Part 702 — Administration and Procedure
Subpart A — General Provisions
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 702.121— Forms.
- § 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.
- § 702.136— Requests for information and assistance.
- § 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.
- § 702.161— Liens against assets of insurance carriers and employers.
- § 702.162— Liens on compensation authorized under special circumstances.
- § 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
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 702.251— Employer's controversion of the right to compensation.
- § 702.252— Action by district director upon receipt of notice of controversion.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 702.281— Third party action.
- § 702.285— Report of earnings.
- § 702.286— Report of earnings; forfeiture of compensation.
Subpart C — Adjudication Procedures
- § 702.301— Scope of this subpart.
- § 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.
- § 702.321— Procedures for determining applicability of section 8(f) of the Act.
- § 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.
- § 702.371— Interlocutory matters.
- § 702.372— Supplementary compensation orders.
- § 702.373— Modification of awards.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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.
- § 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
Subpart G — Section 10(f) Adjustments
Subpart H — Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates
- § 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?
- § 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?
- § 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?