{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-725.363","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 725.363","heading":"Qualification of representative.","body":"(a) Attorney. Any attorney in good standing who is admitted to practice before a court of a State, territory, district, or insular possession, or before the Supreme Court of the United States or other Federal court and is not, pursuant to any provision of law, prohibited from acting as a representative, may be appointed as a representative.\n(b) Other person. With the approval of the adjudication officer, any other person may be appointed as a representative so long as that person is not, pursuant to any provision of law, prohibited from acting as a representative.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED","PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart D—Adjudication Officers; Parties and Representatives"],"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":"0303d413ba3ea273b8916bd6574a872c67f6b7ccc65aa5e0cce3713d9de0ad76","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-725.362","next":"us/20-cfr-725.364"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}