Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 287
Workers' Compensation Law
←287.145
Section 287.146.1
287.148→
August 28, 2015
Employee authorized to receive vocational rehabilitation, when--duties of director.
287.146. 1. When an employee has sustained injury of sufficient
severity, as provided in section 287.148, as the result of an injury arising
out of and in the course of employment, the employee may, if authorized by
the employer and the insurer, receive vocational rehabilitation services that
are reasonably necessary to restore him to suitable, gainful employment.
2. The director shall administer sections 287.144 to 287.149, and shall:
(1) Maintain a registry of all qualified rehabilitation providers and
rehabilitation practitioners whether public or private, including
practitioners directly employed by an insurer, employer or self-insurer that
render rehabilitation services to injured workers in this state;
(2) Analyze and report annually the results and cost of rehabilitation
assignments;
(3) Review vocational rehabilitation plans and disapprove within fourteen
days of receipt, if such plans do not meet criteria set forth in subsections
1 to 5* of section 287.148. The director may review plans and supervise the
completion of approved plans;
(4) Review the progress of rehabilitation under the applicable plan filed
by the rehabilitation practitioner or provider to determine if such plan
meets the criteria set forth in subsections 1 to 5 of section 287.148
throughout the period the plan is in force;
(5) Appoint vocational rehabilitation monitors to assist in the
implementation of subdivisions (3) to (5) of this subsection. A monitor shall
have the qualifications as set forth for vocational rehabilitation
practitioners and at least two years of experience in the field of workers'
compensation disabilities.
(L. 1990 S.B. 751)
Effective 7-1-91
*Original rolls show "7" here, but § 287.148 contains only subsections
1 to 5.
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