This law says that employers are not forced to provide vocational rehabilitation services to a badly injured worker. However, a worker does have to go through vocational testing and a rehabilitation assessment if the employer or insurance company sets one up.
287.143. services, not mandatory — testing and . — As a guide to the interpretation and of sections 287.144 to 287.149, sections 287.144 to 287.149 shall not be to require the employer to provide vocational rehabilitation to a severely injured employee. An employee shall submit to and a scheduled by an employer or its .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1990 S.B. 751, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
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Definitions
RSMo 287.144
Physical rehabilitation, defined, division of workers' compensation to administer
RSMo 287.141
Rehabilitation practitioners, providers, certification of, how
RSMo 287.145
Employer to provide medical and other services, transportation, artificial devices, reactivation of claim
RSMo 287.140
Employee authorized to receive vocational rehabilitation, when
RSMo 287.146
Loss of suitable, gainful employment, how determined
RSMo 287.148
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