20 CFR § 702.205 - Employer's report; effect of failure to report upon time limitations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s702.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 702.205 - Employer's report; effect of failure to report upon time limitations."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "702.205"
section_name: "Employer's report; effect of failure to report upon time limitations."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"
part_number: "702"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE"
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, and 8171 33 U.S.C. 901 42 U.S.C. 1651 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "702"
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# 702.205 Employer's report; effect of failure to report upon time limitations.
Where the employer, or agent in charge of the business, or carrier has been given notice or has knowledge of an employee's injury or death, and fails, neglects, or refuses to file a report thereof as required by § 702.201, the time limitations provisions with respect to the filing of claims for compensation for disability or death (33 U.S.C. 913(a), and see § 702.221) shall not begin to run until such report shall have been furnished as required herein.
[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 397, Jan. 3, 1985]