---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.224"
title: "20"
number: "10.224"
heading: "What happens if OWCP finds that the employee is not entitled to COP after it has been paid?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.224"
---

# §10.224. What happens if OWCP finds that the employee is not entitled to COP after it has been paid?


Where OWCP finds that the employee is not entitled to COP after it has been paid, the employee may chose to have the time charged to annual or sick leave, or considered an overpayment of pay under [5 U.S.C. 5584](/usc/5/5584.md). The employer must correct any deficiencies in COP as directed by OWCP.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.