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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20  

Employees' Benefits

 

Chapter VI  

Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 702  

Administration and Procedure

 

 

 

Subpart D  

Medical Care and Supervision

20 CFR 702.401 - Medical care defined.

  • Section Number: 702.401
  • Section Name: Medical care defined. 
    (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]

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