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WASHINGTON HOSP. CENTER v. D.C. DOES

No. 00-AA-1078.

789 A.2d 1261 (2002)

The WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent. Roberta West, Intervenor.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Dale, Bowie, MD, for petitioner.

Richard W. Galiher, Jr., Rockville, MD, for intervenor.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge.

Under the present version of the District of Columbia Workers Compensation Act (DCWCA), D.C.Code § 32-1507(b)(3) (2001), an injured employee has an essentially unfettered right to choose an initial attending physician to provide medical care for the injury. Once chosen, however, that physician may not be changed by the employee without authorization from either the insurer or the Office of Workers Compensation (Office), a component...

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