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Public Gas Company v. Monette

20 FLW D1806

JCC granted the claimant an independent medical examination with a physician chosen by the claimant and ordered the employer/carrier to pay for the IME. Section 440.13(5), Florida Statutes, provides that the carrier or the employee may select an independent medical examiner. That statutory provision did not go into effect until January 1, 1994 and has no application to the facts in this case since this accident occurred prior to January 1, 1994. The 1993 amendments effective January 1, 1994 to Section 440.13(5) do not apply in this instance. The judge granted the IME pursuant to his general investigative powers as found in Section 440.29(1), Florida Statutes. The JCC is authorized to order an IME pursuant to his investigative powers as provided for in Section 440.29(1), Florida Statutes.