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Back to Table of Contents. MEDICAL ARBITRATION A. The employee may employ a licensed physician of their own choosing and at their own expense for the purpose of conducting a further medical examination for the same or recommended purpose of the medical examination made by the physician employed by the County. A copy of the findings of the physician so chosen by the employee involved shall be furnished to the County, and in the event such findings verify the findings of the physician employed by the County, no further medical review of the case shall be afforded. B. In the event the findings of the physician chosen by the employee involved shall disagree with the findings of the physician employed by the County, the County and the employee involved shall, within five (5) days from such disagreement agree upon and select a third (3rd) board certified specialist in the area for which the employee complains, who is a qualified, licensed and disinterested, physician for the purpose of making a further medical examination of the employee involved. If the third (3rd) physician agrees to make a further medical examination of the employee involved, the employee must secure an appointment with the third (3rd) physician within five (5) days of such acceptance. The third (3rd) physician shall have five (5) days from the date of the physician’s medical examination of the employee involved to submit the physician’s findings to the County, the employee, and/or the Union. The findings of the third (3rd) neutral physician, shall determine the disposition of the case

Back to Table of Contents. MEDICAL ARBITRATION A. The employee may employ a licensed physician of their own choosing and at their own expense for the purpose of conducting a further medical examination for the same or recommended purpose of the medical examination made by the physician employed by the County. A copy of the findings of the physician so chosen by the employee involved shall be furnished to the County, and in the event such findings verify the findings of the physician employed by the County, no further medical review of the case shall be afforded. B. In the event the findings of the physician chosen by the employee involved shall disagree with the findings of the physician employed by the County, the County and the employee involved shall, within five (5) days from such disagreement agree upon and select a third (3rd) board certified specialist in the area for which the employee complains, who is a qualified, licensed and disinterested, physician for the purpose of making a further medical examination of the employee involved. If the third (3rd) physician agrees to make a further medical examination of the employee involved, the employee must secure an appointment with the third (3rd) physician within five (5) days of such acceptance. The third (3rd) physician shall have five (5) days from the date of the physician’s medical examination of the employee involved to submit the physician’s findings to the County, the employee, and/or the Union. The findings of the third (3rd) neutral physician, shall determine the disposition of the casecase 25 Blue Collar