[Title 20 CFR 404.1519j]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 20 - EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS]
[Chapter III - SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION]
[Part 404 - FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )]
[Subpart P - Determining Disability and Blindness]
[Sec. 404.1519j - Objections to the designated physician or psychologist.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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Sec. 404.1519j  Objections to the designated physician or psychologist.

    You or your representative may object to your being examined by a 
designated physician or psychologist. If there is a good reason for the 
objection, we will schedule the examination with another physician or 
psychologist. A good reason may be that the consultative examination 
physician or psychologist had previously represented an interest adverse 
to you. For example, the physician or psychologist may have represented 
your employer in a workers' compensation case or may have been involved 
in an insurance claim or legal action adverse to you. Other things we 
will consider include: the presence of a language barrier, the 
physician's or psychologist's office location (e.g., 2nd floor, no 
elevator), travel restrictions, and whether the physician or 
psychologist had examined you in connection with a previous disability 
determination or decision that was unfavorable to you. If your objection 
is because a physician or psychologist allegedly ``lacks objectivity'' 
in general, but not in relation to you personally, we will review the 
allegations. See Sec. 404.1519s. To avoid a delay in processing your 
claim, the consultative examination in your case will be changed to 
another physician or psychologist while a review is being conducted. We 
will handle any objection to use of the substitute physician or 
psychologist in the same manner. However, if we had previously conducted 
such a review and found that

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the reports of the consultative physician or psychologist in question 
conformed to our guidelines, we will not change your examination.

[56 FR 36957, Aug. 1, 1991]