NAC616C.553. Notice of opinion that injured employee is not eligible for services.  


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  •      1. If, based upon the opinion of a treating or an examining physician or chiropractor, a vocational rehabilitation counselor determines that an injured employee is not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, the counselor shall, within 10 days after receiving that opinion, provide a copy of the opinion to the injured employee and the injured employee’s attorney or other representative, the employer and the insurer.

         2. If, based upon the opinion of a consulting physician or chiropractor, an insurer finds that an injured employee is not eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, the insurer shall, within 10 days after it receives that opinion, provide a copy of the opinion to the treating physician or chiropractor.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Insurance Regulation, eff. 9-7-88; A by Div. of Industrial Relations, 3-28-94; R006-97, 12-9-97)