{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-294e","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-294e","heading":"Employee's option to obtain medical care at employee's expense. Refusal of employee to accept or obtain reasonable medical care.","body":"(a) At his option, the injured employee may refuse the medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service provided by his employer and obtain the same at his own expense.\n(b) If it appears to the administrative law judge that an injured employee has refused to accept and failed to obtain reasonable medical and surgical aid or hospital and nursing service, all rights of compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall be suspended during such refusal and failure.","path":["TITLE 31. LABOR","CHAPTER 568*. WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","PART B*. WORKERS' COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_568.htm#sec_31-294e","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:09Z","sha256":"cd4b96a521c85e50e0adef53bc522cb48ae9fb4cdf99cfa35b5bedb828f7a882","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-294d","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-294f"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}