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Q.
If I am injured on the job, do I have to go to the company’s doctor?
A.
Wisconsin law says that, when you are injured on the job, you are allowed to
choose your own doctor for any treatment. In fact, you have two choices - if you
wish to be treated by a second doctor, you simply inform the company in writing
that you are seeing a second doctor, and go to the second doctor.
Of course, if your first doctor
refers you to another doctor that is not a second choice, nor is it a second
choice if you see more that one doctor in the same clinic.
So the company, except in an
emergency, cannot require you to be treated by their doctor. However, the
company does have the right to send you to a doctor of their choosing for
evaluation only. Can they send you to more than one? That depends on whether
they have a good reason. How often can they send you for evaluation? That too
depends on what their reason is.
The real answers are different in
each case. If you have been asked to see the company’s doctor, it’s probably a
good idea to get the advice of a lawyer experienced in worker’s compensation.
Such lawyers do not charge for that advice, and the answer could have a large
impact on your case.
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