[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR301.303]

[Page 450-451]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 301--INMATE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Compensation for Work-Related Physical Impairment or Death
 
Sec. 301.303  Time parameters for filing a claim.

    (a) No more than 45 days prior to the date of an inmate's release, 
but no less than 15 days prior to this date, each inmate who feels that 
a residual physical impairment exists as a result of an industrial, 
institution, or other work-related injury shall submit a FPI Form 43, 
Inmate Claim for Compensation on Account of Work Injury. Assistance will 
be given the inmate to properly prepare the claim, if the inmate wishes 
to file. In each case a definite statement shall be made by the claimant 
as to the impairment caused by the alleged injury. The completed claim 
form shall be submitted to the Institution Safety Manager or Community 
Corrections Manager for processing.
    (b) In the case of an inmate based at a community corrections center 
who is being transferred to a Bureau of Prisons institution, the 
Community Corrections Manager shall forward all materials relating to an 
inmate's work-related injury to the Institution Safety Manager at the 
particular institution where an inmate is being transferred, for 
eventual processing by the Safety Manager prior to the inmate's release 
from that institution.
    (c) Each claimant shall submit to a medical examination to determine 
the degree of physical impairment. Refusal, or failure, to submit to 
such a medical examination shall result in the

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forfeiture of all rights to compensation. In each case of visible 
impairment, disfigurement, or loss of member, photographs shall be taken 
to show the actual condition and shall be transmitted with FPI Form 43.
    (d) The claim, after completion by the physician conducting the 
impairment examination, shall be returned to the Institution Safety 
Manager or Community Corrections Manager for final processing. It shall 
then be forwarded promptly to the Claims Examiner, Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, 320 First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534.
    (e) It is the responsibility of each claimant to advise the Claims 
Examiner of his or her current address, in writing, at all times during 
the pendency of a claim for Inmate Accident Compensation.
    (f) When circumstances preclude submission in accordance with the 
provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, a claim may be accepted up 
to 60 days following release. Additionally, a claim for impairment may 
be accepted up to one year after release, for good cause shown. In such 
cases the claim shall be submitted directly to the Claims Examiner, 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534.

[55 FR 9296, Mar. 12, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 2667, Jan. 18, 1994]