42 CFR 81.22

§ 81.22 General guidelines for use of NIOSH-IREP.

United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective

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Citation: 42 CFR 81.22, § 81.22 General guidelines for use of NIOSH-IREP, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/201589
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DOL will use procedures specified in the NIOSH-IREP Operating Guide to calculate probability of causation estimates under EEOICPA. The guide provides current, step-by-step instructions for the operation of IREP. The procedures include entering personal, diagnostic, and exposure data; setting/confirming appropriate values for variables used in calculations; conducting the calculation; and, obtaining, evaluating, and reporting results.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.