Section 0780-01-82-.04 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Administrative Procedures Division" means the Administrative Procedures Division of the Office of the Secretary of State, 312 Eighth Avenue, 8th Floor, William R. Snodgrass Tower, Nashville, Tennessee 37243, Telephone (615) 741-7008.(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance or the commissioner's designee.(3) "Costs of the appeal" means the charges of the Administrative Procedures Division and Court Reporters, for participating in any appeal brought under this Chapter. The charges of the Court Reporters shall also include transcription costs.(4) "Department" means the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.(5) "Division" means the Insurance Division of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.(6) "Improper classification" means any classification not done in conformity with the established rules and guidelines of the designated rate service organization.(7) "Insurer" means all corporations, associations, partnerships, pools established under T.C.A. § 50-6-405(c)(1), or individuals engaged as principals in the business of workers' compensation insurance.(a) "Insurer" includes the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan developed by the commissioner pursuant to T.C.A. §56-5-314(c).(b) "Insurer" does not include a surplus lines insurance company.(8) "Party" means: (a) The named person whose legal rights, duties and privileges or immunities are being adjudicated in the appeal;(b) Any other person who is duly granted intervention in the appeal; and(c) Any agency named as a party to the adjudicative proceeding entitled to or permitted by the law being enforced to participate fully in the proceeding.(9) "Person" means an individual or business entity.(10) "Rate Service Organization" means a rate service organization licensed by the commissioner pursuant to T.C.A. §56-5-310.(11) "Rating System" means the systematic process of determining workers' compensation premium based upon rules published in the applicable manuals, workers' compensation statutes, and the insurer's rate pages.(12) "Uniform Administrative Procedures Act" means the act compiled in T.C.A. Title 4, Chapter 5, including the contested case provisions of the Act in Part 3 thereof.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-82-.04
Original rule filed December 11, 2007; effective February 24, 2008.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-301 et seq., 50-6-405, 56-1-102, 56-5-309, 56-5-320(b) and (c).