Who is eligible to participate in the employer's return-to-work program?
Employees are eligible to participate in the return-to-work employer's program under the following conditions:
(1) The employee is a permanent employee.
(2) The employee is receiving compensation under RCW
51.32.090.
(3) The employee has a temporary disability which makes him/her temporarily unable to return to his or her previous work, but who is capable of carrying out work of a lighter or modified nature as evidenced by a written statement from a physician or licensed mental health professional.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
41.06 RCW. WSR 05-01-206, ยง 357-19-530, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]