Common use of Medical Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Medical Arbitration. In the event of a dispute involving an employee’s physical or mental ability to perform his or her job and the Employer is not satisfied by the determination of the treating physician, the Employer may require the employee to be examined by a doctor of its own choice and at its expense. If the dispute still exists, final resolution, binding on both parties, shall be a report of a third doctor chosen by the employee’s doctor and the Employer’s doctor. The cost of this report shall be shared equally by the Employer and the Union.