California Insurance Code

§ 11761

INS § 11761 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 2 · Part 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting forth the minimum standards of training, experience, and skill that workers’ compensation claims adjusters must possess to perform their duties with regard to workers’ compensation claims. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall, to the greatest extent possible, encourage the use of existing private and public education, training, and certification programs.

(b)Every insurer shall certify to the commissioner that the personnel employed by the insurer to adjust workers’ compensation claims, or employed for that purpose by any medical billing entity with which the insurer contracts, meet the minimum standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c)For the purposes of this section, “medical billing entity” means a third party that reviews or adjusts workers’ compensation medical bills for insurers.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 637, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.