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. TELEHEALTH FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CHAPTER 0800-02-31 (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.