Section 127.553. Petition for review by Bureau—notice of assignment and service by Bureau

(a) The Bureau will assign the petition for review to a workers’ compensation judge. The Bureau will serve the notice of assignment and the petition for review upon the URO, the employe, the employer or insurer, the health care provider under review, and the attorneys for the parties, if known.

(b) When a petition for review is filed in a case already in litigation before a workers’ compensation judge, the Bureau will assign the petition for review to the workers’ compensation judge who is hearing the case-in-chief.

(c) Before assigning a petition for review, the Bureau will review the petition to ensure that a UR has been filed and a determination has been rendered.

The provisions of this § 127.553 amended January 16, 1998, effective January 17, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 329. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (235598).