Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Rule 7-111 - DETERMINATION OF COP111.2 The final determination on entitlement to COP rests with the Program.
111.3 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the Program from controverting COP independent of the employing agency's action or inaction.
111.4 COP shall continue for twenty-one (21) days (unless the employee is hired before January 1, 1980, then forty-five (45) days), unless the claim for COP is controverted, or the claim for compensation is accepted or denied by the Program.
111.5 The employing agency and/or Program's decision not to controvert COP and the Program's decision not to uphold controversion does not create a presumption, nor shall it be evidence that the injury is compensable under this chapter or the Act.
Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12231 (December 24, 2010); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8776 (July 27, 2012); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (7/7/2017); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 4246 (4/5/2019)Authority: Chief Risk Officer of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2012 Supp.)); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003; and Mayor's Order 2004-198, effective December 14, 2004