The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of
Workers' Compensation has adopted the following rules with an effective date of
September 6, 2015:
69L-6.015 - Record Maintenance and Production
Requirements for Employers
69L-6.025 - Conditional Release of Stop-Work Order and
Periodic Payment Agreement
These rules are amended to conform to applicable
provisions of Section 440.107, F.S., as revised under Chapter No. 2014-109,
Laws of Florida. Rule 69L-6.015, F.A.C.,
reduces the business record retention period requirements for employers under
Florida's Workers' Compensation law to a period consisting of an employer's
two, rather than three, years of employment activity. Rule 69L-6.025, F.A.C., modifies the terms
and conditions under which the Department's Division of Workers' Compensation
is authorized to issue an Agreed Order of Conditional Release from Stop-Work
Order to employers who violate Chapter 440, F.S., as well as the circumstances
under which such orders will be reinstated and rescinded. The proposed rule
also incorporates a new form, and revises existing forms.
The rules can be viewed at: https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=69L-6.