(a) Medical care shall include medical, surgical, and other
attendance or treatment, nursing and hospital services, laboratory, X-
ray and other technical services, medicines, crutches, or other
apparatus and prosthetic devices, and any other medical service or
supply, including the reasonable and necessary cost of travel incident
thereto, which is recognized as appropriate by the medical profession
for the care and treatment of the injury or disease.
(b) An employee may rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means
alone, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a recognized church
or religious denomination, by an accredited practitioner of such
recognized church or religious denomination, and nursing services
rendered in accordance with such tenets and practice without loss or
diminution of compensation or benefits under the Act. For purposes of
this section, a recognized church or religious denomination shall be any
religious organization: (1) That is recognized by the Social Security
Administration for purposes of reimbursements for treatment under
Medicare and Medicaid or (2) that is recognized by the Internal Revenue
Service for purposes of tax exempt status.
[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 50 FR 402, Jan. 3, 1985]
