Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 60Q-6.102 - DEFINITIONS
(1) "Claim" means each assertion of a legal
right or benefit under Chapter 440, F.S.
(2) "Claimant" means the person asserting a
claim.
(3) "Division" means the
Division of Workers' Compensation, Department of Financial Services.
(4) "Office of the Judges of Compensation
Claims" (OJCC) means the office within the Department of Management Services,
Division of Administrative Hearings, where the Deputy Chief Judge and judges of
compensation claims preside.
(5)
"Electronic filing" (efiling) means uploaded to the appropriate case docket
using the electronic judges of compensation claims' e-filing system (e-JCC)
accessed through a link on the OJCC website at www.jcc.state.fl.us.
(6) "Electronic signature" means that a
graphic version of the e-JCC user's signature or "s/" followed by the e-JCC
user's typewritten name is deemed to be the legal equivalent of the e-JCC
user's handwritten signature.
(7)
"Filed" means received by the clerk of the OJCC in Tallahassee.
(8) "Judge" means a judge of compensation
claims appointed pursuant to Chapter 440, F.S.
(9) "Parties" may include the petitioner,
claimant, employer, carrier, servicing agent, health care provider, and
division.
(10) "Petition for
benefits" means a pleading invoking the jurisdiction of the OJCC and subject to
the requirements of Sections
440.192(1) through
(4), F.S.
(11) "Pleading" means a petition for benefits
or an amended petition, a motion, a response to a petition or a motion, a
voluntary dismissal, a voluntary agreement to provide benefits, a pretrial
stipulation, a stipulation changing the issues pending in a case, or a
notice.
(12) "Personally conferred"
means communications in person, by telephone, email, text messaging, or some
other communication mechanism that permits an immediate, contemporaneous
response.
(13) "Venue" means the
geographic district where the parties would gather for a non-virtual hearing or
mediation.
(14) "Verified" is
defined in accordance with Section
92.525, F.S.
(15) "Virtual" means any real-time
interaction through a video and/or audio system.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 440.45(1)(a), (4) FS. Law Implemented 440.192(1), 440.45(1)(a), (4) FS.
New 2-23-03, Amended 11-1-06, 10-31-10, 10-31-12, 11-10-14, 2-14-22, 3-15-23.
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