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• QME Accreditation -✓✓Process for QME approval under Labor Code section
139.2
• Permanent Disability Determination -✓✓Assessment of lasting impairment
affecting work capacity
• Substantial Evidence -✓✓Sufficient proof to support a claim or decision
• Rating by Analogy -✓✓Assigning disability rating based on similar cases
• Industrial Cancer -✓✓Work-related cancer due to occupational exposure
• Apportionment Determinations -✓✓Allocation of disability causes in a claim
• Causation -✓✓Establishing the link between an event and its outcome
• Risk Factors -✓✓Conditions increasing the likelihood of harm or injury
• Unlawful Discrimination -✓✓Illegitimate differentiation leading to unfair
treatment
• QME Selection Process -✓✓Procedure for choosing a Qualified Medical
Evaluator
• Examination Process -✓✓Steps involved in medical evaluations by QMEs
• Conflict of Interest Disclosure -✓✓Revealing any personal interests that may
affect judgment
• Ethical Obligations of the QME -✓✓Moral duties and responsibilities of the
medical evaluator
, • Evaluation Protocols -✓✓Set rules and procedures for medical assessments
• Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) -✓✓Physician appointed to resolve disputes
in workers' compensation cases
• Labor Code section 139.2 -✓✓Enacted in 1991, authorizes the QME program and
sets evaluation laws
• Permanent Disability Determinations -✓✓Laws governing long-term injury
compensation eligibility
• QME Examination Process -✓✓Includes appointment scheduling, examination,
and post-exam procedures
• Workers' Compensation Case Law -✓✓Legal precedents related to workers'
compensation disputes
• California Labor Code -✓✓Regulations governing labor practices in California
• Physician's Guide -✓✓Resource detailing medical evaluation procedures for
QMEs
• QME Rules -✓✓Regulations found in title 8 of the California Code of
Regulations
• Physician Specialties -✓✓Recognized based on board certification or
postgraduate training
• Accreditation Requirements -✓✓Include passing the QME competency exam and
report writing course
• Appointment Criteria -✓✓Varies based on physician type, detailed in Labor Code
section 139.2
• Specialty Designation -✓✓Recognition of a physician's specialized area of
practice