---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 81.22"
title: "42"
number: "81.22"
heading: "General guidelines for use of NIOSH-IREP."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/81.22"
---

# §81.22. General guidelines for use of NIOSH-IREP.


DOL will use procedures specified in the NIOSH-IREP Operating Guide to calculate probability of causation estimates under EEOICPA. The guide provides current, step-by-step instructions for the operation of IREP. The procedures include entering personal, diagnostic, and exposure data; setting/confirming appropriate values for variables used in calculations; conducting the calculation; and, obtaining, evaluating, and reporting results.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384n(c); E.O. 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 22309, May 2, 2002, unless otherwise noted.