Labor Code § 5272

PART 3.5. ARBITRATION

Current as of September 28, 2026Lab. Code, § 5272Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1550, Sec. 51.

Arbitrators shall have all of the statutory and regulatory duties and responsibilities of a workers’ compensation judge, as set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 5300) of Part 4, except for the following:

(a) Arbitrators shall have no power to order the injured worker to be examined by a qualified medical evaluator pursuant to Sections 5701 and 5703.5.

(b) Arbitrators shall not have power of contempt.