11 CAR § 25-117. Treatment at Veterans Affairs Hospital

        11 CAR § 25-117. Treatment at Veterans Affairs Hospital.

        (a) In the event an injured workman enters a United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital for treatment of an on-the-job injury, the hospital, as soon as it ascertains from the injured employee that he or she is suffering from an alleged compensable injury, shall promptly notify the employer and its insurance carrier, as well as the Workers’ Compensation Commission that the injured employee is under its care.

        (b)(1) Upon receipt of such notice, the employer or its insurance carrier shall immediately offer in writing to provide the employee care in a private hospital under the care of a private physician qualified to treat the particular difficulty.

                (2) The treating physician shall be chosen by respondents, but the right of the employee to change physicians under Section 11, Arkansas Statutes § 81-1311, shall not be abrogated.

        (c) A copy of the offer shall be furnished to the hospital.

        (d) In the event the offer is declined by the employee, then the employer and its insurance carrier shall not be liable for the expense of the treatment rendered by the hospital. 



	
		
		
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		<p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">        </span><span class="cs8CC5C532">11 CAR &sect; 25-117. Treatment at Veterans Affairs Hospital.</span></p><p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">        (a) In the event an injured workman enters a United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital for treatment of an on-the-job injury, the hospital, as soon as it ascertains from the injured employee that he or she is suffering from an alleged compensable injury, shall promptly notify the employer and its insurance carrier, as well as the Workers&rsquo; Compensation Commission that the injured employee is under its care. </span></p><p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">        (b)(1) Upon receipt of such notice, the employer or its insurance carrier shall immediately offer in writing to provide the employee care in a private hospital under the care of a private physician qualified to treat the particular difficulty. </span></p><p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">                (2) The treating physician shall be chosen by respondents, but the right of the employee to change physicians under Section 11, Arkansas Statutes &sect; 81-1311, shall not be abrogated. </span></p><p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">        (c) A copy of the offer shall be furnished to the hospital. </span></p><p class="cs1C6C117C"><span class="cs717C1F">        (d) In the event the offer is declined by the employee, then the employer and its insurance carrier shall not be liable for the expense of the treatment rendered by the hospital. </span></p>
This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows:

"(Effective March 1, 1982)"

This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules contained a footnote to 11 CAR § 25-117(b)(2) following the phrase "under Section 11, Arkansas Statutes § 81-1311" as follows:

"* See Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-514."
Arkansas Code § 11-9-207