Term:	SCIF
Definition:	State Compensation Insurance Fund, pronounced 'skiff'

Term:	Self Insurance
Definition:	A program whereby the employer essentially acts as its own insurance company and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Insurance Commissioner.

Term:	Self-Procured
Definition:	Medical treatment of employee which has not been authorized by the employer

Term:	Service
Definition:	The act of delivering a document to a party in litigation in accordance with the rules of procedure governing the litigation.

Term:	SGE
Definition:	Suitable Gainful Employment

Term:	SIF
Definition:	Subsequent Injuries Fund

Term:	SOL
Definition:	Statute of Limitations

Term:	Specific Injury
Definition:	An injury which occurs at a particular, defined moment in time. A one-time injury.

Term:	SSA
Definition:	Social Security Administration

Term:	SSD
Definition:	Social Security Disability

Term:	SSI
Definition:	Supplemental Security Income (Social Security)

Term:	SSN
Definition:	Social Security Number

Term:	Standard Rating
Definition:	A level of PD before adjusting for age and occupation

Term:	State Disability
Definition:	Payments by the Employment Development Dept. (EDD)

Term:	Statute of Limitations
Definition:	General time restrictions against filing or making a claim for benefits.

Term:	Stip or Stips
Definition:	Stipulations with Request for Award, signed by the parties. Following approval by the WCAB, 'and Award' is added.

Term:	Sub Rosa
Definition:	Latin for 'under cover'. Short for 'sub rosa investigation'. Typically refers to an undercover investigation which involves obtaining filmed evidence.

Term:	Sub Rosa Investigation
Definition:	An undercover investigation which typically involves obtaining filmed evidence. Sub Rosa is Latin for 'under cover'.

Term:	Subpoena
Definition:	A document certified by a workers' compensation judge requiring the presence of awitness to give testimony, or the production of documents or other physical things (subpoena duces tecum). Can also be a verb: 'Subpoena the witness to trial.'

Term:	Substantial Evidence
Definition:	Evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. It is not the best or most evidence. So long as when the record as a whole is reviewed, there is enough evidence to upon which a decision may reasonably be made.

Term:	Sumner
Definition:	A preeminent case dictating that dependents of an injured worker are entitled to death benefits in the event the industrial injury leads to the injured worker's death.