65-06.2-04. Workers' compensation coverage for inmates engaged in work programs through roughrider industries

65-06.2-04. Workers' compensation coverage for inmates engaged in work programs through roughrider industries. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may elect to provide and request from the organization a program of modified workers' compensation coverage established under this chapter and according to administrative rules and fee schedules of this chapter. The modified workers' compensation coverage is for inmates incarcerated at the penitentiary and engaged in work in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries, whether the program is operated by roughrider industries or by contract with another entity or private employer. An inmate who sustains a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of work in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries may only receive workforce safety and insurance benefits under the modified workers' compensation coverage established for that purpose.