: (5)(a)(I)(D) and (5)(a)(I)(E) added and (5)(a)(VI) amended, (SB 16-217), ch. 272, p. 1128, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2019: (7) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1648, § 23, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-51-110 as it existed prior to 1990.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 16-217, see section 1 of chapter 272, Session Laws of Colorado 2016.