{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-702.402","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 702.402","heading":"Employer's duty to furnish; duration.","body":"It is the duty of the employer to furnish appropriate medical care (as defined in § 702.401(a)) for the employee's injury, and for such period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery may require.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER A—LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES","PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE","Subpart D—Medical Care and Supervision"],"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":"41ccb6e682224dfa855bdb2999bf1644c1920133d0e7a72d228bce829cf27d50","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-702.401","next":"us/20-cfr-702.403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}