Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-1011

(1) "Board of rehabilitation certification" "Assistance fund" means the nonprofit, independent, fee-structured organization that is a member of the national commission stay-at-work/return-to-work assistance fund provided for health certifying agencies and that is established to certify rehabilitation practitioners. in 39-71-1049.

(2) "Disabled worker" "Commission on rehabilitation counselor certification" means the nonprofit, independent, fee-structured organization that is a worker who has a permanent impairment, established by objective medical findings, resulting from a work-related member of injury that the precludes the worker from returning to the job the worker held at the time of national commission for health certifying agencies and that is established the injury or to a job with similar physical requirements and who has an actual wage loss as a certify rehabilitation providers. result of the injury.

(3) "Rehabilitation benefits" "Disabled worker" means benefits provided in 39-71-1006 and 39-71-1025. a worker who has a permanent impairment, established by objective medical findings, resulting from a work-related injury that precludes the worker from returning to the job the worker held at the time of the injury or to a job with similar physical requirements and who has an actual wage loss as a result of the injury.

(4) "Rehabilitation plan" "Insurer's stay-at-work/return-to-work assistance policy" or "assistance policy" means a written individualized plan stay-at-work/return-to-work policy that assists a disabled explains worker to in acquiring skills or aptitudes to return to work through job placement, on-the-job training, education, training, or specialized job modification and the that reasonably reduces worker the worker's actual wage loss. process of evaluation, planning, implementation, and provision of services by the insurer prior to the determination that the worker meets the definition of a disabled worker. The services are intended to facilitate a worker's return to work as soon as possible following the worker's injury or occupational disease. This assistance may include a rehabilitation plan.

(5) "Rehabilitation provider" benefits" means a rehabilitation counselor certified by the board for rehabilitation certification benefits provided in 39-71-1006 and designated by the insurer. 39-71-1025.

(6) "Rehabilitation services" plan" means a program of evaluation, planning, and implementation of written individualized a plan rehabilitation plan to assist that assists a disabled worker in acquiring skills or aptitudes to return to work. work through job placement, on-the-job training, education, training, or specialized job modification and that reasonably reduces the worker's actual wage loss.

(7) "Rehabilitation provider" means a rehabilitation counselor certified by the commission on rehabilitation counselor certification and designated by the insurer.

(8) "Rehabilitation services" means a program of evaluation, planning, and implementation of a rehabilitation plan to assist a disabled worker to return to work.

(9) "Stay-at-work/return-to-work assistance" or "assistance" means the evaluation, planning, implementation, and provision of appropriate services prior to the determination that the worker meets the definition of a disabled worker that are designed to facilitate a worker's return to work as soon as possible following the worker's injury or occupational disease. This assistance may include a rehabilitation plan.

Definitions

As used in this chapter, part, the following definitions apply: