(a) Upon making the first payment of benefits and upon suspension,
reduction, or increase of payments, the operator or other employer
responsible for making payments shall immediately notify the district
director of the action taken, in accordance with a form prescribed by
the Office.
(b) Within 16 days after final payment of benefits has been made by
an employer, such employer shall so notify the district director, in
accordance with a form prescribed by the Office, stating that such
final payment, has been made, the total amount of benefits paid, the
name of the beneficiary, and such other information as the Office deems
pertinent.
(c) The Director may from time to time prescribe such additional
reports to be made by operators, other employers, or carriers as the
Director may consider necessary for the efficient administration of the
Act.
(d) Any employer who fails or refuses to file any report required
of such employer under this section shall be subject to a civil penalty
not to exceed $500 for each failure or refusal, which penalty shall be
determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in subpart D of
part 726 of this subchapter, as appropriate. The maximum penalty
applicable to any violation of this paragraph that takes place after
January 19, 2001 shall be $550.
(e) No request for information or response to such request shall be
considered a report for purposes of this section or the Act, unless it
is so designated by the Director or by this section.
