[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.136]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 702.136  Requests for information and assistance.

    (a) General assistance. The Director shall, upon request, provide 
persons covered by the Act with information and assistance relating to 
the Act's coverage and compensation and the procedures for obtaining 
such compensation including assistance in processing a claim.
    (b) Legal assistance to claimants. The Secretary may, upon request, 
provide a claimant with legal assistance in processing a claim under the 
Act. Such assistance may be made available to a claimant in the 
discretion of the Solicitor of Labor or his designee at any

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time prior to or during which the claim is being processed and shall be 
furnished without charge to the claimant. Legal representation of the 
claimant in adjudicatory proceedings may be furnished in cases in which 
the Secretary's interest in the case is not adverse to that of the 
claimant.
    (c) Other assistance. The district directors and their staff, as 
designees of the Director, shall promptly and fully comply with the 
request of a claimant receiving compensation for information about, and 
assistance in obtaining, medical, manpower, and vocational 
rehabilitation services (see also subparts D and E of this part).

                Commutation of Payments and Special Fund