Definition of terms.
Article 165
ART. 165. Definition of terms. — As used in this Title, unless the context indicates otherwise: "Code" means the Labor Code of the Philippines instituted under Presidential Decree numbered four hundred forty-two, as amended. "Commission" means the Employees' Compensation Commission created under this Title. "SSS" means the Social Security System created under Republic Act numbered eleven hundred sixty-one, as amended. "GSIS" means the Government Service Insurance System created under Commonwealth Act numbered one hundred eighty-six, as amended. "System" means the SSS or GSIS, as the case may be. "Employer" means any person, natural or juridical, employing the services of the employee. "Employee" means any person compulsorily covered by the GSIS under Commonwealth Act numbered one hundred eighty-six, as amended, including members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and any person employed as casual, emergency, temporary, substitute or contractual; or any person compulsorily covered by the SSS under Republic Act numbered eleven hundred sixty-one, as amended. "Persons" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, trust, corporation or legal representative thereof. "Dependents" means the legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted child who is unmarried, not gainfully employed, and not over eighteen years of age, or over eighteen but not over twenty-one years of age provided that he is enrolled in school, or over twenty-one years of age provided that he is congenitally incapacitated and incapable of self-support physically or mentally; the legitimate spouse living with the employee; and the legitimate parents of said employee wholly dependent upon him for regular support. "Beneficiaries" means the dependent spouse until he remarries and dependent children, who are the primary beneficiaries. In their absence, the dependent parents and, subject to the restrictions imposed on dependent children, the illegitimate children and legitimate descendants, who are the secondary beneficiaries. "Injury" means any harmful change in the human organism sustained at work carried out during working hours at the workplace or elsewhere while executing an order for the employer. "Sickness' means any illness definitely accepted as an occupational disease listed by the Commission, or any illness caused by employment subject to proof by the employee that the risk of contracting the same is increased by working conditions. "Death" means loss of life resulting from injury or sickness. "Disability" means all payments made under this Title for income benefit, and medical or related benefits. "Compensation" means all payments made under this Title for income benefit, and medical or related benefits. "Income benefit" means all payments made under this Title to the employee or his dependents. "Medical benefit" means all payments made under this Title to the providers of medical care, rehabilitation services and hospital care. "Related benefit" means all payments made under this Title for appliance and supplies. "Appliances" means crutches, artificial aids and other similar devices. "Supplies" means medicine and other medical, dental or surgical items. "Hospital" means any medical facility, government or private, authorized by law, an active member of good standing of the Philippine Hospital Association and accredited by the Commission. "Physician" means any doctor of medicine duly licensed to practice in the Philippines, an active member of good standing of the Philippine Medical Association and accredited by the Commission. "Wages" or "salary" means all actual remuneration for employment received during the month, except that part in excess of one thousand pesos. "Monthly salary credit" means the wage or salary base for contributions as provided in Republic Act numbered eleven hundred sixty-one, as amended, or the wages or salary. "Average monthly salary credit" means the result obtained by dividing the sum of the monthly salary credits in the sixty-month period ending on the last day of the second quarter preceding the quarter of death or permanent disability by sixty, except where the month of death or permanent disability falls within eighteen calendar months from the month of coverage, in which case, the average monthly salary credit is the result obtained by dividing the sum of all monthly salary credits by the number of calendar months of coverage. "Average daily salary credit" means the result obtained by dividing the sum of the monthly salary credits in the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the second quarter preceding the quarter of sickness or injury by thirty times the number of calendar months of coverage, except where the month of sickness or injury falls within nine calendar months from the month of coverage, in which case, the average daily salary credit is the result obtained by dividing the sum of all monthly salary credits by thirty times the number of calendar months of coverage. "Quarter" means a period of three consecutive months ending on the last day of March, June, September and December.