(a) The Mayor shall direct an individual with a permanent or temporary disability whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo vocational rehabilitation. The Mayor shall provide for furnishing the vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these services, the Mayor, insofar as practicable, shall use the services or facilities of the District of Columbia government. The cost of providing these services to individuals undergoing vocational rehabilitation under this section shall be paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
(b) Notwithstanding § 1-623.06, individuals directed to undergo vocational rehabilitation by the Mayor, while undergoing such rehabilitation, shall receive compensation at the rate provided in §§ 1-623.05 and 1-623.10, less the amount of any earnings received from remunerative employment other than employment undertaken pursuant to such rehabilitation.
(c) The initial vocational rehabilitation services provided pursuant to this section shall be for a period not to exceed 90 days after the claimant reaches maximum medical improvement and vocational rehabilitation is initiated.
(d) After the initial 90-day period has expired, the vocational rehabilitation services may be extended, at the discretion of the Mayor, for good cause shown, for incremental periods of 90 days, not to exceed one year from the initiation of the initial vocational rehabilitation plan.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2304, 25 DCR 5740; Oct. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 14-28, § 1203(c), 48 DCR 6981; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 3(g), 53 DCR 6198; Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223, § 1062(b)(4), 57 DCR 6242.)
1981 Ed., § 1-624.4.
1973 Ed., § 1-353.4.
This section is referenced in § 1-623.11, § 1-623.13, and § 1-623.17.
D.C. Law 14-28, in subsec. (a), substituted “shall direct a permanently or temporarily” for “may direct a permanently”.
D.C. Law 16-305, in subsec. (a), substituted “an individual with a permanent or temporary disability” for “a permanently or temporarily disabled individual”.
D.C. Law 18-223 added subsecs. (c) and (d).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1103(c) of Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-124, August 3, 2001, 48 DCR 7861).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1062(b)(4) of Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-463, July 2, 2010, 57 DCR 6542).
Establishment and Appointments—D.C. State Rehabilitation Council, see Mayor’s Order 2001-173, November 30, 2001 ( 48 DCR 11586).
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 6 - Merit Personnel System
Subchapter XXIII - Public Sector Workers’ Compensation
§ 1–623.02. Compensation for disability or death of employee
§ 1–623.02b. Functions — Disability compensation
§ 1–623.03. Medical services and initial medical and other benefits
§ 1–623.04. Vocational rehabilitation
§ 1–623.06. Partial disability
§ 1–623.06a. Period of disability payments
§ 1–623.06b. Report of earnings
§ 1–623.07. Compensation schedule
§ 1–623.08. Reduction of compensation for subsequent injury to same member
§ 1–623.09. Beneficiaries of awards unpaid at death; order of precedence
§ 1–623.10. Augmented compensation for dependents
§ 1–623.11. Additional compensation for services of attendants or vocational rehabilitation
§ 1–623.12. Maximum and minimum monthly compensation
§ 1–623.13. Increase, decrease, or suspension of compensation
§ 1–623.14. Computation of pay
§ 1–623.15. Determination of wage-earning capacity
§ 1–623.16. Limitation of right to receive compensation
§ 1–623.17. Time of accrual of right
§ 1–623.18. Continuation of pay; election to use annual or sick leave
§ 1–623.19. Notice of injury or death
§ 1–623.21. Claim required; contents
§ 1–623.22. Time for making claim
§ 1–623.23. Physical examinations
§ 1–623.24. Time for making claim; finding of facts; award; right to hearing; conduct of hearing
§ 1–623.25. Misbehavior at proceedings
§ 1–623.26. Subpoenas; oaths; examination of witnesses
§ 1–623.27. Representation; attorneys; fees
§ 1–623.29. Recovery of overpayments
§ 1–623.30. Assignment of claim
§ 1–623.31. Subrogation of the District of Columbia
§ 1–623.32. Adjustment after recovery from third person
§ 1–623.33. Compensation in case of death
§ 1–623.34. Funeral expenses; transportation of body
§ 1–623.35. Lump-sum settlements
§ 1–623.36. Injury incurred; initial payments outside United States
§ 1–623.37. Compensation for noncitizens and nonresidents
§ 1–623.38. Minimum limit modification for noncitizens and aliens
§ 1–623.40. Administration. [Repealed]
§ 1–623.41. Adjustments in compensation for disability or death
§ 1–623.42. Employees’ Compensation Fund
§ 1–623.43. Compensation leave
§ 1–623.44. Rules and regulations
§ 1–623.45. Career and Educational Services retention rights