N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 354: Preferred provider organizations; medical treatment

§ 354. Preferred provider organizations; medical treatment. 1. Each

preferred provider organization shall provide at least two providers in

every medical specialty from which the employee may choose and at least

two hospitals from which the employee may choose in the event that

hospitalization is necessary. The commissioner of health may waive such

numerical requirements upon a finding that the geographical area in

which the preferred provider organization is located cannot meet the

requirements.

2. An employee may seek medical treatment from outside the preferred

provider organization thirty days after his or her first visit to a

preferred provider organization provider. In the event that such

employee seeks medical treatment outside the preferred provider

organization the employer may require a second opinion from a provider

within the preferred provider organization.

3. An employee may seek a second opinion with respect to such medical

treatment from another provider within the preferred provider

organization at any time.