24.35.133 NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (1) When the department suspends or revokes an ICEC, the certificate holder's waiver of workers' compensation benefits is no longer effective upon departmental notice to the hiring agent(s). (2) A hiring agent is considered to have been given notice of the suspension of an ICEC on the date a written notice is personally delivered to the hiring agent, or three days after the department mails a written notice to the hiring agent, whichever is earlier. (3) Regarding a revocation, if the department has contact information for a given hiring agent, that hiring agent is considered to have been given notice of the revocation of an ICEC on the date a written notice is personally delivered to the hiring agent, or three days after the department mails a written notice to the hiring agent, whichever is earlier. (a) Hiring agents unknown to the department or potential future hiring agents are deemed to have notice that an ICEC is revoked at the earlier of when: (i) the department posts notice of the revoked ICEC at its web site; or (ii) the hiring agent has actual knowledge of the department's revocation of the ICEC. (4) The web site address for the department's independent contractor information is www.mtcontractor.com. The telephone number for verifying the status of an ICEC is (406) 444-9029. History: 39-71-203, 39-71-417, 39-71-418, MCA; IMP, 39-71-418, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 1511, Eff. 8/12/05; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 1608, Eff. 7/16/10. |