(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting forth the minimum standards of training, experience, and skill that workersâ compensation claims adjusters must possess to perform their duties with regard to workersâ compensation claims. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall, to the greatest extent possible, encourage the use of existing private and public education, training, and certification programs. (b) Every insurer shall certify to the commissioner that the personnel employed by the insurer to adjust workersâ compensation claims, or employed for that purpose by any medical billing entity with which the insurer contracts, meet the minimum standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (a). (c) For the purposes of this section, âmedical billing entityâ means a third party that reviews or adjusts workersâ compensation medical bills for insurers. (d) For the purposes of this section, âinsurerâ means an insurer admitted to transact workersâ compensation insurance in this state, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, an employer that has secured a certificate of consent to self-insure pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 3700 of the Labor Code, or a third-party administrator that has secured a certificate of consent pursuant to Section 3702.1 of the Labor Code.
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