SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1132
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 785724
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11 Senator Margolis moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 626.869, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 626.869 License, adjusters.--
20 (5)(a) Any person holding a license for 24 consecutive
21 months or longer and who engages in adjusting workers'
22 compensation insurance must, beginning in their birth month
23 and every 2 years thereafter, have completed 24 hours of
24 courses, 2 hours of which relate to ethics, in subjects
25 designed to inform the licensee regarding the current workers'
26 compensation laws of this state, so as to enable him or her to
27 engage in business as a workers' compensation insurance
28 adjuster fairly and without injury to the public and to adjust
29 all claims in accordance with the policy or contract and the
30 workers' compensation laws of this state.
31 (b) Any individual holding a license as a public
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1 adjuster for 24 consecutive months or longer, beginning in
2 their birth month and every 2 years thereafter, must have
3 completed 24 hours of courses, 2 hours of which relate to
4 ethics, in subjects designed to inform the licensee regarding
5 the current laws of this state pertaining to all lines of
6 insurance other than life and annuities, so as to enable him
7 or her to engage in business as an adjuster fairly and without
8 injury to the public and to adjust all claims in accordance
9 with the policy or contract and laws of this state.
10 (c) In order to qualify as an eligible course under
11 this subsection, the course must:
12 1.(a) Have a course outline approved by the
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14 2.(b) Be taught at a school training facility or other
15 location approved by the department.
16 3.(c) Be taught by instructors with at least 5 years
17 of experience in the area of workers' compensation, general
18 lines of insurance, or other persons approved by the
19 department. However, a member of The Florida Bar is exempt
20 from the 5 years' experience requirement.
21 4.(d) Furnish the attendee a certificate of
22 completion. The course provider shall send a roster to the
23 department in a format prescribed by the department.
24 (d) The Financial Services Commission shall adopt
25 rules necessary to implement and administer the continuing
26 education requirements of this subsection.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 An act relating to insurance; amending s.
7 626.869, F.S.; requiring continuing education
8 for public adjusters; providing requirements;
9 requiring the Financial Services Commission to
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