Section 418.901 - Definitions.
WORKER'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1969 (EXCERPT)
Act 317 of 1969
418.901 Definitions.
Sec. 901.
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Vocationally disabled” means a person who has a medically certifiable impairment of the back or heart, or who is subject to epilepsy, or who has diabetes, and whose impairment is a substantial obstacle to employment, considering such factors as the person's age, education, training, experience, and employment rejection.
(b) “Certifying agency” means the division of vocational rehabilitation of the department of education.
(c) “Certificate” means documentation issued by the certifying agency to an individual who is vocationally disabled.
(d) “Fund” means the second injury fund created in chapter 5. Payments made by the fund under this chapter shall be treated the same as all other payments made by the second injury fund.
History: Add. 1971, Act 183, Eff. July 1, 1972 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 198, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1974 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 74, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1998
Popular Name: Act 317