Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-02-31-.02 - DEFINITIONS
(1) "Administrator" shall have the same
definition of "Administrator" as in T.C.A. §
50-6-102.
(2) "Bureau" means the Tennessee bureau of
workers' compensation as defined in T.C.A. § 50- 6 102, an autonomous unit
attached to the Tennessee department of labor and workforce development for
administrative matters only, pursuant to T.C.A. §
4-3-1409.
(3) "Clinical health care" means the
observation, interaction and treatment of individual patients.
(4) "CMS" means the U.S. Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration).
(5) "Employer" shall have the same
definition of "Employer" as in T.C.A. §
50-6-102.
(6) "Healthcare services" shall have the same
meaning as defined in T.C.A. §
56-61-102.
(7) "Healthcare services provider" means an
individual acting within the scope of a valid license issued pursuant to title
63 or any state-contracted crisis service provider employed by a facility
licensed under title 33.
(8)
"Injury" shall have the same definition of "Injury" as in T.C.A. §
50-6-102.
(9) "Medicare" means the rules promulgated by
CMS used in this chapter.
(10)
"Recording" or "recordings" means originals or copies of video and audio
recordings, photographs, still pictures, and other visual images of patients.
"Recording" may also mean taking video and audio recordings, photographs, still
pictures, and other visual images of patients.
(11) "Telehealth" means the distribution of
health-related services and information via electronic information and
telecommunication technologies.
(12) "Telehealth for workers' compensation"
means services provided to an injured worker by a licensed telehealth provider,
which may include telemedicine, in accordance with the workers' compensation
law.
(13) "Telehealth provider"
means a healthcare services provider engaged in the delivery of healthcare
services through telehealth under the Tennessee workers' compensation law and
division 0800-02 of these rules.
(14) "Telemedicine" means the use of
telehealth by a telehealth provider to provide clinical health care.
(15) "Workers' compensation law" means
T.C.A., Title 50 Chapter 6.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 50-6-102, 50-6-204, and 50-6-233.
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