W. Va. Code R. § 126-158-3

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 126-158-3 - Definitions

3.1. Eligible to receive TTD benefits - Having been ruled eligible by the workers' compensation division to receive Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits, regardless of whether the employee is actually receiving benefits or has opted to receive personal leave (or annual leave, if requested after having exhausted personal leave).

3.2. Medical professional - A person licensed according to the laws of the State of West Virginia to practice medicine or a medical practitioner approved by the Workers' Compensation Division.

3.3. Net value - Gross wages less employee deductions for state and federal income taxes, FICA and Medicare, and contributions to a teachers' retirement system.

3.4. Separate dischargeable offense - Misconduct by the injured employee wholly unrelated to the injury or the absence from work resulting from the injury. This shall not include absence resulting from the injury or from aggregation of absence due to the injury with any other absence from work.

3.5. Personal leave - An earned employee benefit of paid time off as specified in W. Va. Code § 18A-4-10. Accrued annual leave, if requested by the employee, may be utilized in circumstances when personal leave is exhausted.

3.6. TTD benefits - Temporary Total Disability Benefits paid by the workers' compensation.

3.7. Work-related injury - An injury or illness having been determined to be compensable by the Workers' Compensation Division.

W. Va. Code R. § 126-158-3