(a) The following
words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act-The Workers' Compensation Act
(77 P. S. §§
1- 1041.4 and
2501-2708).
Appeal-A proceeding to review a ruling or
decision by a judge.
Board-The Workers' Compensation Appeal
Board.
Disease Law-The Pennsylvania Occupational
Disease Act (77 P. S. §§
1201-1603).
Filing-Filing is deemed complete upon one
of the following:
(i) Delivery in
person.
(ii) If by electronic
submission, upon receipt and in a format as prescribed by the
Department and
published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin or the
Department's web
site located at
www.dli.state.pa.us.
(iii) If by mail, upon deposit in the United
States mail, properly addressed, postage or charges prepaid, as evidenced by
one of the following:
(A) United States Postal
Service postmark.
(B) United States
Postal Service Certificate of Mailing (USPS Form 3817 or other similar United
States Postal Service form from which the date of deposit can be verified),
enclosed with the filing or submitted separately to the Department.
(iv) An appeal may be delivered by
a common carrier of property which is subject to the authority of the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or the United States National Surface
Transportation Board. The date of filing is the date the document was delivered
to the common carrier, as established by a document or other record prepared by
the common carrier in the normal course of business. If the date of delivery to
the common carrier cannot be determined by the documents in the record, the
date of filing will be the date of its receipt by the Board.
Judge-A workers' compensation judge
assigned by the Office of Adjudication as provided in section 401 of the act
(77 P. S. §
701) or assigned by the Office
of Adjudication to determine a petition filed under the Disease Law.
Office of Adjudication-The Office of the
Department created under section 1401(a) of the act (77 P. S. §
2501(a)).
Party-A petitioner or respondent. An act
required or authorized by this chapter, to be done by or to a party, may be
done by or to that party's counsel of record.
Petitioner-Anyone seeking to review a
ruling or decision by a judge or the moving party in a petition filed under
Subchapter D (relating to other petitions).
Respondent-Anyone in whose favor the
matter was decided by the judge or other than the moving party in any petition
filed under Subchapter.
Service-Delivery in person, by mail or
electronics. If service is by mail, it is deemed complete upon deposit in the
United States mail, as evidenced by a United States Postal Service postmark,
properly addressed, with postage or charges prepaid.
Supersedeas-A temporary stay affecting a
workers' compensation case.
