Section Lab 509.02 - Eligibility for Vocational Rehabilitation Services(a) Employees who are disabled from performing the work for which they have training or experience shall be referred by the carrier or self-insured employer or by the department after consultation with the carrier or self-insured employer, to an appropriate vocational rehabilitation provider.(b) In determining a suitable job goal, consideration shall be given, but not limited, to the employee's prior training and work experience, education, average weekly wage, age, and medical factors. This shall be evaluated by the vocational rehabilitation provider on a case by case basis using the criteria listed.(c) In determining the level of services necessary for the employee to achieve a suitable job goal, consideration shall be given to the following hierarchy of services: (1) Return to same job, same employer;(2) Return to same job modified, same employer;(3) Return to different job, same employer;(4) Return to same job, different employer;(5) Return to same job modified, different employer;(6) Return to different job, different employer;(8) New skill training or retraining;(9) Other educational or academic program; andN.H. Admin. Code § Lab 509.02
#2264, eff 1-6-83; ss by #2935, eff 12-27-84, EXPIRED: 12-27-90
New. #5235, eff 9-27-91, EXPIRED: 9-27-97
New. #6631, INTERIM, eff 11-16-97, EXPIRED: 3-16-98
New. #6806, eff 7-18-98 (formerly Lab 508.02 ); ss by #8682, INTERIM, eff 7-15-06, EXPIRED: 1-11-07
New. #9019, eff 11-1-07
Amended by, Volume XXXVI Number 14, Filed April 7, 2016, Proposed by #11067, Effective 4/1/2016, Expires 4/1/2026.