Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS › Chapter 14 - REHABILITATION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 12-14-1 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used herein:
"Department", "director", "employee", "employment", "medical
				  services", "physician", and "wages" shall be as defined in section
				  386-1, HRS.
"Certified rehabilitation provider" or "provider" means an
				  agency with one or more registered rehabilitation specialists who meet the
				  certification criteria under subchapter 3. In accordance with HRS
				  386-25(b),
				  certified rehabilitation provider also means the department of human
				  services.
"Direct employee services" means all vocational
				  rehabilitation services provided to an employee as part of the vocational
				  rehabilitation process of evaluation, planning, provision, placement, and
				  follow-up.
"Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services" means
				  the employee has or may have suffered permanent disability as a result of work
				  injuries.
"Enrollee" means an employee who is eligible for and has
				  enrolled in an approved vocational rehabilitation program designed to return
				  the employee to suitable gainful employment.
"Feasibility for vocational rehabilitation services" means
				  the registered rehabilitation specialist has identified the vocational
				  rehabilitation services needed to assist the employee to obtain and maintain
				  suitable gainful employment and has the skill, knowledge, and ability to
				  provide the needed vocational rehabilitation services identified.
"Functional limitations" established by the registered
				  rehabilitation specialist means the negative effects of disability on the
				  performance of tasks required in specific areas of employment.
"Modification of a vocational rehabilitation plan" means a
				  limited change in the plan that does not change the direction of vocational
				  rehabilitation.
"Physical limitations" means specific limitations to one or
				  more physical abilities established by the physician.
"Psychological limitations" means specific limitations in
				  mental and/or behavioral ability established by the physician.
"Registered rehabilitation specialist" or "specialist" means
				  an employee of a certified rehabilitation provider who is registered with the
				  department to provide vocational rehabilitation services and meets the criteria
				  set forth in subchapter 3.
"Rejection of a vocational rehabilitation plan" means the
				  non-approval or denial of a plan by the department's vocational rehabilitation
				  unit.
"Revision to a vocational rehabilitation plan" means a change
				  to the plan which may include but is not limited to a change of goal or changes
				  to the process to achieve the goal, or both.
"Suitable gainful employment" shall be as defined in section
				  386-1, HRS.
"Suspension of a vocational rehabilitation plan" means to
				  stop temporarily the implementation or continuation of a plan.
"Vocational rehabilitation plan" or "plan" shall be as
				  defined in section
				  386-1, HRS.
"Vocational rehabilitation program" or "program" means the
				  sequence of vocational rehabilitation services beginning upon an employee's
				  enrollment in vocational rehabilitation and continuing until services are
				  terminated by the director.
"Vocational rehabilitation services" or "services" shall be
				  as defined in section
				  386-1, HRS."
"Vocational rehabilitation work" means employment that meets
				  the following criteria:
(1) The target group consists of disabled adults;
(2) The goal of rehabilitation is suitable gainful
				  employment; and
(3) The function of the person is to provide vocational
				  rehabilitation services.