28 Tex. Admin. Code § 102.7

Current through Reg. 49, No. 49; December 6, 2024

Section 102.7 - Abbreviations

When used in this title, the following terms may be abbreviated as follows:

(1) Additional Lost Time - ALT;

(2) Average Weekly Wage - AWW;

(3) Benefit Review Conference - BRC;

(4) Contested Case Hearing (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing) - CCH.

(5) Death Benefits - DBs;

(6) Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation - division or DWC;

(7) Electronic Data Interchange - EDI

(8) Health Care Provider - provider or HCP;

(9) Impairment Income Benefits - IIBs;

(10) Impairment Rating - IR;

(11) Injured Employee - employee;

(12) Insurance Carrier - carrier;

(13) Lifetime Income Benefits - LIBs;

(14) Maximum Medical Improvement - MMI;

(15) Office of Injured Employee Counsel - OIEC;

(16) Post Injury Earnings (also Weekly Earnings After the Injury) - PIE;

(17) Required Medical Exam - RME;

(18) Return to Work - RTW;

(19) Supplemental Income Benefits - SIBs;

(20) Temporary Income Benefits - TIBs;

(21) Texas Workers' Compensation Act - the Act or the Statute; and

(22) Texas Workers' Compensation Commission - TWCC or the Commission.

28 Tex. Admin. Code § 102.7

The provisions of this §102.7 adopted to be effective August 29, 1999, 24 TexReg 6488; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 01, January 4, 2019, TexReg 0098, eff. 1/7/2019