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Title 20: Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER VI: OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER B: FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED
PART 725: CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED
Subpart J: Medical Benefits and Vocational Rehabilitation
725.710 - Objective of vocational rehabilitation.
The objective of vocational rehabilitation is the return of a miner who is totally disabled for work in or around a coal mine and who is unable to utilize those skills which were employed in the miner's coal mine employment to gainful employment commensurate with such miner's physical impairment. This objective may be achieved through a program of re-evaluation and redirection of the miner's abilities, or retraining in another occupation, and selective job placement assistance.
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