143BInjury management co-ordinator to be appointed

143B Injury management co-ordinator to be appointed

[Section 143B Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

(1)  The licensed insurer of an employer of a worker must appoint an injury management co-ordinator in respect of the employer.

(2)  The licensed insurer of an employer of a worker, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the worker has suffered a significant injury, must assign the worker to the injury management co-ordinator in respect of the employer.

(3)  If a worker's approved injury management program was submitted by the worker's employer to the employer's insurer under section 143(4)  –

(a) subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the employer's insurer; and

(b) the employer must –

(i) appoint an injury management co-ordinator in respect of the employer; and

(ii) assign a worker to the injury management co-ordinator, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the worker has suffered a significant injury.

(4)  If a worker's approved injury management program was submitted by the worker's employer to the Board under section 143(5) or (6) , the employer must –

(a) appoint an injury management co-ordinator in respect of the employer; and

(b) assign a worker to the injury management co-ordinator, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the worker has suffered a significant injury.

(5)  A person may only be appointed to be an injury management co-ordinator if, where the Board approves a course of training –

(a) the person has successfully completed the course of training; or

(b) the Board is satisfied that the person has obtained a qualification or completed a course of training that is at least equivalent to the course of training approved by the Board.