8 AAC 45.122 - Rating of permanent impairment
(a) The board will
give public notice of the edition of the American Medical Association
Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairmentand effective date for
using the edition by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation
in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau as well as issue a bulletin published on
the division's website
(b) It is
presumed that the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation
of Permanent Impairment(AMA) address the injury. If the board finds
the presumption is overcome by clear and convincing evidence and if the
permanent impairment cannot, in the board's opinion, be determined under the
AMA guides, then the impairment rating must be based on The State of
Minnesota, Department of Labor and Industry, Permanent Partial Disability
Schedule,effective July 1, 1993, or the American Academy of
Orthopedic Surgeons Manual For Evaluating Permanent Physical Impairments
(AAOS),first edition (1965). If a rating under the Permanent
Partial Disability Scheduleor the AAOS is not of the whole person, the
rating must be converted to a whole person rating under the AMA
guides.
(c) A rating of zero
impairment under AMA guides is a permanent impairment determination and no
determination may be made under the Permanent Partial Disability
Scheduledescribed in (b) of this section or the AAOS.
Notes
Authority:AS 23.30.005
AS 23.30.095
AS 23.30.190
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