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

1. (1) Additional Lost Time - ALT;
2. (2) Average Weekly Wage - AWW;
3. (3) Benefit Review Conference - BRC;
4. (4) Contested Case Hearing (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing) - CCH.
5. (5) Death Benefits - DBs;
6. (6) Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation - division or DWC;
7. (7) Electronic Data Interchange - EDI
8. (8) Health Care Provider - provider or HCP;
9. (9) Impairment Income Benefits - IIBs;
10. (10) Impairment Rating - IR;
11. (11) Injured Employee - employee;
12. (12) Insurance Carrier - carrier;
13. (13) Lifetime Income Benefits - LIBs;
14. (14) Maximum Medical Improvement - MMI;
15. (15) Office of Injured Employee Counsel - OIEC;
16. (16) Post Injury Earnings (also Weekly Earnings After the Injury) - PIE;
17. (17) Required Medical Exam - RME;
18. (18) Return to Work - RTW;
19. (19) Supplemental Income Benefits - SIBs;
20. (20) Temporary Income Benefits - TIBs;
21. (21) Texas Workers' Compensation Act - the Act or the Statute; and
22. (22) Texas Workers' Compensation Commission - TWCC or the Commission.

Source Note: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.