Section 850.10  Definitions

"Bureau" means the Bureau of Disability Determination Services.

"Cessation determination" means an initial decision that the physical or mental impairment on the basis of which benefits have been payable has ended, did not exist or is no longer disabling.

"Medical improvement review standard" means the criteria used to determine if an individual's disability has ended.

"Medical improvement" means any decrease in the severity of an individual's condition since the most recent favorable medical disability decision.

(Source:  Amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 3781, effective February 1, 1988)