39-71-1014. Rehabilitation services -- required and provided by insurers and department of public health and human services. (1) Rehabilitation services are required for disabled workers and may be initiated by:
     (a) an insurer by designating a rehabilitation provider and notifying the department;
     (b) the department by requiring the insurer to designate a rehabilitation provider; or
     (c) a disabled worker through a request to the department. The department shall then require the insurer to designate a rehabilitation provider.
     (2) Rehabilitation services provided under this part must be delivered:
     (a) through a rehabilitation counselor certified by the board of rehabilitation certification;
     (b) by a vocational rehabilitation counselor employed by the department of public health and human services; or
     (c) by both.
     (3) A disabled worker served by the department of public health and human services may receive only those vocational rehabilitation services as provided in Title 53, chapter 7, parts 1 and 2.

     History: En. Sec. 37, Ch. 464, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 546, L. 1995.