Lab. Code, § 5272 · Part 3.5. ARBITRATION
Lab. Code, § 5272
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Arbitrators shall have all of the statutory and regulatory duties and responsibilities of a workers’ compensation judge, as set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4, except for the following:
(a) Arbitrators shall have no power to order the injured worker to be examined by a qualified medical evaluator pursuant to Sections 5701 and 5703.5.
(b) Arbitrators shall not have power of contempt.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1550, Sec. 51.
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