Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is a national certification, not a U.S. Virgin Islands license. How a U.S. Virgin Islands court weighs it is decided case by case under the forum's expert rules; this page covers the credential's scope, the U.S. Virgin Islands venues where a plan is examined, and our planners who hold it and serve U.S. Virgin Islands.
The M.D. degree with state licensure authorizes the practice of medicine. In life care planning, physicians supply the medical foundation of the plan: diagnosis, prognosis, life expectancy considerations, and the treatment, medication, surgical, and follow-up recommendations that the planner itemizes and prices. A physician life care planner can both make and document those recommendations.
Civil claims in the U.S. Virgin Islands are tried in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Workers' compensation is administered by the Department of Labor, and specialist care not available on-island is priced for travel to the mainland.
Outside the civil courts, the Virgin Islands Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division is the forum where a plan is most often examined in U.S. Virgin Islands. KW Life Care Planning M.D.-credentialed experts apply nationally recognized standards while accounting for U.S. Virgin Islands's practice environment.
M.D.-credentialed experts provide testimony in U.S. Virgin Islands's courts, where expert qualification is determined case by case.
Highest court: Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands. Federal venues: D.V.I..
KW Life Care Planning provides M.D.-credentialed life care planners for U.S. Virgin Islands cases, including remote consultation and on-site evaluation where required. Contact us to discuss availability for your matter.
Yes. The plan documents the treating providers' recommendations and the physician planner's own review of the record. Where the two differ, the plan states the basis for the recommendation adopted.
Courts do not categorically require it, but board certification in the specialty relevant to the injury is frequently persuasive on qualification.
A physician can present a medical opinion on life expectancy based on the evaluee's condition, function, and the relevant literature. The plan shows the sources relied on and, where appropriate, the cost of the plan across a range of life expectancies.
Contact our team to discuss how KW Life Care Planning can support your case with certified life care planning expertise. Request a Consultation or call (201) 343-0700.