NAC616C.558. Plan for program of vocational rehabilitation.

     1. If an insurer or third-party administrator determines that an injured employee is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, the insurer or third-party administrator shall, within 60 days after making that determination, submit to the treating or examining physician or chiropractor a written plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation that includes the characteristics of physical demand for the occupational goal for the injured employee.

     2. A treating or examining physician or chiropractor shall, within 10 days after receiving a plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation, provide the vocational rehabilitation counselor with a written approval or denial of the plan that includes the rationale for the approval or denial and a determination of the medical capability of the injured employee safely to achieve the occupational goal set forth in the plan.

     3. A plan for a program of vocational rehabilitation must be approved in writing by the treating or examining physician or chiropractor before the program may be commenced.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R006-97, eff. 12-9-97)