Application for Certiication: Safety Engineering and Management

Program PURPOSE: This rule outlines the procedures for obtaining certification as a certified safety engineering and management program. (1) An application for certification must be made on a form provided by the Missouri Workers’ Safety Program. Application forms may be obtained by requesting a copy from the Missouri Workers’ Safety Program, P.O. Box 58, Jefferson City, MO 65102. The application must be filed within sixty (60) days of the date the insurance company is authorized to sell workers’ compensation insurance in the state of Missouri. If the insurance company is authorized to sell workers’ compensation insurance prior to the effective date of this rule, the sixty (60) days shall run from notification by the program manager. (2) An application must be typewritten and signed by an authorized representative of the insurance carrier. (3) A written outline of the insurance carriers proposed certified safety engineering and management program must be on file before an application will be considered complete and officially filed. (4) The Missouri Workers’ Safety Program shall conduct random on-site visits with the insureds of the insurance carrier as part of the certification or renewal process. (5) Following the Missouri Workers’ Safety Program review process, the applicant will be informed by letter of the approval or denial of certification. The denial letter will identify the reasons for denial and the appeal process. AUTHORITY: sections 287.123 and 287.650, RSMo Supp. 1999.* Emergency rule filed July 7, 1994, effective July 17, 1994, expired Nov. 13, 1994. Emergency rule filed Oct. 24, 1994, effective Nov. 14, 1994, expired March 13, 1995. Original rule filed July 8, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed May 23, 2000, effective Jan. 30, 2001. *Original authority: 287.123, RSMo 1993 amended 1998; and 287.650, RSMo 1939, amended 1949, 1961, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1998.