CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT (parts 10 to 25) > PART 10—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED > SUBPART I—Information for Medical Providers (§10.800 to §10.826) > 10.825—What are the effects of exclusion?

10.825—What are the effects of exclusion?

(a) OWCP shall give notice of the exclusion of a physician, hospital or provider of medical services or supplies to:
(1) All OWCP district offices;
(2) All Federal employers;
(3) The HCFA;
(4) The State or local authority responsible for licensing or certifying the excluded party; and
(5) 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.
(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:
(1) Such treatment, service or supply was rendered in an emergency by an excluded physician; or
(2) The employee could not reasonably have been expected to have known of such exclusion.
(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.