(a) An injured employee who, as a result of injury, is or may be
expected to be totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative
occupation and who, under the direction of the Director is being
rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation, shall be paid
additional compensation necessary for this maintenance, not exceeding
$25 a week. The expense shall be paid out of the special fund
established in section 44 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 944. The maximum
maintenance allowance shall not be provided on an automatic basis, but
shall be based on the recommendation of a State agency that a claimant
is unable to meet additional costs by reason of being in training.
(b) When required by reason of personal illness or hardship, limited
periods of absence from training may be allowed without terminating the
maintenance allowance. A maintenance allowance shall be terminated when
it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that a trainee is not
complying reasonably with the terms of the training plan or is absenting
himself without good cause from training so as to materially interfere
with the accomplishment of the training objective.
