Title 65, Workforce Safety and Insurance
20 chapters · 197 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-01 Rehabilitation services
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1. The state of North Dakota exercising its police and sovereign powers declares that disability caused by injuries in the course of employment and disease fairly traceable to the employment create a burden upon the health and general welfare of the citizens of this state and upo…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-02 Organization responsibility
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The organization shall: 1. Appoint a director of rehabilitation services and such other staff as necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter. 2. Cooperate with such federal or state agency as shall be charged with vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, and job pla…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-02.1 Vocational report
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The organization shall review all records, statements, and other pertinent information and prepare a report to the organization and employee. 1. The report must: a. Identify the first appropriate rehabilitation option by following the priorities set forth in subsection 4 of secti…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-03 Director of rehabilitation services - Duties
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The director of rehabilitation services shall: 1. Direct the implementation of programs for injured employees in accordance with organization determinations in compliance with the purpose of this chapter. 2. Cooperate, contact, and assist any government or private organization or…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-04 Injured employee responsibility
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1. The injured employee shall seek, obtain, and retain reasonable and substantial employment to reduce the period of temporary disability to a minimum. The employee has the burden of establishing that the employee has met this responsibility. 2. If the injured employee is unable …
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-06.1 Rehabilitation award
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1. Within sixty days of receiving the final vocational report, the organization shall issue a notice of decision under section 65-01-16 detailing the employee's entitlement to disability and vocational rehabilitation services. 2. If the appropriate priority option is short-term o…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-06.2 Contract for vocational rehabilitation services
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The organization may contract with vocational rehabilitation vendors to provide vocational rehabilitation services to injured employees. The organization shall determine the criteria that render a vocational rehabilitation vendor qualified. If additional services are determined t…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-06.3 Rehabilitation services pilot programs
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The organization may implement a system of pilot programs to allow the organization to assess alternative methods of providing rehabilitation services. A pilot program may address one or more of the organization's comprehensive rehabilitation services, including vocational, medic…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-07 Person furnishing training exempt from civil liability - Injured employee's remedy
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Any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or agency that furnishes on-the-job or other similar training to an injured employee as the result of a rehabilitation contract, without establishing an employment relationship with the injured employee…
N.D.C.C. § 65-05.1-08 Workforce safety and insurance vocational rehabilitation grants - Continuing appropriation
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The organization may implement a grant program to promote and provide necessary educational opportunities for injured employees within the vocational rehabilitation process. The organization may award a grant to promote necessary skills upgrading and to provide for the completion…