Utah Admin. Code R612-300-8 - Travel Allowance for Injured Workers
A. Payment for Travel to Obtain Medical Care.
An injured worker who must travel outside his or her community to obtain
necessary medical care is entitled to payment of meals and lodging. An injured
worker is entitled to other travel expenses regardless of distance. Payors
shall reimburse injured workers for these expenses according to the standards
set forth in State of Utah Accounting Policies and Procedures, Section FIACCT
10-02.00, "Travel Reimbursement".
1. All
travel must be by the most direct route and to the nearest location where
adequate treatment is reasonably available.
2. Travel may not be required between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless approved by the Commission.
B. Time Limits for Requesting and
Paying Travel Expenses.
1. Requests for
travel reimbursement must be submitted to the payor for payment within one year
after the subject travel expenses were incurred;
2. The payor must pay an injured employee's
travel expenses at the earlier of:
a. Every
three months;
b. Upon accrual of
$100 in such expense; or
c. At
closure of the injured worker's claim.
C. Prescriptions. Travel allowance shall not
include picking up prescriptions with the following exceptions:
1. Travel allowance will be allowed if
documentation is provided substantiating a claim that prescriptions cannot be
obtained locally within the injured worker's community;
2. Travel allowance will be allowed in
instances where dispensing laws do not allow a medication to be called in to a
pharmacy thus requiring an injured worker to physically obtain an original
prescription from the provider's office.
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