[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: 20CFR702.148]

[Page 870-871]
 
                      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. 702.148  Insurance carriers' and self-insured employers' responsibilities.

    (a) Each carrier and self-insured employer shall make, keep, and 
preserve such records, and make such reports and provide such additional 
information as the Director prescribes or orders, which he considers 
necessary or appropriate to effectively carry out his responsibilities.
    (b) Consistent with their greater direct liability stemming from the 
amended assessment formula, employers and insurance carriers are given 
the authority to monitor their claims in the special fund as outlined in 
paragraph (c) of this section. For purposes of monitoring these claims, 
employers and insurance carriers remain parties in interest to the claim 
and are allowed access to all records relating to the claim. Similarly, 
employers and insurance carriers can initiate proceeding to modify an 
award of compensation after the special fund has assumed the liability 
to pay benefits. It is intended that employers and insurance carriers 
have

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neither a greater nor a lesser responsibility in this new role that they 
not have with regard to cases that remain their sole liability. (See 
Sec. 702.373(d).)
    (c) An employer or insurance carrier may conduct any reasonable 
investigation regarding cases placed into the special fund by the 
employer or insurance carrier. Such investigation may include, but shall 
not be limited to, a semi-annual request for earnings information 
pursuant to section 8(j) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 908(j) (See Sec. 702.285) 
periodic medical examinations, vocational rehabilitation evaluations, 
and requests for any additional information needed to effectively 
monitor such a case.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1215-0118)

(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.))

[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 47 FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982; 50 
FR 395, Jan. 3, 1985]

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