SERVICE AND FILING OF REHABILITATION DOCUMENTS; COUNTING DAYS

Subpart 1. Service on other parties. All required rehabilitation reports and progress records that are required to be sent or provided to other parties must be mailed by first class mail to their addresses of record, delivered by personal service, or, if authorized by the recipient, sent by facsimile or electronic mail. Subp. 2. Filing with state. A document is filed upon its receipt by the division by 4:30 p.m. on an open state business day. Documents received after 4:30 p.m. are considered filed on the next open state business day. A party may file a document by electronic transmission only as authorized by the division. The authorized electronically transmitted information has the same force and effect as the original. Where the quality or authenticity of a document filed by electronic transmission is at issue, the division may require the original document to be filed. When the quality or authenticity of a document filed by electronic transmission is not at issue, the party shall not also file the original document. Subp. 3. Counting days. References to "days" in parts 5220.0100 to 5220.1900 mean calendar days unless specified otherwise.