20CFR30.217 - How does a claimant prove the covered employee's diagnosis of chronic silicosis?

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20 CFR 30.217 - How does a claimant prove the covered employee's diagnosis of chronic silicosis?

Section Number: 30.217
Section Name: How does a claimant prove the covered employee's diagnosis of chronic silicosis?

    A written diagnosis of the employee's chronic silicosis (as defined 
in Sec. 30.5(j)) shall be made by a medical doctor and accompanied by:
    (a) A chest radiograph, interpreted by an individual certified by 
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as a B 
reader, classifying the existence of pneumoconioses of category 1/1 or 
higher;
    (b) Results from a computer assisted tomograph or other imaging 
technique that are consistent with silicosis; or
    (c) Lung biopsy findings consistent with silicosis.