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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 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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