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The workers' compensation certificate is used in the determination and management of the claim by insurers. The certificate also acts as a communication tool between insurers, employers, rehabilitation and return to work coordinators, allied health providers, medical practitioners and nurse practitioners due to the information supplied in it.

The Workers' Compensation certificate is available for use by doctors, dentists and nurse practitioners in a variety of formats.

Electronic writeable PDF

• Doctors and dentists please download the medical certificate
• For nurse practitioners please download the nurse practitioner certificate

Hardcopies

There are three options available to order the workers' compensation certificate in hardcopy. You can:

• Order online
• Comple the order form for doctors and dentists or nurse practitioners and fax it to (07) 3020 6358
• Call and place a phone order to (07) 3020 6357

Guidelines for completion

Guidelines on completing the certificate are also available for doctors and dentists and for nurse practitioners.

The workers' compensation certificate protocol for nurse practitioners states the conditions under which an endorsed nurse practitioner may issue a workers' compensation certificate.

Medical practice software

Q-COMP has a working relationship with several medical and practice software companies. The following medical practice software companies have the certificate available as part of their software (contact your software provider with inquiries).

Import templates into Medical Director

You can also import the workers' compensation medical certificate template into Medical Director.

Important: Templates are in the form of a .rtf (Rich Text File) file. They must not be opened except in Medical Director. To import them into Medical Director:

1. Right-mouse click on the file and select Save Target As. Go to the folder or location on the hard drive of the computer where you want to save it, and select Save
2. Start the Letter Writer module (either from the main menu or from within a patient record by selecting Tools > Letter Writer from the menu bar)
3. Click File > Modify Template from the Menu Bar
4. Select Blank Template
5. Click Open
6. Select File > Import from the Menu Bar
7. Find and select the template file to be imported, and either double-click on it or press 'open'- this will import the template into Medical Director
8. Modify the layout suit the page - change to landscape and adjust all margins to 10mm
9. Save the template by selecting File > Save as Template from the Menu Bar
10. Type in a new name for the template and click on All Users or Current User depending on who is to have access to the template
11. Click Save
12. This will save the template under the User Defined tab

Download the Workers' compensation medical certificate for Medical Director