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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-6A-09" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Rehabilitation Practitioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to an individual authorized to provide rehabilitation counseling or vocational rehabilitation services in the State under §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify for registration, a nurse case manager shall be certified as such by the State Board of Nursing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To qualify for registration, a rehabilitation counselor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in rehabilitation counseling, human services, psychology, or a related field with at least 1 year of work experience in a human services occupation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have a master’s or doctoral degree in rehabilitation counseling, human services, psychology, education, or a related field; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>be a certified rehabilitation counselor, certified vocational evaluator, certified disability management specialist, hold an equivalent national certification that is acceptable to the Commission, or have met all of the education and experience requirements to be eligible to be certified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>To qualify for registration, a vocational evaluator shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in vocational evaluation, rehabilitation psychology, human services, education, or a related field with 1 year of work experience in that field;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have a master’s or doctoral degree in rehabilitation, vocational evaluation, psychology, human services, education, or a related field; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>be certified or have met all of the educational and experience requirements to be eligible to be certified in vocational evaluation by the Commission on certification of work adjustment and vocational evaluation specialists, or have met all of the education and experience requirements to be eligible for certification.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In addition to the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a rehabilitation counselor who has met the education requirements under subsection (c)(1) or (2) of this section to qualify for registration shall work under the administrative supervision of a certified rehabilitation counselor, certified vocational evaluator, certified disability management specialist, certified case manager, or certified rehabilitation registered nurse; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a vocational evaluator who has met the education requirements under subsection (d)(1) or (2) of this section shall work under the administrative supervision of a certified vocational evaluator, certified rehabilitation counselor, certified disability management specialist, certified case manager, or certified rehabilitation registered nurse.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
