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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Entitlements and related matters - Individual rehabilitation plan

76: Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed

You could also call this:

"Getting help before and after agreeing on your rehabilitation plan"

Before you and the Corporation agree on your individual rehabilitation plan, the Corporation can provide you with help. This help includes social rehabilitation that they think is suitable and necessary for you, considering what's best for your situation. They can also give you vocational rehabilitation that they believe is appropriate for you.

The Corporation can start giving you this help even before they've finished assessing you or before they've finished thinking about all the important things they need to consider for your rehabilitation.

It's important to know that you can still get treatment even if you haven't agreed on your rehabilitation plan yet.

Once you and the Corporation have agreed on your individual rehabilitation plan, the Corporation will provide the rehabilitation services that are listed in your plan. They will only give you the specific services they've said they'll provide in the plan.

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Part 4Entitlements and related matters
Individual rehabilitation plan

76Provision of rehabilitation before and after individual rehabilitation plan agreed

  1. Before an individual rehabilitation plan for the claimant is agreed, the Corporation is liable to provide the claimant with—

  2. social rehabilitation that the Corporation considers suitable for the claimant and necessary in the circumstances, having regard to the purpose in section 79; and
    1. vocational rehabilitation that the Corporation considers suitable for the claimant and appropriate in the circumstances, having regard to the purpose in section 80.

      1. The Corporation may provide rehabilitation under subsection (1) before—

      2. any assessment of the claimant is undertaken or completed for the purposes of this Part; or
        1. starting or concluding its consideration of the matters specified in section 87(1).

          1. To avoid doubt, subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the provision of treatment before an individual rehabilitation plan is agreed.

          2. After an individual rehabilitation plan for the claimant is agreed, the Corporation is liable to provide the claimant with rehabilitation in accordance with the plan and Schedule 1, but only to the extent that the Corporation has specified which services it will provide under the plan.