---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 894.701"
title: "5"
number: "894.701"
heading: "May I keep my dental and/or vision coverage when I retire or start receiving workers' compensation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/894.701"
---

# §894.701. May I keep my dental and/or vision coverage when I retire or start receiving workers' compensation?

- (a) Your FEDVIP coverage continues if you retire on an immediate annuity or on a disability annuity, or start receiving compensation from OWCP.
- (b) If you retire on a Minimum Retirement Age +10 annuity that you elect to postpone in accordance with [5 U.S.C. 8412(g)](/usc/5/8412.md?p=g), your FEDVIP coverage will stop when you separate from service. However, you may enroll again within 60 days of when your annuity starts.
- (c) If you retire on a deferred annuity in accordance with [5 U.S.C. 8413](/usc/5/8413.md), your FEDVIP coverage stops and you are not eligible to enroll.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8962; 5 U.S.C. 8992; Subpart C also issued under section 1 of Pub. L. 110-279, 122 Stat. 2604 (2 U.S.C. 2051); and Sec. 894.601(b) also issued under Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8956 note).

### Source

Source: 73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, unless otherwise noted.