La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § I-715
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
A. When it appears that appropriate training and/or education is necessary and desirable to restore the occupationally disabled employee to suitable gainful employment, the employee shall be entitled to 26 weeks of training and/or education and an additional 26 weeks if deemed necessary and proper by the hearing officer. However, no carrier/employer shall be precluded from continuing such rehabilitation beyond such period on a voluntary basis. An occupationally disabled employee must request and begin rehabilitation within two years from the date of termination of temporary total disability as determined by the treating physician.La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § I-715
Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Administration, LR 11:778 (August 1985), repromulgated LR 13:308 (May 1987), repromulgated by the Department of Employment and Training, Office of Workers' Compensation Administration, LR 18:149 (February 1992).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1226.