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Cal. Labor Code § 4062.2 (2026)

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(a)Whenever a comprehensive medical evaluation is required to resolve any dispute arising out of an injury or a claimed injury occurring on or after January 1, 2005, and the employee is represented by an attorney, the evaluation shall be obtained only as provided in this section.

(b)No earlier than the first working day that is at least 10 days after the date of mailing of a request for a medical evaluation pursuant to Section 4060 or the first working day that is at least 10 days after the date of mailing of an objection pursuant to Sections 4061 or 4062, either party may request the assignment of a three-member panel of qualified medical evaluators to conduct a comprehensive medical evaluation. The party submitting the request shall designate the specialty of the medical evaluator, the specialty of the medical evaluator requested by the other party if it has been made known to the party submitting the request, and the specialty of the treating physician. The party submitting the request form shall serve a copy of the request form on the other party.

(c)Within 10 days of assignment of the panel by the administrative director, each party may strike one name from the panel. The remaining qualified medical evaluator shall serve as the medical evaluator. If a party fails to exercise the right to strike a name from the panel within 10 days of assignment of the panel by the administrative director, the other party may select any physician who remains on the panel to serve as the medical evaluator. The administrative director may prescribe the form, the manner, or both, by which the parties shall conduct the selection process.

(d)The represented employee shall be responsible for arranging the appointment for the examination, but upon his or her failure to inform the employer of the appointment within 10 days after the medical evaluator has been selected, the employer may arrange the appointment and notify the employee of the arrangements. The employee shall not unreasonably refuse to participate in the evaluation.

(e)If an employee has received a comprehensive medical-legal evaluation under this section, and he or she later ceases to be represented, he or she shall not be entitled to an additional evaluation.

(f)The parties may agree to an agreed medical evaluator at any time, except as to issues subject to the independent medical review process established pursuant to Section 4610.5. A panel shall not be requested pursuant to subdivision (b) on any issue that has been agreed to be submitted to or has been submitted to an agreed medical evaluator unless the agreement has been canceled by mutual written consent.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2025 · leading case: Alvarez v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 187 Cal. App. 4th 575 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).
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Alvarez v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 187 Cal. App. 4th 575 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “In a workers’ compensation proceeding for death benefits, a panel-qualified medical evaluator (Lab. Code, § 4062.2) 1 requested a copy of certain records in an ex parte telephone conversation with defense counsel.”
Narayan v. Compass Grp. USA, Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2020). “8, § 11 , Cal. Lab. Code § 4062.2 . 1 run.” Id. at No.”
Shrader v. Pape Trucks, Inc. (E.D. Cal. 2020). “to Exclude at 2 (citing Cal. Labor Code § 4062.2 ). 18 As evidenced by the parties’ briefing, there is limited authority addressing whether 19 AMEs are considered retained or non-retained experts when they are used as experts in litigation 20 other than the original workers’…”
Aparicio v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. CA2/8 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “(Lab. Code, § 4062.2, subd. (a).) If a party requests a three-member QME panel, each party may strike one name from the panel and the remaining QME serves as the medical evaluator.”
Alvarez v. Workers'comp. Appeals Bd., 184 Cal. App. 4th 860 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “— In a denied workers' compensation claim for death benefits, a panel-qualified medical evaluator (Lab. Code, § 4062.2) [1] requested a copy of certain records in an ex parte telephone conversation with defense counsel.”
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