Final Adopted Florida Workers’ Compensation Standards and Practices Rules Effective January 12, 2010
Jan 14, 2010
Rule Chapter 69L-24, entitled “Insurers’ Standards and Practices,” was adopted by the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) and became effective on January 12, 2010. Full texts of each Rule can be viewed by clicking the Rule numbers below.
- 69L-24.001: Purpose
- 69L-24.002: Scope
- 69L-24.003: Definitions
- 69L-24.004: Monitoring, Examining and Investigating
- 69L-24.005: Maintaining and Providing Records
- 69L-24.006: Administrative Penalties and Fines
- 69L-24.007: Pattern and Practice
- 69L-24.021: Minimum Performance Standards (Repealed)
- 69L-24.0211: Monitoring (Repealed)
- 69L-24.022: Auditing (Repealed)
- 69L-24.0222: Re-Audit and Certification for Noncompliance (Repealed)
- 69L-24.0231: Benefits and Administration Trust Fund Penalties Improper Filing Practices (Repealed)
- 69L-24.024: Medical Penalties (Repealed)
- 69L-24.0241: Employee Failure to Appear for Independent Medical Examination (Repealed)
The Rule Chapter establishes uniform guidelines for the DWC to use in monitoring, auditing and investigating regulated entities to ensure compliance with Florida law. Regulated entities include carriers, service companies, third-party administrators, self-serviced and self-insured employers or funds, managing general agents and data submitters that are responsible for adjusting workers’ compensation claims or submitting information and data to the DWC.
The Rule Chapter also establishes uniform guidelines that can be used to penalize regulated entities for failure to pay workers’ compensation benefits to injured workers, pay providers’ medical bills, or report workers’ compensation data to the DWC in a timely manner.
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