When any compensable injury requires the filing of a first report of injury by an employer, the employer's worker's compensation insurance carrier or the self-insured employer shall forward a copy of the report to the central office of the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services, rehabilitation services bureau at the earlier of the following occurrences:

1. (1) When the compensable injury has resulted in temporary total disability of longer than twenty-one (21) days.
2. (2) When it appears that the compensable injury may be of such a nature as to permanently prevent the injured employee from returning to the injured employee's previous employment.

As added by P.L.218-1989, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.741; P.L.4-1993, SEC.258; P.L.5-1993, SEC.271; P.L.2-2005, SEC.60; P.L.141-2006, SEC.105; P.L.122-2026, SEC.109.