N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 12 § 451.5

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 451.5 - Management of safety groups

(a) A safety group shall employ the service of a group manager for the purpose of efficiently securing the benefits for which the group is established and carrying out the spirit and intent of the law. The group manager shall be designated at the beginning of each group year by the executive committee. A group manager shall act in that capacity until the end of the group year unless sooner terminated at the discretion of the executive committee or the State Fund.

(b) Qualification and approval of group manager. The proposed group manager shall submit in writing to the State Fund his qualifications for group management. No group manager shall act in such capacity until the State Fund has given its approval in writing, which shall become effective only until the end of the group year.

(c) Duties of group manager.

(1) The group manager shall promulgate rules and regulations (subject to the approval of the State Fund) for establishing an accident-prevention program. He shall diligently carry out such approved program and shall cooperate fully with the State Fund in the investigation of claims, the presentation of all material and facts for the consideration and determination thereof, and shall keep a record of the accidents of the group.

(2) The group manager shall be responsible for instruction of all members in the maintenance of proper payroll and other records which may reflect in any way upon wage expenditures, shall assist the State Fund in securing true and accurate payroll records and reports wherever possible, and shall also assist the State Fund in the prompt collection of premiums, and shall keep a record of the estimated and earned premiums of the group.

(3) The group manager shall be responsible for insuring that all applications for insurance submitted on behalf of prospective members shall be correctly and fully completed, containing all information required by the State Fund.

(4) The group manager shall be the representative of the group in dealing with the State Fund and with the individual members of the group. The group manager shall see that the provisions of the group rules are carried out.

(d) Service charges. The group manager may be remunerated by the group members as may be agreed upon by the executive committee of the group, but in no instance shall such remuneration be in excess of the maximum amounts provided for by the Safety Group's Rules and Regulations adopted by the commissioners of the State Fund. All ordinary expenses of the group shall be borne by the group manager and shall be paid out of such remuneration.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 § 451.5