--- title: "Index the questions for a Victorian Medical Panel referral" url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-the-questions-and-the-document-index-for-a-statutory-medical-ass/victoria" type: "task_jurisdiction_version" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "A21-WC20261023-6-VIC" practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)" tier: "yellow" lawyer_review: "required" jurisdictions: ["VIC"] last_reviewed: "2026-10-25" --- # Index the questions for a Victorian Medical Panel referral > 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. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-the-questions-and-the-document-index-for-a-statutory-medical-ass/victoria Last reviewed: 2026-10-25 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## 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 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 | | Written for | Victoria | | Applies to | [Prepare the questions and the document index for a statutory medical assessment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/prepare-the-questions-and-the-document-index-for-a-statutory-medical-ass.md) | ## Checking plan **Verify against sources** The lawyer writes anything that is sent. The index lists questions and documents. It is not the referral. - What the AI does: 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 does: The lawyer makes the legal assessment, checks the source material and authorises 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. 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. 2. The opened pages do not say the worker lodges that referral. Do not prepare a worker's lodging form for it. 3. Once the opinion has issued, the panel cannot reopen the matter. For most WorkCover cases the opinion takes about four weeks from the appointment. 4. Each question stays a medical question. Liability, weekly payments and the reading of the Act are not medical questions. ## Notes - 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. ## Practical guide Jurisdiction: Victoria: a medical question in a WorkSafe conciliation, or a Wrongs Act medical panel **Deliverable**: An internal index of documents and questions. **Inputs** - The reports the lawyer has selected - The questions in the lawyer's words - Whether a conciliation officer is the referrer **Example**: 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 escalate when** - The index is being lodged as the referral. - A question asks the panel to decide liability or to calculate compensation. Checked 2026-10-23. ## Sources - [Medical Panels Victoria: getting the Medical Panel's opinion](https://medicalpanels.vic.gov.au/panel-hearings/getting-the-medical-panels-opinion/) (checked 2026-10-23) - [Workplace Injury Commission: conciliation](https://www.wic.vic.gov.au/conciliation) (checked 2026-10-23) - [County Court of Victoria: Use of Artificial Intelligence by Court Users Practice Note (9 June 2026)](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-06/use-artificial-intelligence-court-users-practice-note.docx) (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.*