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) Benefit Review Office - BRO
5. (5) Contested Case Hearing (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing) - CCH.
6. (6) Contested Case Hearing Officer (also Benefit Contested Case Hearing Officer) - CCHO
7. (7) Death Benefits - DBs;
8. (8) Electronic Claims Submission - ECS
9. (9) Electronic Data Interchange - EDI
10. (10) Health Care Provider - provider or HCP;
11. (11) Impairment Income Benefits - IIBs;
12. (12) Impairment Rating - IR;
13. (13) Injured Employee - employee;
14. (14) Insurance Carrier - carrier;
15. (15) Lifetime Income Benefits - LIBs;
16. (16) Maximum Medical Improvement - MMI;
17. (17) Post Injury Earnings (also Weekly Earnings After the Injury) - PIE;
18. (18) Required Medical Exam - RME;
19. (19) Return to Work - RTW;
20. (20) Supplemental Income Benefits - SIBs;
21. (21) Temporary Income Benefits - TIBs;
22. (22) Texas Workers' Compensation Act - the Act or the Statute; and
23. (23) 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.