Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 39 > Chapter 71 > Part 40 - Catastrophically Injured Worker's Travel Assistance Act

• Catastrophically injured: means a physical injury or occupational disease incurred by a worker to the extent that treatment for the injury or occupational disease:

  (a)requires inpatient care for at least 21 consecutive days in a hospital or rehabilitation center that is in Montana but that is more than 100 miles from the worker's place of residence; or

  (b)requires inpatient care for at least 21 consecutive days in a hospital or rehabilitation center that is located outside Montana; and

  (c)occurs within 90 days of the accident or events causing the worker to be catastrophically injured. See Montana Code 39-71-4003

• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Worker: has the meaning as provided in 39-71-118. See Montana Code 39-71-4003