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Magistrates' Court WorkCover referral to a Medical Panel: completion guide

Link to the Magistrates' Court form parties or their practitioners complete and submit with an application to refer a WorkCover matter to a Medical Panel.

Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
Where it applies: Victoria
AI use: Red You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
Law stated as at: 23 October 2026
Status: Maintained. Checked on 23 October 2026 against the official form at mcv.vic.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.
Version: 1
Source: Link to the official form. Licence: © State of Victoria. Link only: download the current form from the official page each time; do not copy or adapt it.

Where this comes from

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

When to use it

Use when parties in the Magistrates' Court are asking the Court to refer medical questions to a Medical Panel. The parties or their practitioners complete the Court form. Check whether Medical Panels also requires its Court Referral Form 2026.

Used for these tasks

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

The tool may index the reports proposed for a referral; the practitioners complete the Court form and settle the medical questions, and the tool writes nothing that is filed.

AI may

Index medical reports and clinical notes already on the file that the lawyer is considering for a referral bundle
Note whether the proceeding is in the Magistrates' Court, the County Court, or another body the Medical Panels page names as a referrer

AI must not

Must not write the medical questions or any other text that is filed
Must not describe the 2018 form's questions. The PDF and the Word file were not opened
Must not treat the 2018 form as repealed. The Court page still publishes it

The lawyer checks

The Court page says the form should be completed by parties or their practitioners and submitted with all applications for referral to a medical panel. It is dated 1 January 2018 and was last updated on 13 November 2018
Medical Panels says a court referral should use its Court Referral Form 2026. The file name on that page is Court-referral-form-2025-07.pdf. Check which form the Court and Medical Panels currently require
Medical Panels says workers compensation referrals are made by WorkSafe and its agents, Workplace Injury Commission officers, self-insurers, the Magistrates' Court, the County Court, and the body the page calls the Victorian Civil Appeals Tribunal (VCAT)
Email to Medical Panels, when the page's path is used, is referrals@medicalpanels.vic.gov.au
Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether any disclosure would be a notifiable breach under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

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Authorities

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