Form SI-10 Statement of Authority to Act for Employee

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United States of America
Railroad Retirement Board

Form Approved
OMB No. 3220-0034

Statement Of A~~thoritv
To Act For Em~lovee
It is not necessary to complete this form for an employee who can sign papers or can
sign by mark and understands transactions relating to his or her sickness benefits.

Instructions
1. Complete Section 1 and have the employee's medical doctor complete Section 2. If you are not related to the

employee by blood or marriage, state your relationship and why no relative is acting for him or her. For example,
an employee's union representative might explain: '7am his union chairman. He has no immediate family."
2. Complete this statement by following the instructions in the UB-11 booklet under "Instructions for
Completing Forms, Statement of Authority to Act for Employee (SI-lo)." Signing this statement gives you the
authority to sign any claim forms on behalf of the employee. When signing claim forms use your full name,
and beneath your signature, write "On behalf of" and the employee's full name.

3. Return this form with the next application or claim form you file with the RRB.

Statement of Individual Acting for Employee
It is my belief that
(Employee's Name)

(Social Security Number)

whose address is
(Employee's Address)
is a t this time incapable of signing forms in connection with obtaining sickness benefits under the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act; of transacting the necessary business relative to his or her application and claims
for such benefits; and of applying the proceeds of any sickness benefit payments.

I believe the employee to be incapable because

(Briefly describe employee's condition)
My relationship to the employee is

I affirm that, in the transaction of business relating to the application and claims of this employee, including
the use of any benefit payments, I will act on behalf of and in the best interest of the einployee. I will promptly
notify the RRB a t such time as this employee's condition changes so that I need no longer act for him or her. I
understand that criminal and civil penalties may be imposed on me for providing false, incomplete, or fraudulent
statements, or for withholding information to cause the payment of benefits. I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge, the information I have provided is true, complete, and correct.
Name (please print)

Phone Number

Signature

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Street Address (please print)

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State ZIP Code Date

City

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Statement of Employee's Doctor
I have examined the employee named above and find that helshe is incapable of signing forms and transacting
business relative to hislher claims for sickness benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.
Name of Doctor (please print)
Office Street Address (please print)
Tax Identification Number

FORM SI-10 (02-01)

Signature of Doctor
City

State ZIP Code Date

Form Approved

United States of America
Railroad Retirement Board

OMB No. 3220-0034
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Statement of Authority
to Act for Employee

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Employee
Social Security Number

This statement is to be completed when applying for sickness benefits under the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) on behalf of a n employee who is incapable of eigning
documents and transacting business in connection with his or her benefit payments. The
Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB) authority for obtaining this information is section 5(b) of
the RUIA. It is n o t necessary t o file this s t a t e m e n t f o r an employee w h o can sign
papers by m a r k a n d u n d e r s t a n d the transactions. I n such a case, the application should
be filled out for the employee, signed by the employee by mark, and the mark witnessed by
two persons who should give their full addresses.
Although you are not required to provide information requested on this form, if you fail to
do so, the RRB cannot grant authorization to you to act on behalf of the employee.
We estimate this form takes a n average of 6 minutes to complete, (4 minutes for the applicant
and 2 minutes for the doctor), including the time for reviewing the instructions, obtaining the
needed data, and reviewing the completed form. Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor,
and respondents are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
valid OMB number. If you wish, send comments regarding the accuracy of our estimate or any
other aspect of ths form, includmg suggestions for reducing completion time, to the Chief of
Information Resources Management, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092.

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please read the instructions on the next side
concerning the completion and return of this
form to the Railroad Retirement Board.

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FORM St-10 (02-01)