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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 40

Meaning of rehabilitation

40 Meaning of rehabilitation

(1)
"Rehabilitation" , of a worker, is a process designed to—
(a) ensure the worker’s earliest possible return to work; or
(b) maximise the worker’s independent functioning.
(2)
"Rehabilitation" includes—
(a) necessary and reasonable—
(i) suitable duties programs; or
(ii) services provided by a registered person; or
(iii) services approved by an insurer; or
(b) the provision of necessary and reasonable aids or equipment to the worker.
(3) The purpose of
"rehabilitation" is—
(a) to return the worker to the worker’s pre-injury duties; or
(b) if it is not feasible to return the worker to the worker’s pre-injury duties—to return the worker, either temporarily or permanently, to other suitable duties with the worker’s pre-injury employer; or
(c) if paragraph (b) is not feasible—to return the worker, either temporarily or permanently, to other suitable duties with another employer; or
(d) if paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c) are not feasible—to maximise the worker’s independent functioning.



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