Kan. Admin. Regs. § 51-9-11

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 51-9-11 - Transportation to obtain medical treatment

(a) It shall be the duty of the employer to provide transportation to obtain medical services to and from the home of the injured employee whether those services are outside the community in which the employee resides or within the community.

(b) The employer shall reimburse the worker for the reasonable cost of transportation under the following conditions:

(1) if an injured worker does not have a vehicle or reasonable access to a vehicle of a family member living in the worker's home; or

(2) if the worker, because of the worker's physical condition, cannot drive and must therefore hire transportation to obtain medical treatment.

Reimbursement may include, among other things, reimbursement for the cost of taxi service, other public transportation, and ambulance service, if required by a physician, and for the cost of hiring another individual to drive the worker for medical treatment. Any charges presented to the employer or insurance carrier for payment shall be a fair and reasonable amount based on the customary charges for those services.

(c) If an injured worker drives that worker's own vehicle or drives, or is driven in, a vehicle of a family member living in the home of the worker, and if any round trip exceeds five miles, the respondent and insurance carrier shall reimburse the worker for an amount comparable to the mileage expenses provided in K.S.A. 44-515.

(d) In any dispute in regard to charges for mileage expenses, and on application by any party to the proceedings, the reasonable cost of transportation shall be determined by a hearing before a workers compensation administrative law judge.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 51-9-11

Authorized by K.S.A. 44-573; implementing K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 44-510, as amended by L. 1997, Ch. 125, Sec. 4; effective May 1, 1980; amended May 1, 1983; amended May 22, 1998.