1. (a) The State Board of Education and the State Workers' Compensation Commission shall administer jointly the program established in this section.

2. (b) The State Workers' Compensation Commission:

   1. (1) Shall establish a rehabilitation program;
   2. (2) May employ the necessary rehabilitation counselors and clerical staff to review all reports and claims;
   3. (3) Shall select from the reports and claims filed with it those for which rehabilitation services appear to be appropriate;
   4. (4) After proper investigation, shall refer appropriate cases to the Division of Rehabilitation Services;
   5. (5) On request of the Division of Rehabilitation Services, shall make available to the Division a complete medical evaluation, including a prognosis of work potential of any worker whose case it refers to the Division; and

   6. (6) Shall pay the salaries of the employees of the workers' compensation rehabilitation program and all necessary expenses incurred:

      1. (i) In investigating and reviewing all reports and claims; and
      2. (ii) For supplies, furniture, and office space.

Added as Education § 21-306 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 65; Acts 1991, c. 21, § 3; Acts 1992, c. 42, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, c. 161, § 1. Renumbered as Education § 21-307 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996.

Formerly Art. 77, § 137.