[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: 28CFR301.318]

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                    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. 301.318  Civilian compensation laws distinguished.

    The Inmate Accident Compensation system is not obligated to comply 
with the provisions of any other system of worker's compensation except 
where stated in this part. Awards made under the provisions of the 
Inmate Accident Compensation procedure differ from awards made under 
civilian workmen's compensation laws in that hospitalization is usually 
completed prior to the inmate's release from the institution and, except 
for a three-day waiting period, the inmate receives wages while absent 
from work. Other factors necessarily must be considered that do not 
enter into the administration of civilian workmen's compensation laws. 
As in the case of federal employees who allege they have sustained work-
related injuries, the burden of proof lies with the claimant to 
establish that the claimed impairment is causally related to the 
claimant's work assignment.

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