{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-30.725","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 30.725","heading":"What are the effects of non-automatic exclusion?","body":"(a) OWCP shall give notice of the exclusion of a physician, hospital or provider of medical services or supplies to:\n(1) All OWCP district offices;\n(2) CMS;\n(3) All employees who are known to have had treatment, services or supplies from the excluded provider within the six-month period immediately preceding the order of exclusion; and\n(4) The state or local authority responsible for licensing or certifying the excluded provider.\n(b) Notwithstanding any exclusion of a physician, hospital, or provider of medical services or supplies under this subpart, OWCP shall not refuse an employee reimbursement for any otherwise reimbursable medical treatment, service or supply if:\n(1) Such treatment, service or supply was rendered in an emergency by an excluded physician; or\n(2) The employee could not reasonably have been expected to know of such exclusion.\n(c) An employee who is notified that his or her attending physician has been excluded shall have a new right to select a qualified physician.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER C—ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000","PART 30—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED","Subpart H—Information for Medical Providers"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"cc20bfd40186c103042865d863ccd04c2b9755ca496d8f90d354b6e1ca8293c9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-30.724","next":"us/20-cfr-30.726"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}