---
title: "Record the Queensland time to ask for another impairment assessment"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-an-issued-impairment-assessment-against-the-time-to-dispute-it/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-5-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record the Queensland time to ask for another impairment assessment

> From the assessment notice and the date it was given, using a firm-controlled tool, record the percentage the notice states and that section 186 runs 20 business days after the notice is given. The pages say receipt.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the assessment notice and the date it was given, using a firm-controlled tool, record the percentage the notice states and that section 186 runs 20 business days after the notice is given. The pages say receipt. Do not draft the request, and do not write the last calendar day. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide whether to dispute the assessment, and you write the request. Section 186 runs 20 business days after the notice is given, and only if no tribunal has assessed it. A tribunal decision is final. Do not treat it as open to a rehearing on the merits. Use a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and any notifiable breach. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Check an issued impairment assessment against the time to dispute it](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-an-issued-impairment-assessment-against-the-time-to-dispute-it.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer disputes the assessment. The tool records the period and does not draft the request.

- What the AI does: From the assessment notice and the date it was given, using a firm-controlled tool, record the percentage the notice states and that section 186 runs 20 business days after the notice is given. The pages say receipt. Do not draft the request, and do not write the last calendar day.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Use the date the notice was given, which the lawyer confirms.
2. Keep the other-doctor path to a physical injury.
3. Leave the request itself blank.

## Notes

- Health, wage and scheme records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a disclosure is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- WorkSafe says that for a physical injury the worker can ask for another doctor or a Medical Assessment Tribunal review, and must tell the insurer within 20 business days of receiving the assessment notice. WorkCover also says to let it know within 20 business days of receiving the assessment notice. Section 186(2) instead runs 20 business days after the original notice is given, and section 186(1) applies only if a tribunal has not already assessed the degree. Section 186(3) requires the insurer to decide a request for another assessment within 10 business days after receiving the request. WorkSafe says the insurer decides within ten days of the request. WorkCover says within 10 days. Neither page calls those days business days. If the worker still disagrees after a second doctor, a final tribunal review can be asked for, and that decision is final.
- A psychiatric permanent-impairment assessment is undertaken only by the tribunal, and WorkSafe says that decision is final. The tool does not draft the request. The impairment guide was not opened.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Disagreeing with a Queensland permanent-impairment assessment

**Deliverable**: The notice date, the stated percentage, and the 20-business-day period. No request.

**Inputs**

- The assessment notice
- The date the notice was given
- Whether the injury is physical or psychiatric

**Example**: Illustrative example: A physical assessment notice states 8 per cent and was given on 2 March 2026. The note records that date and a 20-business-day period after the notice is given. It does not name the last day and it does not draft the request.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The date the notice was given is not known.
- The tool is asked to draft the request or to rehear a tribunal decision.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [WorkSafe Queensland: lump sum payments](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/compensation-claims/payments-and-support/lump-sum-payments) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkCover Queensland: lump sum payments for permanent impairment](https://www.workcoverqld.com.au/claims-and-payments/payments/lump-sum-payments-for-permanent-impairment) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Material for a Victorian WorkSafe Medical Panel](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/victorian-worksafe-medical-panel-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Index and statutory questions for a Medical Panel under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, for an impairment dispute or a court referral. |
| [Material for a Queensland Medical Assessment Tribunal](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/queensland-medical-assessment-tribunal-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Worker's index of documents for an insurer's referral to a Medical Assessment Tribunal, with the exchange times and the permanent-impairment questions the Act states. |
| [Index for a NSW Personal Injury Commission medical assessment](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-pic-medical-assessment-bundle.md) | Letter | Yellow | Working index and list of matters for a Personal Injury Commission medical assessment, in the workers compensation or motor accidents division, not a letter to the assessor. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*