Title 20

PART 718

Part 718 - Standards For Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability Or Death Due To Pneumoconiosis

PART 718 - STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING COAL MINERS' TOTAL DISABILITY OR DEATH DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS Authority:5 U.S.C. 301; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834. Source:45 FR 13678, Feb. 29, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

20:4.0.2.2.6.1SUBPART A
Subpart A - General
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   718.1 Statutory provisions.
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   718.2 Applicability of this part.
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   718.3 Scope and intent of this part.
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   718.4 Definitions and use of terms.
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   718.5 Incorporations by reference.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2SUBPART B
Subpart B - Criteria for the Development of Medical Evidence
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.1SECTION 718.101
   718.101 General.
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   718.102 Chest radiographs (X-rays).
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   718.103 Pulmonary function tests.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.4SECTION 718.104
   718.104 Report of physical examinations.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.5SECTION 718.105
   718.105 Arterial blood-gas studies.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.6SECTION 718.106
   718.106 Autopsy; biopsy.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.7SECTION 718.107
   718.107 Other medical evidence.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3SUBPART C
Subpart C - Determining Entitlement to Benefits
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.1SECTION 718.201
   718.201 Definition of pneumoconiosis.
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   718.202 Determining the existence of pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.3SECTION 718.203
   718.203 Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.4SECTION 718.204
   718.204 Total disability and disability causation defined; criteria for determining total disability and total disability due to pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.5SECTION 718.205
   718.205 Death due to pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.6SECTION 718.206
   718.206 Effect of findings by persons or agencies.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4SUBPART D
Subpart D - Presumptions Applicable to Eligibility Determinations
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.1SECTION 718.301
   718.301 Establishing length of employment as a miner.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.2SECTION 718.302
   718.302 Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.3SECTION 718.303
   718.303 [Reserved]
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   718.304 Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis.
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   718.305 Presumption of pneumoconiosis.
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   718.306 [Reserved]
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.1APPENDIX Appendix A
   Appendix A to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Chest Radiographs (X-rays)
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.2APPENDIX Appendix B
   Appendix B to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests. Tables B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.3APPENDIX Appendix C
   Appendix C to Part 718 - Blood-Gas Tables