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20 CFR 718.304 - Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 20 › Chapter VI › Subchapter B › Part 718 › Subpart D › Section 718.304 20 CFR 718.304 - Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis.
§ 718.304
When diagnosed by chest X-ray (see § 718.202 concerning the standards for X-rays and the effect of interpretations of X-rays by physicians) yields one or more large opacities (greater than 1 centimeter in diameter) and would be classified in Category A, B, or C in:
The ILO-U/C International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses, 1971, or subsequent revisions thereto; or
The International Classification of the Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses of the International Labour Office, Extended Classification (1968) (which may be referred to as the “ILO Classification (1968)”); or
The Classification of the Pneumoconioses of the Union Internationale Contra Cancer/Cincinnati (1968) (which may be referred to as the “UICC/Cincinnati (1968) Classification”); or
When diagnosed by biopsy or autopsy, yields massive lesions in the lung; or
When diagnosed by means other than those specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, would be a condition which could reasonably be expected to yield the results described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section had diagnosis been made as therein described: Provided, however, That any diagnosis made under this paragraph shall accord with acceptable medical procedures.
§ 718.304 Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis.
(a) When diagnosed by chest X-ray (see § 718.202 concerning the standards for X-rays and the effect of interpretations of X-rays by physicians) yields one or more large opacities (greater than one centimeter in diameter) and would be classified in Category A, B, or C in accordance with the classification system established in Guidelines for the Use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses as provided in § 718.102(d); or
[79 FR 21613, Apr. 17, 2014]