20 CFR Part 702
PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE
- PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE
- Chapter VI—Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor › Subchapter A—Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and Related Statutes
- Subpart A—General Provisions
- Administration
- § 702.101 Exchange of documents and information.
- § 702.102 Establishment and modification of compensation districts, establishment of suboffices and jurisdictional areas.
- § 702.103 Effect of establishment of suboffices and jurisdictional areas.
- § 702.104 Transfer of individual case file.
- § 702.105 Use of the title District Director in place of Deputy Commissioner.
- Records
- § 702.111 Employer's records.
- § 702.112 Records of the OWCP.
- § 702.113 Inspection of records of the OWCP.
- § 702.114 Copying of records of OWCP.
- Forms
- § 702.121 Forms.
- Representation
- § 702.131 Representation of parties in interest.
- § 702.132 Fees for services.
- § 702.133 Unapproved fees; solicitation of claimants; penalties.
- § 702.134 Payment of claimant's attorney's fees in disputed claims.
- § 702.135 Payment of claimant's witness fees and mileage in disputed claims.
- Information and Assistance for Claimants
- § 702.136 Requests for information and assistance.
- Commutation of Payments and Special Fund
- § 702.142 Commutation of payments; aliens not residents or about to become nonresidents.
- § 702.143 Establishment of special fund.
- § 702.144 Purpose of the special fund.
- § 702.145 Use of the special fund.
- § 702.146 Source of the special fund.
- § 702.147 Enforcement of special fund provisions.
- § 702.148 Insurance carriers' and self-insured employers' responsibilities.
- Liens on Compensation
- § 702.161 Liens against assets of insurance carriers and employers.
- § 702.162 Liens on compensation authorized under special circumstances.
- Certification of Exemption
- § 702.171 Certification of exemption, general.
- § 702.172 Certification; definitions.
- § 702.173 Exemptions; requirements, limitations.
- § 702.174 Exemptions; necessary information.
- § 702.175 Effect of work on excluded vessels; reinstatement of certification.
- Subpart B—Claims Procedures
- Employer's Reports
- § 702.201 Reports from employers of employee's injury or death.
- § 702.202 Employer's report; form and contents.
- § 702.203 Employer's report; how given.
- § 702.204 Employer's report; penalty for failure to furnish and or falsifying.
- § 702.205 Employer's report; effect of failure to report upon time limitations.
- Notice
- § 702.211 Notice of employee's injury or death; designation of responsible official.
- § 702.212 Notice; when given; when given for certain occupational diseases.
- § 702.213 Notice; by whom given.
- § 702.214 Notice; form and content.
- § 702.215 Notice; how given.
- § 702.216 Effect of failure to give notice.
- § 702.217 Penalty for false statement, misrepresentation.
- Claims
- § 702.221 Claims for compensation; time limitations.
- § 702.222 Claims; exceptions to time limitations.
- § 702.223 Claims; time limitations; time to object.
- § 702.224 Claims; notification of employer of filing by employee.
- § 702.225 Withdrawal of a claim.
- Noncontroverted Claims
- § 702.231 Noncontroverted claims; payment of compensation without an award.
- § 702.232 Payments without an award; when; how paid.
- § 702.233 Penalty for failure to pay without an award.
- § 702.234 Report by employer of commencement and suspension of payments.
- § 702.235 Report by employer of final payment of compensation.
- § 702.236 Penalty for failure to report termination of payments.
- Agreed Settlements
- § 702.241 Definitions and supplementary information.
- § 702.242 Information necessary for a complete settlement application.
- § 702.243 Settlement application; how submitted, how approved, how disapproved, criteria.
- Controverted Claims
- § 702.251 Employer's controversion of the right to compensation.
- § 702.252 Action by district director upon receipt of notice of controversion.
- Contested Claims
- § 702.261 Claimant's contest of actions taken by employer or carrier with respect to the claim.
- § 702.262 Action by district director upon receipt of notice of contest.
- Discrimination
- § 702.271 Discrimination; against employees who bring proceedings, prohibition and penalty.
- § 702.272 Informal recommendation by district director.
- § 702.273 Adjudication by Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge.
- § 702.274 Employer's refusal to pay penalty.
- Third Party
- § 702.281 Third party action.
- Report of Earnings
- § 702.285 Report of earnings.
- § 702.286 Report of earnings; forfeiture of compensation.
- Subpart C—Adjudication Procedures
- General
- § 702.301 Scope of this subpart.
- Action by District Directors
- § 702.311 Handling of claims matters by district directors; informal conferences.
- § 702.312 Informal conferences; called by and held before whom.
- § 702.313 Informal conferences; how called; when called.
- § 702.314 Informal conferences; how conducted; where held.
- § 702.315 Conclusion of conference; agreement on all matters with respect to the claim.
- § 702.316 Conclusion of conference; no agreement on all matters with respect to the claim.
- § 702.317 Preparation and transfer of the case for hearing.
- § 702.318 The record; what constitutes; nontransferability of the administrative file.
- § 702.319 Obtaining documents from the administrative file for reintroduction at formal hearings.
- Special Fund
- § 702.321 Procedures for determining applicability of section 8(f) of the Act.
- Formal Hearings
- § 702.331 Formal hearings; procedure initiating.
- § 702.332 Formal hearings; how conducted.
- § 702.333 Formal hearings; parties.
- § 702.334 Formal hearings; representatives of parties.
- § 702.335 Formal hearings; notice.
- § 702.336 Formal hearings; new issues.
- § 702.337 Formal hearings; change of time or place for hearings; postponements.
- § 702.338 Formal hearings; general procedures.
- § 702.339 Formal hearings; evidence.
- § 702.340 Formal hearings; witnesses.
- § 702.341 Formal hearings; depositions; interrogatories.
- § 702.342 Formal hearings; witness fees.
- § 702.343 Formal hearings; oral argument and written allegations.
- § 702.344 Formal hearings; record of hearing.
- § 702.345 Formal hearings; consolidated issues; consolidated cases.
- § 702.346 Formal hearings; waiver of right to appear.
- § 702.347 Formal hearings; termination.
- § 702.348 Formal hearings; preparation of final decision and order; content.
- § 702.349 Formal hearings; filing and mailing of compensation orders; waiver of service; disposition of transcripts.
- § 702.350 Finality of compensation orders.
- § 702.351 Withdrawal of controversion of issues set for formal hearing; effect.
- Interlocutory Matters, Supplementary Orders, and Modifications
- § 702.371 Interlocutory matters.
- § 702.372 Supplementary compensation orders.
- § 702.373 Modification of awards.
- Appeals
- § 702.391 Appeals; where.
- § 702.392 Appeals; what may be appealed.
- § 702.393 Appeals; time limitations.
- § 702.394 Appeals; procedure.
- Subpart D—Medical Care and Supervision
- § 702.401 Medical care defined.
- § 702.402 Employer's duty to furnish; duration.
- § 702.403 Employee's right to choose physician; limitations.
- § 702.404 Physician defined.
- § 702.405 Selection of physician; emergencies.
- § 702.406 Change of physicians; non-emergencies.
- § 702.407 Supervision of medical care.
- § 702.408 Evaluation of medical questions; impartial specialists.
- § 702.409 Evaluation of medical questions; results disputed.
- § 702.410 Duties of employees with respect to special examinations.
- § 702.411 Special examinations; nature of impartiality of specialists.
- § 702.412 Special examinations; costs chargeable to employer or carrier.
- § 702.413 Fees for medical services; prevailing community charges.
- § 702.414 Fees for medical services; unresolved disputes on prevailing charges.
- § 702.415 Fees for medical services; unresolved disputes on charges; procedure.
- § 702.416 Fees for medical services; disputes; hearings; necessary parties.
- § 702.417 Fees for medical services; disputes; effect of adverse decision.
- Medical Procedures
- § 702.418 Procedure for requesting medical care; employee's duty to notify employer.
- § 702.419 Action by employer upon acquiring knowledge or being given notice of injury.
- § 702.420 Issuance of authorization; binding effect upon insurance carrier.
- § 702.421 Effect of failure to obtain initial authorization.
- § 702.422 Effect of failure to report on medical care after initial authorization.
- Debarment of Physicians and Other Providers of Medical Services and Suppliers and Claims Representatives
- § 702.431 Grounds for debarment.
- § 702.432 Debarment process.
- § 702.433 Requests for hearing.
- § 702.434 Judicial review.
- § 702.435 Effects of debarment.
- § 702.436 Reinstatement.
- Hearing Loss Claims
- § 702.441 Claims for loss of hearing.
- Subpart E—Vocational Rehabilitation
- § 702.501 Vocational rehabilitation; objective.
- § 702.502 Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors.
- § 702.503 Vocational rehabilitation; action by adviser.
- § 702.504 Vocational rehabilitation; referrals to State Employment Agencies.
- § 702.505 Vocational rehabilitation; referrals to other public and private agencies.
- § 702.506 Vocational rehabilitation; training.
- § 702.507 Vocational rehabilitation; maintenance allowance.
- § 702.508 Vocational rehabilitation; confidentiality of information.
- Subpart F—Occupational Disease Which Does Not Immediately Result in Death or Disability
- § 702.601 Definitions.
- § 702.602 Notice and claims.
- § 702.603 Determining the payrate for compensating occupational disease claims which become manifest after retirement.
- § 702.604 Determining the amount of compensation for occupational disease claims which become manifest after retirement.
- Subpart G—Section 10(f) Adjustments
- § 702.701 What is an annual section 10(f) adjustment and how is it calculated?
- Subpart H—Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates
- General
- § 702.801 Scope and intent of this subpart.
- § 702.802 Applicability of this subpart.
- § 702.803 Definitions.
- § 702.804 What are the weekly maximum and minimum rates for each fiscal year and how are they calculated?
- Maximum Rates
- § 702.805 What weekly maximum rates apply to compensation for permanent partial disability, temporary total disability, and temporary partial disability?
- § 702.806 What weekly maximum rates apply to compensation for permanent total disability?
- § 702.807 What weekly maximum rates apply to death benefits?
- Minimum Rates
- § 702.808 What weekly minimum rates apply to compensation for partial disability?
- § 702.809 What weekly minimum rates apply to compensation for temporary total disability?
- § 702.810 What weekly minimum rates apply to compensation for permanent total disability?
- § 702.811 What weekly minimum rates apply to death benefits?