20 CFR § 702.502 - Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s702.502"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 702.502 - Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "702.502"
section_name: "Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors."
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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# 702.502 Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors.
All injury cases which are likely to result in, or have resulted in, permanent disability, and which are of a character likely to require review by a vocational rehabilitation adviser on the staff of the Director, shall promptly be referred to such adviser by the district director or his designee having charge of the case. A form has been prescribed for such purpose and shall be used. Medical data and other pertinent information shall accompany the referral.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1215-0051)
(Pub. L. No. 96-511)
[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 18294, Apr. 30, 1984]