62-7-39. Determining permanent partial or permanent total disability compensation.
An employee, employer, employer’s insurer, or self-insured employer shall be permitted to use the results of post-offer base line testing or a functional capacity assessment, as utilized by Guidelines to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment established by the American Medical Association, sixth edition, July 2009 reprint, performed during the course of employment, or other medical evidence of impairment for the purpose of determining permanent partial or permanent total disability compensation due to an employee.
Source: SL 1995, ch 296, §14; SL 2013, ch 260, §1.