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 SIXTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Snss. II. C11. 509. 1927. 1427 umich:. smzvrcms Aim sorrnms u•¤au•¤s¤,•¤. Sno. 7. (a) The employer shall furnish such medical sur 'cal and '*`° "° ‘°'“*"‘°‘* **7 other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital serficefdiedicine, mpwm · crutches, and apparatus for such period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery may require. If the employer fails to ,,,;*,’“,$§,'¢,'§,,· §§’,‘°.¥; provide the same, after request y the injlured employee, such in'ured P‘*3g,{,',‘},i’g°’°'·°*°~ em loyee may do so at the expense of t e emploger. The employee shall not be entitled to recover any amount expen ed by him for such treatment or services unless he shall have. requested the emplo er to furnish the same and the employer shall have refused or neglected to do so, or unless the nature of the injury required such treatment and services and the employer or his superintendent or foreman hav- ing knowledge of such injury shall have neglected to provide the same; nor shall any claim for medical or surgical treatment be valid F~¤v¤r=t riawrzgqg and enforceable, as against such employer, unless within twenty aaa. y days following the first treatment the physician giving such treat- mentefurnish to the employer and the deputy commissioner a report of such injury and treatment, on a form (prescribed by the commission. (bg Whenever in the opinion of the eputy commissioner a phlylsi- suaaqwa enmi- cian{ as not impartially estimated the degree of permanent disab` 'ty §$t,{’ “’ °°"°°°‘ or the extent of temporaply disability o any injured employee, the deputy commissioner sha have the power to cause such employee to be examined by a physician selected by the deputy commissioner and toobtain-from such physician a report containing his estimate of such disabilities. If the repo1·t of such physician s ows that the Gm or. mms estimate of the physician has notbeen impartial from the standpoint $if‘°° t° °“' ’ of such employee the deputy commissioner shall have the power in his discretion to charge the cost of such examination to the employer, if he is a se1f·insurer, or to the insurance company which is carrying the risk. All fees and other charges_for such treatment or service shall _¤{·¤¤¤¢¤¤¤¤ ¤¢ fm. be ` ited to such char es as prevail in the same commnmity for simi— lartreatment of injuregl persons of like standard of living, and shall be subject to regulation by the deputy commissioner. oournxsurron ron nxsanrmrr wg-inbilltyco¢np•¤sa¤· $:30. 8. Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee p1:y:·¤¤¤*· ¢¤ im- as llows:. - ia) Permanent total disability: In case of total disability ·b§’u°{,F**·¤¤¤* ****1 db adjudged to be permanent 66% per centum of the average weekl ` wages shall be paid to the emp oyee duringthe continuance of such total disability. Loss of both hands, or both arms, or both feet, or ,,,*§,’g°,§f"*”l°"°•°°¤r both legs or both eyes, or of any two thereof shall, inthe absence of conclusive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total In all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined accordance with the facts. . ‘ ' ‘ (b) Temporary total disability: In case of disability total in T¤¤¤¤=¤v¤*¤L character but temporary in quality 66% per centum of t e average Hleekly; wages sh be paid to the employee during the continuance ereo . · · (c) Permanent partial disability: In case of disability artial in *’°'”‘““°“‘l’"“°*· character but permanent in quality the compensation shag be 66% per oentum of the average weekly wages, and shall be paid to the un loyee, as follows: ·` ` · 1) Arm lost, three hundred and twelve weeks’ compensation. S"°“°‘d ”‘i"'“‘· 2)* Leg lost, two hundred and eighty-eight weeks’ compensation. 3) Hand lost, two hundred and forty-four weeks’ compensation. 4) Foot lost, two hundred and five weeks’ compensation.