DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of Worker’s Compensation
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
69L-6.025Conditional Release of Stop-Work Order and Periodic Payment Agreement
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41 No. 99, May 21, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The changes to the proposed rule are being made to address comments made by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in a letter dated June 8, 2015.
69L-6.025 Conditional Release of Stop-Work Order and Periodic Payment Agreement.
(1) The requirements for issuance of a an Form DFS-F4-1602, Agreed Order of Conditional Release from From Stop-Work Order, revised 05/15 and incorporated by reference herein, as provided for in Section 440.107, F.S., are as follows:
(a) No change.
(b) The employer has paid a minimum penalty of $1,000 as a down payment and agreed to remit periodic payments of the remaining penalty amount pursuant to either Form DFS-F4-1600-A, Payment Agreement Schedule for Periodic Payment of Penalty, revised 05/15 (applicable in cases where the employer was issued a stop-work order), or Form DFS-F4-1600-B, Payment Agreement Schedule for Periodic Payment of Penalty for Order of Penalty Assessment, effective 05/15 (applicable in cases where the employer was issued an Order of Penalty Assessment). Both of the above forms are incorporated by reference herein. The aforementioned and any other forms incorporated by reference under this rule may be obtained from the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Bureau of Compliance, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4228, or from any field office identified in Rule 69L-6.009, F.A.C. and the Department have executed a Payment Agreement Schedule for Periodic Payment of Penalty, Form Number DFS-F4-1600 (rev. 7/04).
(2)(a) No change.
(b) 1. and 2. No change.
3. The first monthly payment installment shall be due on the first day of the second month following the month of issuance of either Form DFS-F4-1600-A, Payment Agreement Schedule for Periodic Payment of Penalty the Conditional Release From Stop-Work Order, Number DFS-F4-1602 (rev. 6/04), revised 05/15 (applicable in cases where the employer was issued a stop-work order), or Form DFS-F4-1600-B, Payment Agreement Schedule for Periodic Payment of Penalty for Order of Penalty Assessment, effective 05/15 (applicable in cases where the employer was issued an Order of Penalty Assessment), and each subsequent payment installment shall be due on the first day of each consecutive month.
(c) No change.
(d) Monthly payment installments that are not remitted electronically via the Department’s online penalty payment service shall be in the form of a cashier’s check or money order only, made payable to the DFS-Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund.
(e) through (g) No change.
(3) through (11)(12) No change.
The remainder of the proposed rule reads as previously published.
