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Bill 63
The provincial government recently changed the parts of the Workers Compensation Act that deals with the appeal system. Bill 63, the Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), reduces the levels of review and appeal of WCB decisions from three to two, creates a new internal Review Division to improve the quality of initial decision making, and establishes a new independent appeal tribunal as the final level of appeal for workers compensation matters.As provided for by Section 36 of Bill 63, the Medical Review Panel Department will continue to process and complete all proceedings pending under Sections 58(3) to (5) and 63(1) of the Act. This means that all Medical Review Panel proceedings pending on November 30, 2002 will not be affected.
If you received a medical decision from a Board officer, the Review Board, or the Appeal Division on or before November 30, 2002, you have 90 days to request an examination by a Medical Review Panel. We are treating all MRP applications in the same way, based on the existing policies, so long as the medical decision was made on or before November 30, 2002.
If you received a medical decision from a Board Officer, the Review Board, or the Appeal Division after November 30, 2002, it cannot be appealed to a Medical Review Panel.
After November 30, 2002, the Board will not be able to request that a worker be examined by a Medical Review Panel under Section 58(5).
After November 30, 2002, a dependent of a deceased worker will not be
able to request an inquiry into the cause of death of a worker.