[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR410.222]

[Page 610]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 410_FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, TITLE IV_BLACK 
LUNG BENEFITS (1969	 )--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_Requirements for Entitlement; Duration of Entitlement; Filing 
                         of Claims and Evidence
 
Sec. 410.222  Execution of a claim.

    The Administration determines who is the proper party to execute a 
claim in accordance with the following rules:
    (a) If the claimant has attained the age of 18, is mentally 
competent, and is physically able to execute the claim, the claim shall 
be executed by him. Where, however, paragraph (d) of this section 
applies, the claim may also be executed by the claimant's legal 
guardian, committee, or other representative.
    (b) If the claimant is between the ages of 16 and 18, is mentally 
competent, has no legally appointed guardian, committee, or other 
representative, and is not in the care of any person, such claimant may 
execute the claim upon filing a statement on the prescribed form 
indicating capacity to act on his own behalf.
    (c) If the claimant is mentally competent but has not attained age 
18 and is in the care of a person, the claim may be executed by such 
person.
    (d) If the claimant (regardless of his age) has a legally appointed 
guardian, committee, or other representative, the claim may be executed 
by such guardian committee, or representative.
    (e) If the claimant (regardless of his age) is mentally incompetent 
or is physically unable to execute the claim, it may be executed by the 
person who has the claimant in his care or by a legally appointed 
guardian, committee, or other representative.
    (f) Where the claimant is in the care of an institution and is not 
mentally competent or physically able to execute a claim, the manager or 
principal officer of such institution may execute the claim.
    (g) For good cause shown, the Administration may accept a claim 
executed by a person other than one described in paragraph (a), (b), 
(c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section.

[37 FR 20637, Sept. 30, 1972]