As the Legislature printed it
DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200 - 6002] · PART 2. COMPUTATION OF COMPENSATION [4451 - 4856] · CHAPTER 2. Compensation Schedules [4550 - 4856] · ARTICLE 2. Medical and Hospital Treatment [4600 - 4615]
How panels applied this section
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- ADJ13071035 · 2026-04-24 · San Francisco District Office§ 4610.3
Determinative passage · p.8Once an employer authorizes "medical treatment [they] shall not rescind or modify that authorization after the medical treatment has been provided based on that authorization for any reason." (Labor Code section 4610.3(a).) The numerous bill review EORs that specifically deny payment based on the fact that authorization was rescinded is a clear violation of Labor Code section 4610.3. Defendant's failure to pay for the medical care that their own utilization review felt was reasonable and necessary was a denial of medical care and violation of the award of medical care in this case. As the treatment was reasonable and necessary (as evidenced by the UR authorization), and provided, defendant is obligated to pay for that treatment. Defendant's failure to pay is a delay in compensation under Labor Code section 5814.
Defendant's repeated denial of payment for authorized care violated section 4610.3 and caused delay in compensation under section 5814.
Official decision · page 8 → - ADJ19406087 · 2026-02-03 · Santa Ana District Office§ 4610.3
Determinative passage · p.6Section 4610.3(a) sets forth guidelines following authorized medical treatment disallowing the employer an opportunity to rescind the authorization after treatment has been provided.
Applied to evaluate retroactive non-certification of treatment.
Official decision · page 6 →
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About California Labor Code § 4610.3
What is California Labor Code § 4610.3?
Labor Code § 4610.3 sits in ARTICLE 2. Medical and Hospital Treatment [4600 - 4615]. The statute on this page begins: (a) Regardless of whether an employer has established a medical provider network pursuant to Section 4616 or entered into a contract with a. The official display is on LegInfo; this is a reprint.
Did WCAB panels apply Labor Code § 4610.3 in this corpus?
This corpus has 2 released decisions whose extracted legal standards named § 4610.3. Quotes and PDFs are on this page. That is not every case in California that ever cited the section.