The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Division of Workers' Compensation's (DWC) final version of the Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) regulations. The effective date of the new regulations is: September 1, 2015. The new QME regulations establish a mandatory online QME panel request process for claims where the injured worker is represented by an attorney. A party making such a request through the DWC website will immediately be issued a QME panel ready for service on
