52:4B-15. Order for appointment of impartial
medical experts; direction of examination; report
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The order for the appointment of impartial medical experts
and directing an examination of an injured party and report thereon
or a report on the cause of death of a decedent shall, to the extent
applicable and with due regard to the religious tenets of an applicant:
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Designate the name
of the impartial medical expert and his specialty;
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Specify the conditions
and scope of the examination to be conducted and the report
to be made;
- Direct the injured
party to submit to a physical examination as specified in the
order;
- Direct all parties
and their counsel to deliver to the board for the use of the
designated expert all medical reports, X-rays, X-ray reports
and records and reports of pathological or neurological examinations
or tests of the injured party or of the decedent which are in
their possession or under their control;
- Direct the injured
party or his counsel to prepare a list of the names and addresses
of any physicians or hospitals which may have any relevant medical
records and to deliver the same to the board, for the use of
the designated expert, together with a written and signed consent
for the examination by the designated expert of any hospital
records or other medical records or reports which are not in
the possession or under the control of the injured party or
his counsel;
- Direct the injured
party to be examined to disclose to the designated expert at
his request, and not otherwise, any fact necessary and relevant
to his examination and report;
- Authorize the designated
expert to make or to have made by others of his selection such
supplementary diagnostic procedures or tests as shall be necessary
and relevant to his examination and report and direct the party
to be examined to submit thereto; and
- Fix the date by which
the examination is to be made and the date by which the report
of the designated expert is to be delivered to the board.
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