The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 21 : Labor
Chapter 009 : Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 642a)-
§ 642a. Temporary total; insurer review
The employer shall review every claim for temporary total disability benefits that continues for more than 104 weeks. Not later than 30 days after 104 weeks of continuous temporary total disability benefits have been paid, the employer shall file with the Department and the claimant a medical report from a physician that evaluates the medical status of the claimant, the expected duration of the disability, and when or if the claimant is expected to return to work. If the evaluating physician concludes that the claimant has reached a medical end result, the employer shall file a notice to discontinue. (Added 2007, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 130, eff. July 1, 2024.)
