Alabama § 16-1A-2 - Definitions.

§ 16-1A-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Board.

(2) EMPLOYEE. Any individual employed full-time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section and adult bus drivers.

(3) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; all public charter schools; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences.

(4) EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county school system or any public city school system; the principal of any public charter school; the President of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the President of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering; the President of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences; and the chief executive officer of any other employer.

(5) FUND. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

(6) ON-THE-JOB INJURY. Any accident or injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment or occurring during the performance of duties. The term does not include a mental disorder or mental injury that has neither been produced nor proximately caused by some physical injury to the body.

(7) PEEHIP. The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan.

(8) PROGRAM. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program.

(9) REVIEW BOARD. The Public Education Employee Injury Compensation Program Review Board, a panel composed of three persons designated by the board to hear and consider claims by employees who disagree with the determination by their employer or its agent or service company as to the employee’s entitlement to compensation and medical benefits under this program and to approve settlements, including lump sum settlements, as well as settlements closing some or all benefits, when agreed to by the parties and permitted by the program. No member or employee of the board may be a member of the review board.