§ 722.132 - Waiver of right to benefits.

No State workmen's compensation shall be included on the Secretary's list if such law permits a miner or other prospective claimant to by any means waive, in whole or in part, such individual's rights to receive full benefits for total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis. However, under appropriate circumstances, a waiver may be permitted in respect of the liability of any individual coal mine operator or employer if such State workmen's compensation law contains a provision or provisions which otherwise insure that benefits shall be available to be paid to such claimant from some other approved source.