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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 2TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
CHAPTER 143DISPUTE RESOLUTION REVIEW BY THE APPEALS PANEL
RULE §143.1Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Appellant--A party to a benefit contested case hearing who is dissatisfied with the decision of the administrative law judge, and files a request for review of that decision by the appeals panel.

   (2) Request--The appellant's written appeal for review of the decision of an administrative law judge.

   (3) Respondent--The other party to a benefit contested case hearing who must file a response to the appellant's request.

  (4) Response--The respondent's written answer to the appellant's request.
Source Note: The provisions of this §143.1 adopted to be effective March 7, 1991, 16 TexReg 1195; amended to be effective May 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 4223; amended to be effective January 7, 2019, 44 TexReg 111

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