* § 13-l. Care and treatment of injured employees by duly licensed\nchiropractors. 1. Where the term "chairman" is hereinafter used, it\nshall be deemed to mean the chair of the workers' compensation board of\nthe state of New York.\n 2. An employee injured under circumstances which make such injury\ncompensable under this article, when care is required for an injury\nwhich consists solely of a condition which may lawfully be treated by a\nchiropractor as defined in section sixty-five hundred fifty-one of the\neducation law may select to treat him or her, any duly registered and\nlicensed chiropractor of the state of New York, authorized by the chair\nto render chiropractic care as hereinafter provided. If the injury or\ncondition is one which is outside the limits prescribed by the education\nlaw for chiropractic care and treatment, the said chiropractor must so\nadvise the said injured employee and instruct him or her to consult a\nphysician of said employee's choice for appropriate care and treatment.\nSuch physician shall thenceforth have supervision of the treatment of\nsaid condition including the future treatment to be administered to the\npatient by the chiropractor. The chair shall prepare and establish a\nschedule for the state, or schedules limited to defined localities of\ncharges and fees for chiropractic treatment and care, to be determined\nin accordance with and to be subject to change pursuant to rules\npromulgated by the chair. Before preparing such schedule for the state\nor schedules for limited localities the chair shall request the\nchiropractic practice committee to submit to him or her a report on the\namount of remuneration deemed by such committee to be fair and adequate\nfor the types of chiropractic care to be rendered under this chapter,\nbut consideration shall be given to the view of other interested\nparties, the amounts payable by the employer for such treatment and\nservices shall be the fees and charges established by such schedule.\n 3. (a) No claim for chiropractic care or treatment shall be valid and\nenforceable as against the employer or employees unless within\nforty-eight hours following the first treatment the chiropractor giving\nsuch care or treatment furnishes to the employer and directly to the\nchair a preliminary notice of such injury and treatment, and within\nfifteen days thereafter a more complete report and subsequent thereto\nprogress reports as requested in writing by the chair, board, employer\nor insurance carrier, at intervals of not less than three weeks apart or\nat less frequent intervals if requested on forms prescribed by the\nchair. The board may excuse the failure to give such notices within the\ndesignated periods when it finds it to be in the interest of justice to\ndo so.\n (b) Upon receipt of the notice provided for by paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, the employer, the carrier, and the claimant each shall be\nentitled to have the claimant examined by a qualified chiropractor\nauthorized by the chair in accordance with section thirteen-b and\nsection one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter at a medical facility\nconvenient to the claimant and in the presence of the claimant's\nchiropractor, and refusal by the claimant to submit to such independent\nmedical examination at such time or times as may reasonably be necessary\nin the opinion of the board shall bar the claimant from recovering\ncompensation, for any period during which he or she has refused to\nsubmit to such examination.\n (c) Where it would place an unreasonable burden upon the employer or\ncarrier to arrange for, or for the claimant to attend, an independent\nmedical examination by an authorized chiropractor, the employer or\ncarrier shall arrange for such examination to be performed by a\nqualified chiropractor in a medical facility convenient to the claimant.\n (d) The independent chiropractic examiner shall provide such reports\nand shall submit to investigation as required by the chai
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