(a) For any special examination required of an employee by
Secs. 702.408 and 702.409, the employee shall submit to such examination
at such place as is designated in the order to report, but the place so
selected shall be reasonably convenient for the employee.
(b) Where an employee fails to submit to an examination required by
Sec. Sec. 702.408 and 702.409, the district director or administrative
law judge may order that no compensation otherwise payable shall be paid
for any period during which the employee refuses to submit to such
examination unless circumstances justified the refusal.
(c) Where an employee unreasonably refuses to submit to medical or
surgical treatment, or to an examination by a physician selected by the
employer, the district director or administrative law judge may by order
suspend the payment of further compensation during such time as the
refusal continues. Except that refusal to submit to medical treatment
because of adherence to the tenets of a recognized church or religious
denomination as described in Sec. 702.401(b) shall not cause the
suspension of compensation.
[42 FR 45303, Sept. 9, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 402, Jan. 3, 1985; 51
FR 4286, Feb. 3, 1986]
