dc.contributor.author | Slabbert, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Edeling, H J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-04T10:49:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-04T10:49:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Slabbert, M. & Edeling, H.J. 2012. The Road Accident Fund and serious injuries: the narrative test. Potchefstroom electronic law journal (PELJ) = Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad (PER), 15(2):268-290 [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1727-3781 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7224 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Road Accident Fund Amendment Act 19 of 2005 came into effect on 1 August
2008. This Act limits the Road Accident Fund’s liability for compensation in respect
of claims for non-pecuniary loss to instances where a “serious injury” has been
sustained. A medical practitioner has to determine whether or not the claimant has
suffered a serious injury by undertaking an assessment prescribed in the
Regulations to the Act. The practitioner has to complete a RAF 4 report. In doing so
the practitioner must assess the injury in terms of the American Medical
Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (6th ed). If the injury
is considered to have resulted in less than 30 per cent of the whole person
impairment the medical practitioner should apply the narrative test. The article
focuses on the narrative test but also discusses reasons why the regulations do not
fulfil the requirements of the Act; reasons why the Guides is not adequate to the
task; the impact of the circumstances of an injured person on disability; problems
with the existing wording of the narrative test; shortcomings on the RAf 4 form; the
administrative process as well as the appeal tribunals. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Road Accident Fund | en_US |
dc.subject | Serious injuries | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-pecuniary loss | en_US |
dc.subject | Permanent impairment | en_US |
dc.title | The Road Accident Fund and serious injuries: the narrative test | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |