§10.825. What are the effects of exclusion?
20 C.F.R. § 10.825
OWCP may give notice of the exclusion of a physician, hospital or provider of medical services or supplies:
All OWCP district offices;
All Federal employers;
The CMS;
The State or local authority responsible for licensing or certifying the excluded party.
Notwithstanding any exclusion of a physician, hospital, or provider of medical services or supplies under this subpart, OWCP shall not refuse an employee reimbursement for any otherwise reimbursable medical treatment, service or supply if:
Such treatment, service or supply was rendered in an emergency by an excluded physician; or
The employee could not reasonably have been expected to have known of such exclusion.
An employee who is notified that his or her attending physician has been excluded shall have a new right to select a qualified physician.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
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.