The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 655)
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§ 655. Procedure in obtaining compensation; medical examination; video and audio recording
After an injury and during the period of disability, if so requested by his or her
employer, or ordered by the Commissioner, the employee shall submit to examination,
at reasonable times and within a two-hour driving radius of the residence of the injured
employee, by a duly licensed physician or surgeon designated and paid by the employer.
The Commissioner may in his or her discretion permit an examination outside the two-hour
driving radius if it is necessary to obtain the services of a provider who specializes
in the evaluation and treatment specific to the nature and extent of the employee’s
injury. The employee may make a video or audio recording of any examination performed
by the insurer’s physician or surgeon or have a licensed health care provider designated
and paid by the employee present at the examination. The employer may make an audio
recording of the examination. The right of the employee to record the examination
shall not be construed to deny to the employer’s physician the right to visit the
injured employee at all reasonable times and under all reasonable conditions during
total disability. If an employee refuses to submit to or in any way obstructs the
examination, the employee’s right to prosecute any proceeding under the provisions
of this chapter shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases, and compensation
shall not be payable for the period which the refusal or obstruction continues. (Amended 2009, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2013, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 62, eff. June 24, 2014.)