Missouri Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Labor and Industrial Relations § 287.145. Rehabilitation practitioners, providers, certification of, how

1. Any person who has met the requirements in section 287.144 for a rehabilitation practitioner shall request in written form certification from the division. The division shall, after confirming that such person meets the qualifications of a rehabilitation practitioner, register and certify that the person is a certified rehabilitation practitioner.

2. Rehabilitation practitioners who do not work for an approved rehabilitation provider and who enter the vocational rehabilitation workers' compensation field after January 1, 1990, must obtain certification by the national board for certified counselor certification, or such person must meet the qualifications set forth by the Missouri division of workers' compensation.

3. Rehabilitation providers, as defined in section 287.144, must request in written form certification from the division. The division shall, upon confirming that the rehabilitation provider meets the requirements set forth in section 287.144, register and certify such provider.