6956178, 69L-6.025 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 6956178

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of Workers' Compensation

Chapter:

WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMPLIANCE

Overview

RULE:

69L-6.025

Conditional Release of Stop-Work Order and Periodic Payment Agreement

PURPOSE:

The proposed rule amendment clarifies guidelines and procedures by which employers subject to stop-work orders for having failed to comply with the coverage requirements of Chapter 440, F.S., and are no longer failing to secure the payment the payment of compensation within the meaning of Section 440.107, F.S., may satisfy the Department that they have come into compliance with Chapter 440, F.S. The amendment provides new language which outlines the terms and conditions under which an employer qualifies to enter into a new Payment Agreement Schedule For Periodic Payment of Penalty. The amendment deletes the requirement that subject employers file probationary periodic reports with the Department and amends Form DFS-F4-1601 (Monthly Payment Installment Invoice) to reflect this change. The proposed amendment also renumbers the rule to reflect the new language. The effect of proposed rule amendment is to extend the payment agreement over a greater time horizon to those employers having demonstrated ongoing compliance with the terms and conditions of the Department’s periodic payment agreement and to streamline the rule’s administration.

SUBJECT:

Clarifies terms, conditions, and criteria by which employers qualify to reenter into a periodic payment of penalty agreements with the Department. Also, deletes the requirement that subject employers file probationary periodic reports with the Department.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

440.107(9), 440.591 FS.

LAW:

440.107(7) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/27/2009 Vol. 35/12

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

440.107(9), 440.591 FS., 440.107(7) FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=69L-6.025&PDate=3/27/2009&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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