Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 39, § 65 (2026)
Medical examinations of employees; acceptance of treatment or vocational rehabilitation
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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 408, §8 (RPR). PL 1965, c. 513, §81 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 559, §B34 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 615, §§A35,36,C7 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 885, §A7 (RP). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1971–1986 · leading case: Gordon v. Maine Reduction Co., 358 A.2d 544 (Me. 1976).
Gordon v. Maine Reduction Co., 358 A.2d 544 (Me. 1976). “The employer challenged these allegations through numerous hearings and on March 25, 1974, filed a Petition for the Forfeiture of Compensation Benefits pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. § 65. The employer’s petition alleged that the evidence indicated the availability of a reasonable…”
Thibodeau v. Etscovitz Chevrolet, 365 A.2d 804 (Me. 1976). “39 M.R.S.A. § 65 1 was invoked by this employer-appellant to effect a forfeiture of an injured employee’s compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.”
Stratakos v. Wright, 272 A.2d 363 (Me. 1971). “In 1929 the Legislature revised the Act and added a new paragraph which, as 39 M.R.S.A. § 65 read, until 1965: “If an employee refuses or neglects to submit himself to any reasonable examination provided for in this Act, or in any way obstructs any such examination, or if he…”
Cline v. Wood, 510 A.2d 530 (Me. 1986). “” The commissioner and Appellate Division both concluded that a payment made by Travelers for a medical examination of the employee pursuant to 39 M.R.S.A. § 65 (1978) was a “payment made” within the meaning of section 95.”
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