65-06.2-05. Modified coverage of inmates engaged in work programs through roughrider industries - Conditions

65-06.2-05. Modified coverage of inmates engaged in work programs through roughrider industries - Conditions. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all claims for workforce safety and insurance benefits under this section and sections 65-06.2-04, 65-06.2-06, and 65-06.2-08 are subject to title 65. A claim under this section and sections 65-06.2-04, 65-06.2-06, and 65-06.2-08 must be filed according to section 65-05-01. While an inmate is incarcerated at the penitentiary, the penitentiary shall pay the reasonable medical expenses of that inmate at penitentiary medical payment levels, if that inmate incurs a compensable injury while working in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries. If an inmate sustains a compensable injury while working in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries, disability, vocational rehabilitation allowance, and permanent partial impairment benefits may not accrue or be paid while the inmate is incarcerated and may only be paid after the inmate is discharged from the penitentiary. If the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation and the organization determine that an inmate who suffers a compensable injury under this chapter is in need of vocational rehabilitation services while the inmate is incarcerated, the penitentiary and the organization may provide vocational rehabilitation services to the inmate. An injury resulting from a fight, riot, recreational activity, or other activity or incident other than the inmate's actual performance of work duties in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries is not compensable under this title.