---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s726.2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 726.2 - Purpose and scope of this part."title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "726.2"section_name: "Purpose and scope of this part."chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED"part_number: "726"part_name: "BLACK LUNG BENEFITS; REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE OPERATOR'S INSURANCE"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."regulatory_source: "65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "726"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s726.2
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties In... 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
# 726.2 Purpose and scope of this part.(a) This part provides rules directing and controlling the circumstances under which a coal mine operator shall fulfill his insurance obligations under the Act.(b) This Subpart A sets forth the scope and purpose of this part and generally describes the statutory framework within which this part is operative.(c) Subpart B of this part sets forth the criteria a coal mine operator must meet in order to qualify as a self-insurer.(d) Subpart C of this part sets forth the rules and regulations of the Secretary governing contracts of insurance entered into by coal mine operators and commercial insurance sources for the payment of black lung benefits under part C of the Act.(e) Subpart D of this part sets forth the rules governing the imposition of civil money penalties on coal mine operators that fail to secure their liability under the Act.