Index the questions for a Victorian Medical Panel referral
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the reports the lawyer has selected, on a firm-controlled tool, index the documents and list medical questions in the lawyer's words. Do not write the referral that is lodged.
- What the lawyer must review
- You write any referral that is lodged
- Check that each question is medical, not legal
- Keep the health records in a firm-controlled tool
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Victoria: a medical question in a WorkSafe conciliation, or a Wrongs Act medical panel
Produce. An internal index of documents and questions.
Have ready. The reports the lawyer has selected; The questions in the lawyer's words; Whether a conciliation officer is the referrer.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: The draft question asks whether the employer is liable. The index moves that question out of the medical list. The lawyer writes any referral. The index is not sent.
Stop and hand it back when
- The index is being lodged as the referral.
- A question asks the panel to decide liability or to calculate compensation.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the reports the lawyer has selected, on a firm-controlled tool, index the documents and list medical questions in the lawyer's words. Do not write the referral that is lodged. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Medical Panels receives workers compensation referrals and Wrongs Act referrals. On a WorkSafe dispute, the Workplace Injury Commission page says a conciliation officer may refer a medical question for an opinion that is binding and must be accepted.
- The opened pages do not say the worker lodges that referral. Do not prepare a worker's lodging form for it.
- Once the opinion has issued, the panel cannot reopen the matter. For most WorkCover cases the opinion takes about four weeks from the appointment.
- Each question stays a medical question. Liability, weekly payments and the reading of the Act are not medical questions.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material for a Victorian WorkSafe Medical Panel | Letter | AI use 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 | Letter | AI use 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 | Letter | AI use 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. All precedents.
Sources
- Medical Panels Victoria: getting the Medical Panel's opinion · 2026-10-23
- Workplace Injury Commission: conciliation · 2026-10-23
- County Court of Victoria: Use of Artificial Intelligence by Court Users Practice Note (9 June 2026) · 2026-10-23
No Workplace Injury Commission generative-AI practice note was found. If the same questions are later used in the County Court, the practice note of 9 June 2026 applies, including its caution on expert reports.
The tool writes none of the panel opinion and none of an expert report.