---
title: "Work capacity certificate for a Queensland workers' compensation claim"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-work-capacity-certificate"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a21-form-qld-work-capacity-certificate"
area_id: "A21"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A21-A20260923-1", "A21-T1-R4", "A21-T1-R15"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Work capacity certificate for a Queensland workers' compensation claim

> Link to the WorkSafe work capacity certificate page: the claim is not valid without it. Only a doctor, a nurse practitioner for a minor injury, or a dentist for an oral injury may issue it.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-work-capacity-certificate  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the official form at worksafe.qld.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a Queensland workers' compensation application needs the certificate in section 132. The practitioner issues it. Allied health cannot. The sample on the page is an image, and some doctors use an older version.

## Used for these tasks

- [Reconcile the claim form with the medical chronology and payroll evidence](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/reconcile-the-claim-form-with-the-medical-chronology-and-payroll-evidenc.md)
- [Map statutory entitlements under the applicable compensation scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-statutory-entitlements-under-the-applicable-compensation-scheme.md)
- [Triage a new injury enquiry against scheme eligibility](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/triage-a-new-injury-enquiry-against-scheme-eligibility.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check that a certificate is on the file and list the injuries it names; it writes nothing in the diagnosis, capacity or certificate, and the practitioner completes it.

**AI may:**

- Check the file for a certificate that names every injury in the application
- Record the practitioner's name, the date, and which injuries are listed
- Flag a certificate that appears to be from an allied health provider

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the diagnosis, the history, the capacity, the restrictions, or any other clinical content
- Must not issue, sign or alter a work capacity certificate
- Must not decide whether the injury is minor or oral, or which practitioner may sign

**The lawyer checks:**

- The certificate is the approved form under section 132 and covers every injury to be assessed
- The signatory is a doctor who attended, a nurse practitioner for a minor injury, or a dentist for an oral injury
- An older version, if the doctor used one, is accepted only if the insurer accepts it
- The medical-provider instructions page was not opened

## Authorities

- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) s 132](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2003-027)
- [WorkSafe Queensland, Work capacity certificate](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/compensation-claims/making-a-claim/work-capacity-certificate)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/compensation-claims/making-a-claim/work-capacity-certificate)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by worksafe.qld.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-23.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-qld-work-capacity-certificate and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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