§ 97-61.2. Filing of first report; right of hearing; effect of report as testimony. - North Carolina Statutes

§97‑61.2.  Filing of first report; right of hearing; effect of report astestimony.

The advisory medical committeeshall file its report in triplicate with the Industrial Commission, which shallsend one copy thereof to the claimant and one copy thereof to the employer byregistered mail or certified mail. Unless within 30 days from receipt of thecopy of said report the claimant and employer, or either of them, shall requestthe Industrial Commission in writing to set the case for hearing for the purposeof examining and cross‑examining the  members of the advisory medicalcommittee respecting the report of said committee, and for the purpose ofintroducing additional testimony, said report shall become a part of the recordof the case and shall be accepted by the Industrial Commission as expertmedical testimony to be considered as such and in connection with all theevidence in the case in arriving at its decision. (1935, c. 123; 1945, c. 762;1955, c. 525, s. 2; 1963, c. 450, s. 5.)