DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Division of Workers’ Compensation
7 CCR 1101-3
	WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RULES OF PROCEDURE

8-5	ONE TIME CHANGE OF AUTHORIZED TREATING PHYSICIAN

(B)	To make a change pursuant to this Rule 8-5 the injured worker must complete and sign the form established by the division for this purpose.  The injured worker SHALL SUBMIT THE FORM TO THE EMPLOYER BY MAILING OR HAND-DELIVERING is to mail, hand-deliver or otherwise transmit in a verifiable manner the completed form to the current authorized treating physician, the physician the injured worker has selected to become the new authorized treating physician, and to the PERSON(S) DESIGNATED BY THE EMPLOYER TO RECEIVE THE FORM.  THE PERSON(S) SO DESIGNATED IS respondents’ representative(s) listed on the designated provider list given to the injured worker pursuant to Rule 8-2 or 8-4(C) AS THE RESPONDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE(S).  THE INJURED WORKER MAY, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO, PROVIDE THE FORM TO THE IMPACTED PHYSICIANS.  IN ANY EVENT, THE RESPONDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE(S) SHALL NOTIFY THE IMPACTED PHYSICIANS AND THE INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTING THE CLAIM OF THE CHANGE, UNLESS AN OBJECTION IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS RULE 8-5.