---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 220.59"
title: "20"
number: "220.59"
heading: "Requesting examination by a specific physician, psychologist or institution—hearings officer hearing level."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/220.59"
---

# §220.59. Requesting examination by a specific physician, psychologist or institution—hearings officer hearing level.


In an unusual case, a hearings officer may have reason to request an examination by a particular physician, psychologist or institution. Some examples include the following:

- (a) Conflicts in the existing medical evidence require resolution by a recognized authority in a particular specialty:
- (b) The impairment requires hospitalization for diagnostic purposes; or
- (c) The claimant's treating physician or psychologist is in the best position to submit a meaningful report.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231a; 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.