Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation › Chapter 129 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEALTH AND SAFETY › Subchapter F - WORKPLACE SAFETY COMMITTEES › Section 129.1008 - Certification renewal affidavit

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
				  After initial certification, the applicant-employer may, using form LIBC-372R,
Certification Renewal Affidavit of Workplace Safety Committee
, apply to the Bureau for renewal of its initial safety committee
				  certification. Affidavits will be generated by the Bureau and provided to
				  eligible applicant-employers for submission. Affidavits shall be submitted to
				  the Bureau between 90 and 15 calendar days prior to the annual renewal of a
				  workers' compensation policy, self-insurance renewal year or group
				  self-insurance fund year. Certification may be renewed for a total of 4
				  remaining years after the initial certification.
(b) If an applicant-employer has established
				  additional safety committees which have not previously been certified, an
				  Application for Certification of Workplace Safety Committee shall be completed
				  and approved by the Bureau before certification renewal may be granted.
				  Certification renewal approval is granted to an applicant-employer who, by
				  signing the acknowledgements and agreements page of the affidavit, attests that
				  the certified workplace safety committee has continued to operate according to
				  the requirements upon which initial certification approval was based. Employers
				  will not disband committees except for valid business reasons.
(c) If the Bureau determines that the
				  applicant-employer has met certification renewal requirements, it will send a
				  letter of certification renewal approval to the applicant-employer.
(d) An insured applicant-employer shall
				  submit a copy of the letter of certification renewal to its insurer to receive
				  a 5% premium reduction of its workers' compensation insurance premium at the
				  next renewal premium period following the date of Bureau certification renewal.
				  An applicant-employer who is a member of a group self-insurance fund
				  established to grant a 5% reduction in annual member contributions, shall
				  submit a copy of the letter of certification renewal approval to its group
				  self-insurance fund administrator to receive the renewal 5% contribution
				  reduction. The reduction will be effective at the commencement of the next
				  group self-insurance fund year following certification renewal.
(e) The Bureau will notify the Pennsylvania
				  Compensation Rating Bureau of all approved insured
				  applicant-employers.
(f) If a
				  renewal affidavit is disapproved, the Bureau will notify the applicant-employer
				  of the specific reasons for disapproval. The applicant-employer may resubmit a
				  corrected renewal affidavit for reconsideration prior to the renewal of its
				  workers' compensation policy, self-insurance renewal year or group
				  self-insurance fund year. The applicant-employer may challenge the disapproval
				  under Subchapter G (relating to hearings).