--- title: "Questions for a treating doctor" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/questions-for-a-treating-doctor" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a21-questions-for-a-treating-doctor" area_id: "A21" kind: "letter" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A21-T1-R8", "A21-P20260916-3", "A21-P20260916-4", "A21-B1-2"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23" --- # Questions for a treating doctor > Letter asking a treating doctor for the dates, recorded diagnosis, treatment and certificates, with a separate opinion section that is sent only if the expert code is enclosed. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/questions-for-a-treating-doctor Law stated as at: 2026-10-23 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## Key facts - Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send. - Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) - Jurisdictions: Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales - 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 10 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. ## When to use it Use when a plaintiff firm needs the treating history from a doctor in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales. Use Part B only when the answers will be relied on as expert opinion and the code for that forum is enclosed. ## Used for these tasks - [Draft medico-legal instructions and review the draft report](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-medico-legal-instructions-and-review-the-draft-report.md) - [Check an expert report’s assumptions and AI disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-an-expert-report-s-assumptions-and-ai-disclosure.md) - [Check a proposed medico-legal referral before booking](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-a-proposed-medico-legal-referral-before-booking.md) - [Instruct a medical expert on PIC Gen AI requirements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/instruct-a-medical-expert-on-pic-gen-ai-requirements.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may assemble Part A from the known attendance dates, and the lawyer decides whether Part B is asked and settles any opinion question before the letter is sent. **AI may:** - Assemble the letter from the lawyer's questions, the assumption list and the document index. - Insert the forum block the lawyer has selected and remove the other forum blocks. - Check that every enclosed document is named in the index and that page numbers run in one sequence. **AI must not:** - Must not suggest, draft or strengthen the expert's opinion, diagnosis, impairment score or conclusion. - Must not put health, wage or benefit records into a public or consumer tool, or into a tool that may train on them. - Must not choose the forum's code or artificial intelligence rule from memory. The lawyer confirms the current instrument. - Must not draft an affidavit, a witness statement or a statutory declaration. - Must not turn Part A into an opinion on causation, negligence or impairment. - Must not add a jurat, a verification or the words of a statutory declaration. **The lawyer checks:** - Part B is marked not asked, unless the lawyer has settled the questions and enclosed the code. - The letter does not ask for an affidavit, a witness statement or a statutory declaration. - The authority is enclosed, and any extra records go by the approved secure channel. ## Authorities - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Schedule 7 (expert witness code of conduct), current version from 13 March 2026](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2005-0418#sch.7) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 31.23 (code of conduct must be provided, and the acknowledgement)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/ucpr2005305/s31.23.html) - [Personal Injury Commission Procedural Direction PIC4, Expert Witness Evidence](https://www.pi.nsw.gov.au/resources/procedural-directions/procedural-direction-pic4-expert-witness-evidence) - [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) r 44.01 (the code is Form 44A)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/sccpr2025433/s44.01.html) - [Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 (Vic) r 44.03 (report of expert)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/sccpr2025433/s44.03.html) - [County Court Civil Procedure Rules 2018 (Vic) r 44.01 (the code is Form 44A)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/cccpr2018380/s44.01.html) - [County Court of Victoria Common Law Division Practice Note PNCLD 1-2026, version 3.0 of 9 February 2026](https://www.countycourt.vic.gov.au/files/documents/2026-02/common-law-division-practice-note-pncld-feb-2026_0.docx) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429F (duty of expert)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429f.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) Schedule 1C (code of conduct for experts)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/sch1c.html) - [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) r 429H (requirements for report)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s429h.html) ## 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/questions-for-a-treating-doctor 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.*