HB 0523 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Insurance recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to continuing education for public
12	adjusters; amending s. 626.869, F.S.; requiring continuing
13	education for public adjusters; providing requirements;
14	requiring the Financial Services Commission to adopt
15	rules; providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 626.869, Florida
20	Statutes, is amended to read:
21	626.869 License, adjusters.--
22	(5)(a)Any person holding a license for 24 consecutive
23	months or longer and who engages in adjusting workers'
24	compensation insurance must, beginning in their birth month and
25	every 2 years thereafter, have completed 24 hours of courses, 2
26	hours of which relate to ethics, in subjects designed to inform
27	the licensee regarding the current workers' compensation laws of
28	this state, so as to enable him or her to engage in business as
29	a workers' compensation insurance adjuster fairly and without
30	injury to the public and to adjust all claims in accordance with
31	the policy or contract and the workers' compensation laws of
32	this state.
33	(b) Any individual holding a license as a public adjuster
34	for 24 consecutive months or longer, beginning in their birth
35	month and every 2 years thereafter, must have completed 24 hours
36	of courses, 2 hours of which relate to ethics, in subjects
37	designed to inform the licensee regarding the current laws of
38	this state pertaining to all lines of insurance other than life
39	and annuities, so as to enable him or her to engage in business
40	as an adjuster fairly and without injury to the public and to
41	adjust all claims in accordance with the policy or contract and
42	laws of this state.
43	(c)In order to qualify as an eligible course under this
44	subsection, the course must:
45	1.(a)Have a course outline approved by the department.
46	2.(b)Be taught at a school training facility or other
47	location approved by the department.
48	3.(c)Be taught by instructors with at least 5 years of
49	experience in the area of workers' compensation, general lines
50	of insurance, or other persons approved by the department.
51	However, a member of The Florida Bar is exempt from the 5 years'
52	experience requirement.
53	4.(d)Furnish the attendee a certificate of completion.
54	The course provider shall send a roster to the department in a
55	format prescribed by the department.
56	(d) The Financial Services Commission shall adopt rules
57	necessary to implement and administer the continuing education
58	requirements of this subsection.
59	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.