Reading Guide for Medical Practitioners - WorkCover Tasmania

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR TRAVELLING EXPENSESSection 76TravelAn employer is liable to pay to the worker or his/her dependants the reasonableexpenses necessarily incurred by the worker for travelling and maintenance inconnection with all or any of the following purposes:• To undergo any medical examination under Division 1A of Part VII• To obtain the medical, hospital or rehabilitation services in respect ofwhich he or she is entitled to compensation; or• Such amount as may be prescribed.An employer is also liable to pay the reasonable expenses for a person who goeswith the worker while the worker is travelling for the purpose of a medicalexamination or to obtain medical and/or other services. A medical practitionermust certify, in writing, that it is necessary in the circumstances that the worker beaccompanied by another person whilst travelling.Examples:Jemima travels to see a specialist fromher home in Penguin to Launceston.She is worried about the cost of thesetrips.Travel (local, rural or interstate) andassociated costs to receive a medicalexamination and/or treatment orrehabilitation services are claimable fromthe employer.Jocelyn is being sent by her employer tosee a specialist in Melbourne inconnection with her claim. She has aback injury and feels she cannot makethe journey alone.If her medical practitioner certifies inwriting that it is necessary for Jocelyn tobe accompanied on the journey, theemployer is required to pay the costs ofanother person to accompany her.Reading Guide for Medical Practitioners Version: 2, June 2010Page 17 of 27