{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-702.419","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 702.419","heading":"Action by employer upon acquiring knowledge or being given notice of injury.","body":"Whenever an employer acquires knowledge of an employee's injury, through receipt of a written notice or otherwise, said employer shall forthwith authorize, in writing, appropriate medical care. If a form is prescribed for this purpose it shall be used whenever practicable. Authorization shall also be given in cases where an employee's initial choice was not of a specialist whose services are necessary for and appropriate to the proper care and treatment of the compensable injury or disease. In all other cases, consent may be given upon a showing of good cause for change.","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":"6aecbd577a24607789581438a027150153bde47d789f0c438a48064cd44bcca2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-702.418","next":"us/20-cfr-702.420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}