Vocational rehabilitation of occupationally disabled persons under RSA 281-A: 25 truly represents not only the most humane approach, but also the most economical. Accordingly, the goal of vocational rehabilitation is to restore the employee to, or as close as possible to, his or her prior earning capacity as measured by the employee's average weekly wage.

Source. (See Revision Note at part heading for Lab 508) #5235, eff 9-27-91, EXPIRED: 9-27-97 New. #6631, INTERIM, eff 11-16-97, EXPIRED: 3-16-98 New. #6806, eff 7-18-98 (formerly Lab 508.01); ss by #8682, INTERIM, eff 7-15-06, EXPIRED: 1-11-07 New. #9019, eff 11-1-07; ss by #11067, eff 4-1-16