Medical treatment

1. Immediately following an injury, the employing authority shall: a. Assist the employee onsite; or b. Arrange for the transport of the employee for treatment to the preferred provider or the provider selected by the employee prior to the alleged injury. 2. An employing authority may not render medical care beyond first aid except for emergency response by qualified personnel unless the employer has chosen an onsite provider as its designated medical provider. The designated medical provider must be staffed by licensed physicians and x-ray and laboratory personnel whose job description and qualifications include treatment of employees. 3. An employee with an alleged compensable injury may request to change medical providers by submitting a letter to the bureau and the risk management division indicating the employee's request and the name, address, and telephone number of the proposed new medical provider. 4. After each visit to a treating medical provider, an employee with an alleged compensable injury shall submit to the employee's supervisor the provider's assessment of the alleged compensable injury with any restrictions and recommendations noted. Each physical assessment must be reported on the North Dakota workers' compensation claim for injury form (SFN 2828) part C3 and be submitted to the employee's supervisor as soon as possible and no more than forty-eight hours after the employee's visit to the treating medical provider. 5. If an employee is on family and medical leave because of an alleged compensable injury, the employee must submit certification from a licensed provider of health care substantiating the need for family medical leave.