{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-79.42","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 79.42","heading":"Criteria for eligibility for claims by miners.","body":"To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the following:\n(a) The claimant was employed as a miner in a specified state;\n(b) The claimant was so employed at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 1942, and ending on December 31, 1971;\n(c) The claimant was exposed during the course of his or her mining employment to 40 or more working level months of radiation or worked for at least one year in a uranium mine or mines during the period identified in paragraph (b) of this section; and\n(d) The claimant contracted lung cancer or a nonmalignant respiratory disease following such exposure.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 79—CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT","Subpart E—Eligibility Criteria for Claims by Uranium Miners"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"5588fbe0c2ad13d2b17baf1a01ca13ddb69c2f77edd51ec7a40c68a28369ac24","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-79.41","next":"us/28-cfr-79.43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}