42 CFR § 110.53 - Documentation the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased injured countermeasure recipient must submit for the Secretary to make a determination of eligibility for benefits to the estate.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s110.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 110.53 - Documentation the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased injured countermeasure recipient must submit for the Secretary to make a determination of eligibility for benefits to the estate."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "110.53"
section_name: "Documentation the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased injured countermeasure recipient must submit for the Secretary to make a determination of eligibility for benefits to the estate."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "VACCINES"
part_number: "110"
part_name: "COUNTERMEASURES INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 247d-6e."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 63675, Oct. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "110"
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# 110.53 Documentation the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased injured countermeasure recipient must submit for the Secretary to make a determination of eligibility for benefits to the estate.
(a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased injured countermeasure recipient must submit the following documentation in order for a determination of eligibility for benefits to the estate to be made:
(1) All of the documentation required for individuals in § 110.51;
(2) A death certificate for the deceased injured countermeasure recipient. If a death certificate is unavailable, the executor or administrator must submit a letter providing the reasons for its unavailability. The Secretary has the discretion to accept other documentation as evidence that the injured countermeasure recipient is deceased; and
(3) Documentation showing that the individual is the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased injured countermeasure recipient, *e.g.,* Letter of Administration issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(4) Even if a Request Form had previously been filed by the injured countermeasure recipient, the executor or administrator of the estate must submit a new Request Form.
(b) [Reserved]