Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 09 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION › Chapter 14.09.07 - Vocational Rehabilitation › Section 14.09.07.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Advisory Committee" means the Advisory
				Committee on the Registration of Rehabilitation Practitioners.
(2) "Case management functions" means the
				coordination and utilization of vocational rehabilitation services, either in
				person or telephonically, with respect to a specific injured worker, including
				the supervision of these duties performed by others.
(3) "Commission" means the Maryland Workers'
				Compensation Commission.
(4)
				"Director" means the Director of Rehabilitation of the Maryland Workers'
				Compensation Commission.
(5) "DORS"
				means Maryland State Department of Education Division of Rehabilitation
				Services.
(6) "Enrolled vocational
				rehabilitation organization" means an organization or company that:
(a) Employs, or has working on its behalf, at
				least one registered vocational rehabilitation practitioner; and
(b) Has enrolled with the
				Commission.
(7)
				"Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)" means the systematic process of
				assessing an individual's physical capacities and functional abilities and
				matching human performance levels to the demands of a specific job or work
				activity or occupation.
(8) "Job
				placement" means services provided to support the disabled covered employee's
				search for work including, but not limited to, identifying job leads, arranging
				interviews, teaching techniques for effective job searches, resume writing,
				interviewing and job application completion,
(9) "Nurse case manager" means a nurse who is
				certified by the State Board of Nursing to provide case management services,
				including but not limited to interviewing the worker for the purpose of
				implementing and coordinating services with health care providers and with the
				worker and the worker's family.
(10) "Office" means the Office of Vocational
				Rehabilitation of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission.
(11) Provider.
(a) "Provider" means the enrolled vocational
				rehabilitation organization that provides vocational rehabilitation services to
				a claimant through a registered vocational rehabilitation
				practitioner.
(b) "Provider"
				includes the Maryland State Department of Education Division of Rehabilitation
				Services ("DORS").
(12)
				"Rehabilitation counselor" means a qualified individual who is engaged in
				activities leading to vocational assessment or job placement, or both, of an
				injured worker.
(13)
				"Rehabilitation practitioner" means an individual who provides vocational
				rehabilitation services including:
(a) A
				nurse certified by the State Board of Nursing as a nurse case
				manager;
(b) A rehabilitation
				counselor; and
(c) A vocational
				evaluator.
(14)
				"Retraining plan" means a plan for providing the disabled covered employee with
				educational and vocational training and may include on-the job
				training.
(15) "Self-employment
				plan" means a business plan for self-employment that identifies the skills,
				experience and expertise necessary to manage the business, and may include a
				complete business description, an organization plan, owner/operator
				qualifications, a marketing plan supported by factual information concerning
				the demand for products or services, income projections, a sound start-up
				financial plan, financial resources needed to start the business, and a
				contingency plan in the event the self-employment plan targets are not
				met.
(16) "Suitable gainful
				employment" has the meaning stated in Labor and Employment Article, §
										9-670(c),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(17)
				"Vocational assessment" has the meaning stated in Labor and Employment Article,
				§
										9-670(d),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(18)
				"Vocational evaluator" means a qualified individual who utilizes a
				comprehensive process that systematically uses the simulated or actual work
				environment as the basis for vocational assessment and exploration.
(19) "Vocational rehabilitation services" has
				the meaning stated in Labor and Employment Article, §
										9-670(e),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(20)
				"Vocational testing" means standardized interest, aptitude, achievement, and
				other specific skills tests used to identify areas of interest and aptitudes
				for various types of work, and compatibilities with different work
				environments. The types of test may include but are not limited to the Wide
				Range Achievement Test (WRAT), the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Strong
				Interest Inventory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Test of Nonverbal
				Intelligence.