Senate Bill sb2190e1

    SB 2190                                        First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to continuing education for

  3         public adjusters; amending s. 626.869, F.S.;

  4         requiring continuing education for public

  5         adjusters; providing requirements; requiring

  6         the Financial Services Commission to adopt

  7         rules; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 626.869, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         626.869  License, adjusters.--

14         (5)(a)  Any person holding a license for 24 consecutive

15  months or longer and who engages in adjusting workers'

16  compensation insurance must, beginning in their birth month

17  and every 2 years thereafter, have completed 24 hours of

18  courses, 2 hours of which relate to ethics, in subjects

19  designed to inform the licensee regarding the current workers'

20  compensation laws of this state, so as to enable him or her to

21  engage in business as a workers' compensation insurance

22  adjuster fairly and without injury to the public and to adjust

23  all claims in accordance with the policy or contract and the

24  workers' compensation laws of this state.

25         (b)  Any individual holding a license as a public

26  adjuster for 24 consecutive months or longer, beginning in

27  their birth month and every 2 years thereafter, must have

28  completed 24 hours of courses, 2 hours of which relate to

29  ethics, in subjects designed to inform the licensee regarding

30  the current laws of this state pertaining to all lines of

31  insurance other than life and annuities, so as to enable him


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    SB 2190                                        First Engrossed



 1  or her to engage in business as an adjuster fairly and without

 2  injury to the public and to adjust all claims in accordance

 3  with the policy or contract and laws of this state.

 4         (c)  In order to qualify as an eligible course under

 5  this subsection, the course must:

 6         1.(a)  Have a course outline approved by the

 7  department.

 8         2.(b)  Be taught at a school training facility or other

 9  location approved by the department.

10         3.(c)  Be taught by instructors with at least 5 years

11  of experience in the area of workers' compensation, general

12  lines of insurance, or other persons approved by the

13  department. However, a member of The Florida Bar is exempt

14  from the 5 years' experience requirement.

15         4.(d)  Furnish the attendee a certificate of

16  completion. The course provider shall send a roster to the

17  department in a format prescribed by the department.

18         (d)  The Financial Services Commission shall adopt

19  rules necessary to implement and administer the continuing

20  education requirements of this subsection.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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