§ 18-307. Treatment by a designated provider.  


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  • Employees of the city who sustain an occupational injury or disease or believing they have rights under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, Articles 40—47 of Title 8, Colorado Revised Statutes, as Amended, (hereinafter, "the Act") shall immediately upon receiving such injury or disease or becoming cognizant thereof, report it to their supervisor. The city shall provide the employee with the city's designated provider list, verbally and in writing pursuant to Rule 8 of the Division of Workers' Compensation Rules of Procedure (hereinafter the "Rules"). The employee shall report or be taken to the city's designated workers' compensation health care provider ("designated provider"), that is initially selected by the employee from the designated provider list for medical examination and treatment as hereinafter provided.

(Code 1950, § 149.2; Ord. No. 426-80, § 1, 8-25-80; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 101-00, § 1, 1-31-00; Ord. No. 79-06, § 1, 2-6-06; Ord. No. 5-08, § 1, 1-7-08)