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.