Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/725.360
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20 CFR 725.360 - Parties to proceedings. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 20 › Chapter VI › Subchapter B › Part 725 › Subpart D › Section 725.360
20 CFR 725.360 - Parties to proceedings.
§ 725.360 Parties to proceedings.
(a) Except as provided in § 725.361, no person other than the Secretary of Labor and authorized personnel of the Department of Labor shall participate at any stage in the adjudication of a claim for benefits under this part, unless such person is determined by the appropriate adjudication officer to qualify under the provisions of this section as a party to the claim. The following persons shall be parties:
(1) The claimant;
(2) A person other than a claimant, authorized to execute a claim on such claimant's behalf under § 725.301;
(3) Any coal mine operator notified under § 725.407 of its possible liability for the claim;
(4) Any insurance carrier of such operator; and
(5) The Director in all proceedings relating to a claim for benefits under this part.
(b) A widow, child, parent, brother, or sister, or the representative of a decedent's estate, who makes a showing in writing that his or her rights with respect to benefits may be prejudiced by a decision of an adjudication officer, may be made a party.
(c) Any coal mine operator or prior operator or insurance carrier which has not been notified under § 725.407 and which makes a showing in writing that its rights may be prejudiced by a decision of an adjudication officer may be made a party.
(d) Any other individual may be made a party if that individual's rights with respect to benefits may be prejudiced by a decision to be made.
§ 901 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title
§ 903 - Field offices
§ 904 - Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1926
§ 921 - Regulations and presumptions
§ 932 - Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements
§ 936 - Regulations and reports
§ 903 - Coverage
§ 904 - Liability for compensation
§ 905 - Exclusiveness of liability
§ 906 - Compensation
§ 907 - Medical services and supplies
§ 908 - Compensation for disability
§ 909 - Compensation for death
§ 910 - Determination of pay
§ 911 - Guardian for minor or incompetent
§ 912 - Notice of injury or death
§ 913 - Filing of claims
§ 914 - Payment of compensation
§ 915 - Invalid agreements
§ 916 - Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors
§ 917 - Lien against compensation
§ 918 - Collection of defaulted payments; special fund
§ 919 - Procedure in respect of claims
§ 920 - Presumptions
§ 921 - Review of compensation orders
§ 921a - Appearance of attorneys for Secretary, deputy commissioner, or Board
§ 922 - Modification of awards
§ 923 - Procedure before deputy commissioner or Board
§ 924 - Witnesses
§ 925 - Witness fees
§ 926 - Costs in proceedings brought without reasonable grounds
§ 927 - Powers of deputy commissioners or Board
§ 928 - Fees for services
§ 929 - Record of injury or death
§ 930 - Reports to Secretary
§ 931 - Penalty for misrepresentation
§ 932 - Security for compensation
§ 933 - Compensation for injuries where third persons are liable
§ 934 - Compensation notice
§ 935 - Substitution of carrier for employer
§ 936 - Insurance policies
§ 937 - Certificate of compliance with chapter
§ 938 - Penalties
§ 940 - Deputy commissioners
§ 942 - Annual report
§ 943 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–348, § 1(15), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1311
§ 944 - Special fund
§ 945 to 947 - Repealed. Pub. L. 98–426, § 25, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654
§ 948 - Laws inapplicable
§ 948a - Discrimination against employees who bring proceedings; penalties; deposit of payments in special fund; civil actions; entitlement to restoration of...for penalties and payments; insurance policy exemption from liability
§ 949 - Effect of unconstitutionality
§ 950 - Separability
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 20 CFR Part 725 after this date.
82 FR 739 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Medical Benefit Payments
FR Doc. 2016-31382
RIN 1240-AA11
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs
20 CFR Part 725
The Department is proposing revisions to regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) governing the payment of medical benefits. The Department is basing these rules on payment formulas that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses to determine payments under the Medicare program. The Department also intends to make the rules similar to those utilized in the other programs that the Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers. These rules will determine the amounts payable for covered medical services and treatments provided to entitled miners, when those services or treatments are paid by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. In addition, the proposed rule would eliminate two obsolete provisions.
81 FR 31853 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Disclosure of Medical Evidence and Payment of Benefits; Technical Amendment
FR Doc. 2016-11840
RIN 1240-AA10
This rule is effective May 26, 2016.
The Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs is making a technical amendment to its regulation on disclosure of medical information to reflect the Office of Management and Budget&apos;s approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-20, of the information collection requirements contained in that regulation.
2016-04-26; vol. 81 # 80 - Tuesday, April 26, 2016
81 FR 24464 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Disclosure of Medical Information and Payment of Benefits
FR Doc. 2016-09525
This final rule revises the regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act to address certain procedural issues that have arisen in claim adjudications and other technical issues. To protect miners&apos; health, assist parties without adequate legal representation, and enhance the accuracy of benefits entitlement decisions, the final rule includes a new provision that requires all parties to exchange with each other any medical information developed in connection with a claim for benefits and allows for the imposition of sanctions for failure to comply with the rule. The final rule also clarifies a liable coal mine operator&apos;s obligation to pay effective benefits awards by requiring payment before allowing the operator to challenge the award through the Act&apos;s modification procedures. In addition, the final rule resolves an ambiguity regarding how physicians&apos; follow-up reports should be considered under the evidence-limiting rules, and allows the Department to fully participate in claims adjudications after the liable coal mine operator stops participating because of adverse financial developments, such as bankruptcy or insolvency.
80 FR 23743 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Disclosure of Medical Information and Payment of Benefits
FR Doc. 2015-09573
The Department is proposing revisions to the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) regulations to address several procedural issues that have arisen in claims processing and adjudications. To protect a miner&apos;s health and promote accurate benefit determinations, the proposed rule would require parties to disclose all medical information developed in connection with a claim for benefits. The proposed rule also would clarify that a liable coal mine operator is obligated to pay benefits during post-award modification proceedings and that a supplemental report from a physician is considered merely a continuation of the physician&apos;s earlier report for purposes of the evidence-limiting rules.
FR Doc. 2014-08636
RIN 1240-AA07
This rule is effective May 19, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of May 19, 2014.
20 CFR Parts 718 and 725
Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department&apos;s regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for administering and interpreting film-based chest radiographs. This final rule updates the Department&apos;s existing film-radiograph standards and provides parallel standards for digital radiographs. This rule also updates outdated terminology and removes certain obsolete provisions.
78 FR 60686 - Regulations Implementing the Byrd Amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act: Determining Coal Miners&apos; and Survivors&apos; Entitlement to Benefits; Correction
FR Doc. 2013-23928
RIN 1240-AA04
The Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs is correcting the preamble to a final rule implementing amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act that appeared in the Federal Register of September 25, 2013 (78 FR 59102). The preamble incorrectly stated that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget had reviewed the rule under Executive Order 12866. This document corrects that error and changes the contact information.
78 FR 59102 - Regulations Implementing the Byrd Amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act: Determining Coal Miners&apos; and Survivors&apos; Entitlement to Benefits
FR Doc. 2013-22874
This final rule revises the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) regulations to implement amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA amended the BLBA in two ways. First, it revived a rebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis for certain claims. Second, it reinstituted automatic entitlement to benefits for certain eligible survivors of coal miners whose lifetime benefit claims were awarded because they were totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis. These regulations clarify how the statutory presumption may be invoked and rebutted and the application and scope of the survivor-entitlement provision. The rule also eliminates several unnecessary or obsolete provisions.
78 FR 53645 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs
FR Doc. 2013-21029
Effective August 30, 2013, the direct final rule published on June 13, 2013, (78 FR 35549) is withdrawn.
The Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs (OWCP) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on June 13, 2013, updating existing film-radiograph standards and providing parallel standards for submission of digital radiographs in connection with claims filed under the Black Lung Benefits Act. The comment period closed on August 12, 2013. OWCP is withdrawing the direct final rule because the agency received significant adverse comment.
2013-06-13; vol. 78 # 114 - Thursday, June 13, 2013
78 FR 35549 - Black Lung Benefits Act: Standards for Chest Radiographs
FR Doc. 2013-13970
This direct final rule is effective September 11, 2013, without further action unless OWCP receives significant adverse comment to this rule by midnight Eastern Standard Time on August 12, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of September 11, 2013. If OWCP receives significant adverse comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register .
Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department&apos;s regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for their performance. These standards are currently limited to film radiographs. In recent years, many medical facilities have phased out film radiography in favor of digital radiography. This direct final rule updates the existing film-radiograph standards and provides parallel standards for digital radiographs. This rule also updates outdated terminology and removes certain obsolete provisions.
FR Doc. 2013-13971
Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department&apos;s regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for their performance. These standards are currently limited to film radiographs. In recent years, many medical facilities have phased out film radiography in favor of digital radiography. This proposed rule would update the existing film-radiograph standards and provide parallel standards for digital radiographs. The proposed rule would also update outdated terminology and remove certain obsolete provisions.
FR Doc. 2012-15029
RIN 1240-AA05
Effective June 21, 2012.
20 CFR Parts 701, 702, 703, 725, and 726
The Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs is making technical amendments to reflect the dissolution of the Employment Standards Administration and the Secretary&apos;s delegation of authority to administer the Longshore and Harbor Workers&apos; Compensation Act (and its extensions) and the Black Lung Benefits Act to the Director, Office of Workers&apos; Compensation Programs. The amendments also add and update Internet addresses, and update cross-references to other regulations.
77 FR 19456 - Regulations Implementing the Byrd Amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act: Determining Coal Miners&apos; and Survivors&apos; Entitlement to Benefits
FR Doc. 2012-7335
The Department invites written comments on the proposed regulations from interested parties. Written comments must be received by May 29, 2012.
This document contains proposed regulations implementing amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA amended the BLBA in two ways. First, it revived a rebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis for certain claims. Second, it reinstituted derivative entitlement to benefits for certain eligible survivors of coal miners whose lifetime benefit claims were awarded because they were totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis. These survivors need not also prove that the miner died due to coal workers&apos; pneumoconiosis. The proposed rules would clarify how the statutory presumption may be invoked and rebutted and the application and scope of the derivative-survivor-entitlement provision. The proposed rules also eliminate several unnecessary or obsolete provisions.
20 CFR 725.450 — Right to a Hearing.
20 CFR 725.407 — Identification and Notification of Responsible Operator.
20 CFR 725.465 — Dismissals for Cause.
20 CFR 725.102 — Disclosure of Program Information.