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    "ocrText": "STATE OF NEW YORK\nDEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nMINIMUM MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULE\nWHEREAS, heretofore and on or about the 10th day of April 1940, a\nminimum medical fee schedule, established pursuant to Chapters 258 and 930 of\nthe Laws of 1935 amending the Workmen's Compensation Law, was promulgated in the\nform of the printed booklet, pages 5 to 23, inclusive, (hereto annexed marked\nExhibit A to form a part of this order) entitled \"Minimum Fee Schedule for\nMedical Treatment and Care of Injured Employees, !f and\nWHEREAS, since the date of such promulgation I duly found it necessary\nand appropriate, in the public interest and in the interest of the proper and\njust administration of the Workmen's Compensation Law, to change and amend the\nminimum medical fee schedule aforesaid:\nNOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 21\nsubdivision 2 of the Labor Law and Section 13 (a) of the Workmen's Compensation\nLaw, I, Industrial Commissioner, hereby establish and promulgate for the State\nof New York Exhibit A (pages 5 to 23), hereto annexed as a schedule of minimum\ncharges and fees for medical treatment and care of injured employees under the\nWorkmen's Compensation Law, subject to the following modifications, amendments\nand changes:\nI)\nParagraph numbered \"12\", (page numbered \"6\") of Exhibit A is\nhereby abrogated and repealed and there is hereby substituted in lieu thereof\nthe following paragraph numbered 12:\n12. Multiple injuries treated by one doctor\nrequiring extensive surgical dressings or\ncare are to be charged for the greatest\nplus one-half of the lesser fees but\nlimited to two times the greatest fee.\nSuperficial injuries not requiring extensive\nattention are not to carry cumulative charges.\nX-rays of multiple injuries or parts shall\nbe charged as follows:\n(a) For two contiguous parts, the charge\nshall be the greater fee plus 50% of\nthe lesser fee.\n(b) For two remote parts, the charge shall\nbe the greater fee plus 75% of the lesser\nfee.\n(c) For three or more parts, whether contiguous\nor remote, the charge shall be the greatest\nfee plus 75% of the total of the lesser fees."
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