[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: 20CFR410.223]

[Page 610-611]
 
                      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. 410.223  Evidence of authority to execute a claim on behalf of another.

    Where the claim is executed by a person other than the claimant, 
such person shall, at the time of filing the claim or within a 
reasonable time thereafter, file evidence of his authority to execute 
the claim on behalf of such claimant in accordance with the following 
rules:
    (a) If the person executing the claim is the legally appointed 
guardian, committee, or other legal representative of such claimant, the 
evidence shall be a certificate executed by the proper official of the 
court of appointment.
    (b) If the person executing the claim is not such a legal 
representative, the

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evidence shall be a statement describing his relationship to the 
claimant, the extent to which he has the care of such claimant, or his 
position as an officer of the institution of which the claimant is an 
inmate. The Administration may, at any time, require additional evidence 
to establish the authority of any such person.