This section has been repealed. It stays here because decisions applied it while it stood, and those decisions are unreadable without it. Do not rely on it as current law.
Where this sits
- Title 8. Industrial Relations
- Division 1. Department of Industrial Relations
- Chapter 1.
- Division of Workers' Compensation -- Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations
- Article 5. QME Reappointment
The regulation, as printed
The state publishes this section as a document rather than as text. Open the official copy below.
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 139.2 and 5307.3, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 139.2(d) and 139.2(j)(6), Labor Code.
1. New section filed 5-9-91; operative 5-9-91 (Register 91, No. 26). New section is exempt from review by OAL pursuant to Government Code section 11351(a). 2. Repealer filed 8-1-94; operative 8-31-94 (Register 94, No. 31). 3. Renumbering of former section 52 to section 54 filed 4-14-2000; operative 5-14-2000 (Register 2000, No. 15). 4. Amendment of section and Note filed 1-13-2009; operative 2-17-2009 (Register 2009, No. 3). 5. Repealer filed 2-26-2024; operative 2-26-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. >9).
No released decision named this rule
Not a comment on the rule — most of Title 8 never reaches a published panel decision, because most of it is followed without argument. The text above is the state's own.
Rules beside this one
Article 5. QME Reappointment — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
- § 52Reappointment: Unavailability Notification. [Repealed]
- § 53Reappointment: Failure of Board Certification Examination [Reserved].
- § 53.1QME Continuing Education Response Form. [Repealed]
- § 55Reappointment: Continuing Education Programs. For Applications Received Before April 1, 2026.
- § 55.1Reappointment: Continuing Education Programs.
- § 56Reappointment: Failure to Comply with WCAB Order or Ruling. [Repealed]