NAC616C.595. Return of employee to employment; reinstatement of vocational rehabilitation benefits.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the return of an injured employee to employment for which a person is customarily remunerated terminates his or her eligibility for vocational rehabilitation benefits.

     2. If the injured employee is unable to perform the duties of a new job for reasons related to the injury or disease, the insurer must reinstate vocational rehabilitation benefits. If the insurer determines that the employee’s duties at the new job exceed the physical limitations of the employee as established by the physician or chiropractor who initially released the injured employee for employment, the insurer may reinstate the employee’s vocational rehabilitation benefits if the employer does not modify the duties of the job to conform to the injured employee’s physical limitations or otherwise does not reasonably accommodate the injured employee within 10 days after receiving notice from the insurer of its determination.

     [Industrial Comm’n, No. 14.066, eff. 3-26-82; renumbered as 6.066, 6-30-82]—(NAC A by Div. of Industrial Insurance Regulation, 10-26-83; A by Div. of Industrial Relations, 1-20-94)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 616.096)