§ 19-11-110 — Worker’s compensation benefits; supplementary earnings; voluntary suspension

(a) Any employee receiving supplemental earnings benefits
pursuant to the provisions of the Worker’s Compensation Act who
is called to service in the uniformed services, is found to be
medically deployable militarily and is subsequently deployed,
shall, at his option, be allowed to suspend any such benefit
payments for which he would otherwise be eligible during his
period of service in the uniformed services.
(b) The director of the office of workers' compensation of
the department of workforce services shall, by rule, prescribe
the method by which such employee may request the suspension of
benefits.
(c) The employee shall be restored to the same benefits he
would have received had he not been called to duty in the
uniformed services, provided he makes an application to resume
such benefits after his release from service in the uniformed
services or release from hospitalization incidental to his
service in the uniformed services.