[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: 28CFR301.315]

[Page 454]
 
                    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. 301.315  Review of entitlement.

    (a) Each monthly compensation recipient shall be required, upon 
request of the Claims Examiner, to submit to a medical examination, by a 
physician specified or approved by the Claims Examiner, to determine the 
current status of his physical impairment. Any reduction in the degree 
of physical impairment revealed by this examination shall result in a 
commensurate reduction in the amount of monthly compensation provided. 
Failure to submit to this physical examination shall be deemed refusal, 
and shall ordinarily result in denial of future compensation. The costs 
associated with this examination shall be borne by Federal Prison 
Industries, Inc.
    (b) Inasmuch as compensation awards are based upon the minimum wage, 
any income received by a compensation recipient which exceeds the annual 
income available at the minimum wage (based upon a 40 hour work week), 
including Social Security or veterans benefits received as the result of 
the work-related injury for which Inmate Accident Compensation has been 
awarded, shall be deemed excessive. The amount of compensation payable 
to a claimant with an income deemed excessive shall be reduced at the 
rate of one dollar for each two dollars of earned and benefit income 
which exceeds the annual income available at minimum wage. Each monthly 
compensation recipient shall be required to provide a statement of 
earnings on an annual basis, or as otherwise requested. Failure to 
provide this statement shall result in the suspension or denial of all 
Inmate Accident Compensation benefits until such time as satisfactory 
evidence of continued eligibility is provided.