---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.302"
title: "20"
number: "10.302"
heading: "Should the employer authorize medical care if he or she doubts that the injury occurred, or that it is work-related?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.302"
---

# §10.302. Should the employer authorize medical care if he or she doubts that the injury occurred, or that it is work-related?


If the employer doubts that the injury occurred, or that it is work-related, he or she should authorize medical care by completing Form CA-16 and checking block 6B of the form. If the medical and factual evidence sent to OWCP shows that the condition treated is not work-related, OWCP will notify the employee, the employer, and the physician or hospital that OWCP will not authorize payment for any further treatment.


## 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.