Cal. Labor Code § 5307.27 : California Labor Code — Workers' Compensation And Insurance — Jurisdiction — Adoption of medical treatment utilization schedule Date: 15 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through the 2016 Legislative Session (a) The administrative director, in consultation with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, shall adopt, after public hearings, a medical treatment utilization schedule, that shall incorporate the evidence-based, peer-reviewed, nationally recognized standards of care recommended by the commission pursuant to Section 77.5, and that shall address, at a minimum, the frequency, duration, intensity, and appropriateness of all treatment procedures and modalities commonly performed in workers' compensation cases. (b) On or before July 1, 2017, the medical treatment utilization schedule adopted by the administrative director shall include a drug formulary using evidence-based medicine. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the authorization of medications that are not in the formulary when the variance is demonstrated, consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 4604.5. (c) The drug formulary shall include a phased implementation for workers injured prior to July 1, 2017, in order to ensure injured workers safely transition to medications pursuant to the formulary. (d) This section shall apply to all prescribers and dispensers of medications serving injured workers under the workers' compensation system. Ca. Lab. Code § 5307.27 Amended by Stats 2015 ch 525 (AB 1124),s 4, eff. 1/1/2016. Added by Stats 2003 ch 639 (SB 228),s 41, eff. 1/1/2004.