Cases

Section 440.29(4), Florida Statutes, provides that the medical records of an authorized treating health care provider shall be received into evidence by the JCC upon proper motion. The purpose of this statutory provision is to streamline the evidentiary process and do away with the necessity of calling a records custodian to introduce certain medical records.  This provision only relates to reports of physicians authorized by the employer/carrier to provide the claimant with medical treatment.  It does not apply to independent medical examiners.  The records must be submitted by motion more than 30 days prior to the hearing.  This statutory provision is an exception to Section 90.901, Florida Statutes, requiring the authentication of evidence as a condition precedent to its admissibility.