§23-4-7b. Trial return to work; Insurance Commissioner to develop
rules.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in
the interest of employees and employers that injured employees be
encouraged to return to work as quickly as possible after an injury
and that appropriate protections be afforded to injured employees
who return to work on a trial basis.
(b) The Insurance Commissioner shall propose rules, as
provided in section five, article two-c of this chapter,
establishing criteria for providing employers the option of
allowing employees, following an injury, to return to work on a
trial basis and for the suspension of temporary total benefits
during a period of trial return to work.