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.

The provisions of this §102.7 adopted to be effective August 29, 1999, 24 TexReg 6488; amended to be effective January 7, 2019, 44 TexReg 98.