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.

Source Note: 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.