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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-733" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to a termination of temporary total disability benefits if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the covered employee has returned to the current employment of the covered employee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a treating physician chosen by the covered employee has advised the covered employee that the covered employee has reached maximum improvement from the disability of the covered employee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the termination is made after the termination date contained in an order of the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to a termination of medical benefits if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the treatment by a physician or health care provider was not authorized by an insurer or self-insurer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a treating physician or health care provider chosen by the covered employee has advised the covered employee that the covered employee has reached maximum medical improvement from the disability of the covered employee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Before terminating the payment of temporary total disability benefits, an insurer or self-insurer shall give the covered employee written notice of the date that the benefits are to be terminated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Before terminating the payment of medical benefits, an insurer or self-insurer shall give the covered employee and the covered employee’s treating physician or health care provider written notice of the date that the benefits are to be terminated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of temporary total benefits, the notice shall accompany the final payment of temporary total disability benefits to the covered employee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The notice of termination under this section shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the reasons for the termination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that the covered employee has a right to request a hearing before the Commission on the issue of the termination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the procedure and time for requesting a hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of medical benefits, a copy of any medical record or report relied upon by the insurer or self-insurer in making the termination shall be attached to the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
