West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 85 - Workers' Compensation › Title 85 - PROCEDURAL RULE WORKERS' COMPENSATION RULES OF THE WEST VIRGINIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER › Series 85-27 - Qualified Rehabilitation Provider › Section 85-27-4 - Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following are considered the minimum education and
				  experience requirements to provide vocational rehabilitation services under the
				  West Virginia workers' compensation insurance system:
4.1. A doctorate or masters degree from an
				accredited college or university in rehabilitation counseling, counseling,
				psychology, physical and/or occupational therapy, social work, nursing, or in a
				field that promotes the physical, psychosocial or vocational well-being of
				persons being served as well as at least twelve (12) months of full-time or
				equivalent part-time employment providing vocational rehabilitation services,
				as defined in this rule, to individuals receiving benefits or services from a
				disability compensation system or a public rehabilitation system of which six
				(6) months must have been under the supervision of a qualified rehabilitation
				professional; or
4.2. Current
				licensed professional counselor or certified vocational evaluation specialist
				certification as well as at least twelve (12) months of full-time or equivalent
				part-time employment providing vocational rehabilitation services, as defined
				in this rule, to individuals receiving benefits or services from a disability
				compensation system or a public rehabilitation system, of which six (6) months
				must have been under the supervision of a qualified rehabilitation
				professional; or
4.3. A
				baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in rehabilitation
				counseling, counseling, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, nursing,
				or in a field that promotes the physical, psychosocial or vocational well-being
				of persons being served as well as at least thirty-six (36) months of full-time
				or equivalent part-time employment providing vocational rehabilitation
				services, as defined this rule, to individuals receiving benefits or services
				from a disability compensation system or a public rehabilitation system, of
				which twelve (12) months must have been under the supervision of a qualified
				rehabilitation professional; or
4.4. A baccalaureate degree from an
				accredited college or university in any client serving field with transcripts
				documenting successful completion of at least five (5) of the following
				courses: medical aspects of disability, psychosocial aspects of disability,
				vocational-occupational information, job placement, theories of counseling,
				delivery of rehabilitation services, personal and vocational adjustment,
				vocational and career development, assessment and standardized testing, human
				resource management, health care administration or case management. In
				addition, the applicant must have at least forty-eight (48) months of full-time
				or equivalent part-time employment providing vocational rehabilitation
				services, as defined in this rule, to individuals receiving benefits or
				services from a disability compensation system or a public rehabilitation
				system, of which twenty-four (24) months must have been under the supervision
				of a qualified rehabilitation professional; or
4.5. Certified case managers, certified
				rehabilitation counselors, certified disability management specialists, or
				certified rehabilitation registered nurses. These limited types of qualified
				rehabilitation professionals are required to verify and provide proof of their
				certification to the Insurance Commissioner, self-insured employer or private
				carrier, or to their third party administrator or managed care provider,
				whomever services are provided under this rule. In turn the Insurance
				Commissioner, self-insured employer or private carrier, or their third party
				administrator or managed care provider, is required to maintain this proof of
				certification of the qualified rehabilitation professional.