1. Regulations
  2. title 20
  3. chapter VI
  4. part 718
  5. subpart D
  6. § 718.302

View all text of Subpart D [§ 718.301 - § 718.306]

§ 718.302 - Relationship of pneumoconiosis to coal mine employment.

If a miner who is suffering or suffered from pneumoconiosis was employed for ten years or more in one or more coal mines, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the pneumoconiosis arose out of such employment. (See § 718.203.)

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901

SOURCE: 45 FR 13678, Feb. 29, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 20 CFR 718.302