Medical board may examine employee in "special cases."

- Legislature empowers the medical board to arrange for the personal medical examination of an employee in "special cases." Cantrell v. State, 129 Ga. App. 465, 200 S.E.2d 163 (1973), aff'd, 231 Ga. 704, 203 S.E.2d 493 (1974), overruled in part on other grounds, Cantrell v. Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement Sys., 135 Ga. App. 445, 218 S.E.2d 97 (1975).

"Special cases" includes when employee contests finding of medical board which limited the board's consideration to the data submitted by the employer. Cantrell v. State, 129 Ga. App. 465, 200 S.E.2d 163 (1973), aff'd, 231 Ga. 704, 203 S.E.2d 493 (1974), overruled in part on other grounds, Cantrell v. Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement Sys., 135 Ga. App. 445, 218 S.E.2d 97 (1975).

Refusing copies of reports to applicant for benefits.

- If the medical board of the Employees Retirement System determines that the examining physician has met the criteria of O.C.G.A. § 31-33-2(c) in recommending nondisclosure of medical records, prepared in the evaluation of a claim for disability retirement benefits, it is appropriate to refuse copies of those reports to the applicant who was examined. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-19.