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Rule Title: NEW HIRES AND CLAIMS EXAMINER TRAINEES – DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED CLAIMS EXAMINER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECISIONS
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Department: LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter: WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
Subchapter: Rules of Practice
 
Latest version of the adopted rule presented in Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM):

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24.29.818    NEW HIRES AND CLAIMS EXAMINER TRAINEES – DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED CLAIMS EXAMINER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECISIONS

(1) A new hire or claims examiner trainee may, for a period of not more than 180 days, perform tasks otherwise required to be performed by a certified claims examiner, if the employer has designated a certified claims examiner as being accountable for the decisions made by the new hire or claims examiner trainee.

(2) The employer of a new hire or claims examiner trainee must maintain documentation for each claim being handled by a new hire or claims examiner trainee, of the certified claims examiner who is accountable for the decisions made by that new hire or claims examiner trainee.

(a) The employer may change the certified claims examiner designated as being accountable for decisions on a claim being handled by a new hire or claims examiner trainee at any time, so long as that change is appropriately documented within the insurer's records.

(b) The documentation required by this section must be promptly made available to the department, the injured worker, or the attorney of an injured worker, if that information is requested in writing.

(3) A person who is a new hire or claims examiner trainee that does not timely become a certified claims examiner is not allowed to perform tasks that are required to be performed by a certified claims examiner.

 

History: 39-71-203, 39-71-320, MCA; IMP, 39-71-105, 39-71-107, 39-71-320, MCA; NEW, 2019 MAR p. 2119, Eff. 12/1/19.


 

 
MAR Notices Effective From Effective To History Notes
24-29-347 12/1/2019 Current History: 39-71-203, 39-71-320, MCA; IMP, 39-71-105, 39-71-107, 39-71-320, MCA; NEW, 2019 MAR p. 2119, Eff. 12/1/19.
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