South Australian Consolidated Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 28

28—Rehabilitation advisers

        (1)         The Corporation shall appoint such rehabilitation advisers as are necessary for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         A rehabilitation adviser—

            (a)         shall assist in devising and co-ordinating rehabilitation programmes for disabled workers; and

            (b)         shall be responsible to the Corporation for monitoring the progress of disabled workers who are involved in rehabilitation programmes; and

            (c)         may, subject to monetary limitations set by the Corporation, expend money of the Corporation in obtaining for a disabled worker services and equipment that may assist towards rehabilitation; and

            (d)         shall consult with employers with a view to expediting the return to work of disabled workers.

        (3)         A statement made by or to a rehabilitation adviser about a worker who is participating in a rehabilitation program must not be disclosed in proceedings under this Act unless—

            (a)         the rehabilitation adviser and the worker consent to the disclosure; or

            (b)         the statement is relevant to an allegation of fraud or dishonesty in criminal proceedings against the worker.