20 CFR § 10.816 - What will cause OWCP to automatically exclude a physician or other provider of medical services and supplies?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s10.816"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 10.816 - What will cause OWCP to automatically exclude a physician or other provider of medical services and supplies?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "10.816"
section_name: "What will cause OWCP to automatically exclude a physician or other provider of medical services and supplies?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT"
part_number: "10"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "10"
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# 10.816 What will cause OWCP to automatically exclude a physician or other provider of medical services and supplies?

(a) OWCP shall automatically exclude a physician, hospital, or provider of medical services or supplies who has been convicted of a crime described in § 10.815(a), or has been excluded or suspended, or has resigned in lieu of exclusion or suspension, from participation in any program as described in § 10.815(b).

(b) The exclusion applies to participating in the program and to seeking payment under the FECA for services performed after the date of the entry of the judgment of conviction or order of exclusion, suspension or resignation, as the case may be, by the court or agency concerned. Proof of the conviction, exclusion, suspension or resignation may consist of a copy thereof authenticated by the seal of the court or agency concerned.

(c) A provider may be excluded on a voluntary basis at any time.