This section created a rehabilitation program which was purely voluntary and could only be initiated by the employer or the insurance carrier. An injured worker had no right to rehabilitation unless one was conferred upon him by his employer or insurance carrier. '(2) To adopt rules and regulations which would expedite and facilitate the identification, notification, and referral of industrially injured employees to rehabilitation services. '(b) The salaries of the personnel of the rehabilitation unit shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board. As a result of the amendment a qualified injured worker is now entitled to vocational rehabilitation as a matter of right.

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