[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: 28CFR79.27]

[Page 347]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 79--CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Eligibility Criteria for Claims Relating to Certain Specified 
                      Diseases in an Affected Area
 
Sec. 79.27  Indication of the presence of hepatitis B or cirrhosis.

    (a)(1) If the claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary is claiming 
eligibility under this subpart for primary cancer of the liver, the 
claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must submit, in addition to 
proof of the disease, all medical records listed below from any 
hospital, medical facility, or health care provider that were created 
within the period six months before and six months after the date of 
diagnosis of primary cancer of the liver:
    (i) All history and physical examination reports;
    (ii) All operative and consultation reports;
    (iii) All pathology reports; and
    (iv) All physician, hospital, and health care facility admission and 
discharge summaries.
    (2) In the event that any of the records in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section no longer exists, the claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary 
must submit a certified statement by the custodian(s) of those records 
to that effect.
    (b) If the medical records listed in paragraph (a) of this section, 
or information possessed by the state cancer or tumor registries, 
indicates the presence of hepatitis B or cirrhosis, the Radiation 
Exposure Compensation Program will notify the claimant or eligible 
surviving beneficiary and afford that individual the opportunity to 
submit other written medical documentation or contemporaneous records in 
accordance with Sec. 79.72(b) to establish that in fact there was no 
hepatitis B or cirrhosis.
    (c) The Program may also require that the claimant or eligible 
surviving beneficiary provide additional medical records or other 
contemporaneous records, or an authorization to release such additional 
medical and contemporaneous records, as may be needed to make a 
determination regarding the indication of the presence of hepatitis B or 
cirrhosis.