Definitions of rehabilitation period
the official length of time that a criminal must spend returning to normal life, often including training and therapy, after imprisonment or addiction etc.
He served a twelve-month sentence for violent assault, which included a three-month rehabilitation period.
the time it will take for person to recover from an illness, disease, or surgery etc and to return to normal life
Many of these injuries require surgery, followed by a rehabilitation period to restore the repair site to its pre-injury function.