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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 20 - Employees' Benefits |
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Chapter VI - Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor |
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SubChapter B - Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as Amended |
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Part 718 - Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability or Death Due to Pneumoconiosis |
Subpart A - General |
§ 718.1 - Statutory provisions. |
§ 718.2 - Applicability of this part. |
§ 718.3 - Scope and intent of this part. |
§ 718.4 - Definitions and use of terms. |
§ 718.5 - Incorporations by reference. |
Subpart B - Criteria for the Development of Medical Evidence |
§ 718.101 - General. |
§ 718.102 - Chest radiographs (X-rays). |
§ 718.103 - Pulmonary function tests. |
§ 718.104 - Report of physical examinations. |
§ 718.105 - Arterial blood-gas studies. |
§ 718.106 - Autopsy; biopsy. |
§ 718.107 - Other medical evidence. |
Subpart C - Determining Entitlement to Benefits |
§ 718.201 - Definition of pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.202 - Determining the existence of pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.203 - Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment. |
§ 718.204 - Total disability and disability causation defined; criteria for determining total disability and total disability due to pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.205 - Death due to pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.206 - Effect of findings by persons or agencies. |
Subpart D - Presumptions Applicable to Eligibility Determinations |
§ 718.301 - Establishing length of employment as a miner. |
§ 718.302 - Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment. |
§ 718.303 - [Reserved] |
§ 718.304 - Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.305 - Presumption of pneumoconiosis. |
§ 718.306 - [Reserved] |
§ 718.307 - Applicability of 33 U.S.C. 920(a). |
Subpart E - Miscellaneous Provisions |
§ 718.401 - Right to obtain evidence. |
§ 718.402 - Failure to furnish required medical evidence. |
§ 718.403 - Burden of proof. |
§ 718.404 - Cessation of entitlement. |
Appendix A to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Chest Radiographs (X-rays) |
Appendix B to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests. Tables B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6. |
Appendix C to Part 718 - Blood-Gas Tables |