Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 1.6. Permanent Disability Rating Determination
The regulation, as printed
The statute above this rule
Every regulation names the Labor Code it was written under. This is where the two halves of the law meet.
ImplementsLabor Code § 4061Labor Code § 4062Labor Code § 4062.1Labor Code § 4660Labor Code § 4662Labor Code § 4663Labor Code § 4664
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 5307.3, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 124, 4061, 4062, 4062.01, 4062.1, 4660, 4662, 4663 and 4664, Labor Code.
1. New section filed 4-25-91; operative 4-25-91 (Register 91, No. 26). New section is exempt from review by OAL pursuant to Government Code section11351. 2. Amendment of section and Note filed 12-31-2004 as an emergency; operative 1-1-2005 (Register 2004, No. 53). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-2-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. 3. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-31-2004 order transmitted to OAL 4-29-2005 and filed 6-10-2005 (Register 2005, No. 23). Go Back to Subchapter 1.6 Table of Contents
What panels did with this rule
Released decisions that named § 10152, with the passage each turned on. A panel decision persuades; it does not bind.
- ADJ10863870 · 2025-08-06 · Sacramento District Office8 CCR § 10152
Determinative passage · p.5treatment is indicated, or when the possibility of improvement of the injured worker's condition, by further medical treatment, has become remote. (See General Foundry Service v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Jackson) (1986) 42 Cal.3d 331, 339 [51 Cal.Comp.Cases 375]; Bstandig v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1977) 68 Cal.App.3d 988, 995-996 [42 Cal.Comp.Cases 114].) "A disability is considered permanent and stationary when the employee has reached maximal medical improvement, meaning his or her condition is well stabilized, and unlikely to change substantially in the next year with or without medical treatment." (Administrative Director Rule 10152, Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10152.)
Applied to determine the correct permanent and stationary date based on medical evidence and improvement.
Official decision · page 5 → - ADJ13565822 · 2022-04-25 · San Bernardino District Office8 CCR § 10152
Determinative passage · p.5A disability is considered permanent when the employee has reached maximum medical improvement, meaning his or her condition is well stabilized, and unlikely to change substantially in the next year with or without medical treatment. (Cal. Code of Regs., tit. 8, § 10152.)
Applied to evaluate Dr. Steinman's MMI opinion and disability status.
Official decision · page 5 →
Rules beside this one
Subchapter 1.6. Permanent Disability Rating Determination — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.