Section 5307.27 Of Chapter 1. Jurisdiction From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
5307.27
. (a) The administrative director, in consultation with the
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, shall
adopt, after public hearings, a medical treatment utilization
schedule, that shall incorporate the evidence-based, peer-reviewed,
nationally recognized standards of care recommended by the commission
pursuant to Section 77.5, and that shall address, at a minimum, the
frequency, duration, intensity, and appropriateness of all treatment
procedures and modalities commonly performed in workers' compensation
cases.
(b) On or before July 1, 2017, the medical treatment utilization
schedule adopted by the administrative director shall include a drug
formulary using evidence-based medicine. Nothing in this section
shall prohibit the authorization of medications that are not in the
formulary when the variance is demonstrated, consistent with
subdivision (a) of Section 4604.5.
(c) The drug formulary shall include a phased implementation for
workers injured prior to July 1, 2017, in order to ensure injured
workers safely transition to medications pursuant to the formulary.
(d) This section shall apply to all prescribers and dispensers of
medications serving injured workers under the workers' compensation
system.