---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.301"
title: "20"
number: "10.301"
heading: "May the physician designated on Form CA-16 refer the employee to another medical specialist or medical facility?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.301"
---

# §10.301. May the physician designated on Form CA-16 refer the employee to another medical specialist or medical facility?


The physician designated on Form CA-16 may refer the employee for further examination, testing, or medical care. OWCP will pay this physician or facility's bill on the authority of Form CA-16. The employer should not issue a second Form CA-16.


## 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.