WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 28D

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SECT 28D

28D—Rehabilitation and return to work co-ordinators

        (1)         Subject to this section, an employer must appoint a rehabilitation and return to work co-ordinator (referred to in this section as a "co-ordinator").

        (2)         A co-ordinator—

            (a)         must be an employee of the employer; and

            (b)         must be based in South Australia.

        (3)         The employer must appoint the co-ordinator—

            (a)         within 6 months after the requirement to be registered under Part 5

first arises (disregarding any exemption that may be available under that Part); or

            (b)         within a later period approved by the Corporation.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (4)         A co-ordinator has the following functions:

            (a)         to assist workers suffering from compensable injuries, where prudent and practicable, to remain at or return to work as soon as possible after the occurrence of the injury;

            (b)         to assist with liaising with the Corporation in the preparation and implementation of a rehabilitation and return to work plan for an injured worker;

            (c)         to liaise with any persons involved in the rehabilitation of, or the provision of medical services to, workers;

            (d)         to monitor the progress of an injured worker's capacity to return to work;

            (e)         to take steps to, as far as practicable, prevent the occurrence of a secondary injury when a worker returns to work;

            (f)         to perform other functions prescribed by the regulations.

        (5)         An employer must—

            (a)         provide such facilities and assistance as are reasonably necessary to enable a co-ordinator to perform his or her functions under this section; and

            (b)         comply with any training or operational guidelines published by the Corporation from time to time for the purposes of this section.

        (6)         If a vacancy occurs in the office of a co-ordinator under this section, the employer must make a new appointment to the office within the prescribed period.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (7)         The regulations may exempt an employer, or employers of a prescribed class, from a requirement under this section.