Nationwide Studio Fund; and State Compensation Insurance Fund Deanna Brasher WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIADEANNA BRASHER, Applicant,vs.NATIONWIDE STUDIO FUND; and STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCEFUND, Defendant(s).Case No. OAK 0296709OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted applicant’s petition for reconsideration to further study the factual and legal issues in this case. This is our Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration. 1 Applicant sought reconsideration of the April 18, 2006 Findings of Fact and Order, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (“WCJ”) found that defendant’s initial objection to the treating physician’s request for spinal surgery was timely; that the procedure instituted by the Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) Medical Unit, requiring utilization review and appeal from a denial of spinal surgery before the Administrative Director (“AD”) selects a second opinion surgeon under Labo