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5 U.S.C. § 8123 — Physical examinations
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**(a)** An employee shall submit to examination by a medical officer of the United States, or by a physician designated or approved by the Secretary of Labor, after the injury and as frequently and at the times and places as may be reasonably required. The employee may have a physician designated and paid by him present to participate in the examination. If there is disagreement between the physician making the examination for the United States and the physician of the employee, the Secretary shall appoint a third physician who shall make an examination.
**(b)** An employee is entitled to be paid expenses incident to an examination required by the Secretary which in the opinion of the Secretary are necessary and reasonable, including transportation and loss of wages incurred in order to be examined. The expenses, when authorized or approved by the Secretary, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(c)** The Secretary shall fix the fees for examinations held under this section by physicians not employed by or under contract to the United States to furnish medical services to employees. The fees, when authorized or approved by the Secretary, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(d)** If an employee refuses to submit to or obstructs an examination, his right to compensation under this subchapter is suspended until the refusal or obstruction stops. Compensation is not payable while a refusal or obstruction continues, and the period of the refusal or obstruction is deducted from the period for which compensation is payable to the employee.
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**(a)** An employee shall submit to examination by a medical officer of the United States, or by a physician designated or approved by the Secretary of Labor, after the injury and as frequently and at the times and places as may be reasonably required. The employee may have a physician designated and paid by him present to participate in the examination. If there is disagreement between the physician making the examination for the United States and the physician of the employee, the Secretary shall appoint a third physician who shall make an examination.
**(b)** An employee is entitled to be paid expenses incident to an examination required by the Secretary which in the opinion of the Secretary are necessary and reasonable, including transportation and loss of wages incurred in order to be examined. The expenses, when authorized or approved by the Secretary, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(c)** The Secretary shall fix the fees for examinations held under this section by physicians not employed by or under contract to the United States to furnish medical services to employees. The fees, when authorized or approved by the Secretary, are paid from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(d)** If an employee refuses to submit to or obstructs an examination, his right to compensation under this subchapter is suspended until the refusal or obstruction stops. Compensation is not payable while a refusal or obstruction continues, and the period of the refusal or obstruction is deducted from the period for which compensation is payable to the employee.
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**(a)** The President, from time to time, may transfer the administration of this subchapter—
(1) so far as employees of the Panama Canal Commission are concerned to the Commission; and
(2) so far as employees of The Alaska Railroad are concerned to the general manager of The Alaska Railroad.
**(b)** When administration is transferred under subsection (a) of this section, the expenses incident to physical examinations which are payable under [section 8123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8123&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be paid from appropriations for the Panama Canal Commission or for The Alaska Railroad, as the case may be, instead of from the Employees’ Compensation Fund. The President may authorize the Panama Canal Commission and the general manager of The Alaska Railroad to pay the compensation provided by this subchapter, including medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies under [section 8103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8103&num=0&edition=prelim) and the transportation and burial expenses under sections 8103 and 8134 of this title, from appropriations for the Panama Canal Commission and for The Alaska Railroad, and these appropriations shall be reimbursed for the payments by transfer of funds from the Employees’ Compensation Fund.
**(c)** The President may authorize the Panama Canal Commission to waive, at its discretion, the making of the claim required by [section 8121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8121&num=0&edition=prelim) in the case of compensation to an employee of the Panama Canal Commission for temporary disability, either total or partial.
**(d)** When administr
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 8122
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1974—Par. (3). Pub. L. 93–416 substituted ‘‘approved’’
for ‘‘furnished’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–416 effective Sept. 7, 1974,
and applicable to any injury or death occurring on or
after Sept. 7, 1974, see section 23(a) of Pub. L. 93–416, set
out as a note under section 8101 of this title.
INCREASE
IN TIME-PERIOD
FOR FECA CLAIMANT SUP-
PLY
SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTATION
TO
OFFICE
OF
WORKER’S COMPENSATION
Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LIII, § 5305(c), Dec. 23,
2022, 136 Stat. 3255, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 16
days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23,
2022], the Secretary of Labor shall—
‘‘(1) amend section 10.121 of title 20, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor regulation, by striking
‘30 days’ and inserting ‘60 days’; and
‘‘(2) modify the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act manual to reflect the changes made by the Sec-
retary pursuant to paragraph (1).’’
§ 8122. Time for making claim
(a) An original claim for compensation for dis-
ability or death must be filed within 3 years
after the injury or death. Compensation for dis-
ability or death, including medical care in dis-
ability cases, may not be allowed if claim is not
filed within that time unless—
(1) the immediate superior had actual
knowledge of the injury or death within 30
days. The knowledge must be such to put the
immediate superior reasonably on notice of an
on-the-job injury or death; or
(2) written notice of injury or death as speci-
fied in section 8119 of this title was given with-
in 30 days.
(b) In a case of latent disability, the time for
filing claim does not begin to run until the em-
plo
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