In formulating agency personnel policies, no agency should disseminate any guidelines or instructions at variance with the Texas workers’ compensation statutes or State Office of Risk Management rules.

The provisions of this §251.217 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective March 19, 1980, 5 TexReg 862; amended to be effective September 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 5321; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register April 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 4060.