20 CFR 725.702
§ 725.702 Who is considered a physician?
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 725.702, § 725.702 Who is considered a physician?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/82270
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The term “physician” includes only doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy (DO) within the scope of their practices as defined by State law. No treatment or medical services performed by any other practitioner of the healing arts is authorized by this part, unless such treatment or service is authorized and supervised both by a physician as defined in this section and by OWCP.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.