[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR10.215]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 10_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION 
ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C_Continuation of Pay
 
Sec. 10.215  How does OWCP compute the number of days of COP used?

    COP is payable for a maximum of 45 calendar days, and every day used 
is counted toward this maximum. The following rules apply:
    (a) Time lost on the day or shift of the injury does not count 
toward COP. (Instead, the agency must keep the employee in a pay status 
for that period);
    (b) The first COP day is the first day disability begins following 
the date of injury (providing it is within the 45 days following the 
date of injury), except where the injury occurs before the

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beginning of the work day or shift, in which case the date of injury is 
charged to COP;
    (c) Any part of a day or shift (except for the day of the injury) 
counts as a full day toward the 45 calendar day total;
    (d) Regular days off are included if COP has been used on the 
regular work days immediately preceding or following the regular day(s) 
off, and medical evidence supports disability; and
    (e) Leave used during a period when COP is otherwise payable is 
counted toward the 45-day COP maximum as if the employee had been in a 
COP status.
    (f) For employees with part-time or intermittent schedules, all 
calendar days on which medical evidence indicates disability are counted 
as COP days, regardless of whether the employee was or would have been 
scheduled to work on those days. The rate at which COP is paid for these 
employees is calculated according to Sec. 10.216(b).

[63 FR 65306, Nov. 25, 1998; 63 FR 71202, Dec. 23, 1998]