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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.