[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: 20CFR220.63]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart G_Consultative Examinations

 

Sec.  220.63  Conflict of interest.



    All implications of possible conflict of interest between Board 

medical consultants and their medical practices will be avoided. Board 

review physicians or psychologists will not perform consultative 

examinations for the Board's disability programs without prior approval. 

In addition, they will not acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, 

including any member of their families, any financial interest in a 

medical partnership or similar relationship in which consultative 

examinations are provided. Sometimes one of the Board's review 

physicians or psychologists will have prior knowledge of a case (e.g., 

the claimant was a patient). Where this is so, the physician or 

psychologist will not participate in the review or determination of the 

case. This does not preclude the physician or psychologist from 

submitting medical evidence based on prior treatment or examination of 

the claimant.