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.

• 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.

20:4.0.2.2.6.1	SUBPART A	Subpart A - General
20:4.0.2.2.6.1.74.1	SECTION 718.1	718.1 Statutory provisions.
20:4.0.2.2.6.1.74.2	SECTION 718.2	718.2 Applicability of this part.
20:4.0.2.2.6.1.74.3	SECTION 718.3	718.3 Scope and intent of this part.
20:4.0.2.2.6.1.74.4	SECTION 718.4	718.4 Definitions and use of terms.
20:4.0.2.2.6.1.74.5	SECTION 718.5	718.5 Incorporations by reference.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2	SUBPART B	Subpart B - Criteria for the Development of Medical Evidence
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.1	SECTION 718.101	718.101 General.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.2	SECTION 718.102	718.102 Chest radiographs (X-rays).
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.3	SECTION 718.103	718.103 Pulmonary function tests.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.4	SECTION 718.104	718.104 Report of physical examinations.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.5	SECTION 718.105	718.105 Arterial blood-gas studies.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.6	SECTION 718.106	718.106 Autopsy; biopsy.
20:4.0.2.2.6.2.74.7	SECTION 718.107	718.107 Other medical evidence.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3	SUBPART C	Subpart C - Determining Entitlement to Benefits
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.1	SECTION 718.201	718.201 Definition of pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.2	SECTION 718.202	718.202 Determining the existence of pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.3	SECTION 718.203	718.203 Establishing relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.4	SECTION 718.204	718.204 Total disability and disability causation defined; criteria for determining total disability and total disability due to pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.5	SECTION 718.205	718.205 Death due to pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.3.74.6	SECTION 718.206	718.206 Effect of findings by persons or agencies.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4	SUBPART D	Subpart D - Presumptions Applicable to Eligibility Determinations
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.1	SECTION 718.301	718.301 Establishing length of employment as a miner.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.2	SECTION 718.302	718.302 Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.3	SECTION 718.303	718.303 [Reserved]
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.4	SECTION 718.304	718.304 Irrebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.5	SECTION 718.305	718.305 Presumption of pneumoconiosis.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.6	SECTION 718.306	718.306 [Reserved]
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.1	APPENDIX Appendix A	Appendix A to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Chest Radiographs (X-rays)
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.2	APPENDIX Appendix B	Appendix B to Part 718 - Standards for Administration and Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests. Tables B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6.
20:4.0.2.2.6.4.74.7.3	APPENDIX Appendix C	Appendix C to Part 718 - Blood-Gas Tables

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