2.55.320    METHOD FOR ASSIGNMENT OF CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYMENTS

(1) Risks insured by the State Fund must be divided by the State Fund into classifications. An individual classification must group together risks so that each classification reflects exposures common to those employers in the classification.

(2) An employer covered by a State Fund policy must be assigned a classification according to the type of exposure to risk within the employer's business. The classification generally includes all the various types of labor of the business. If a single classification is not sufficient to describe the risk, more than one classification may be assigned to the employer.

(3) The State Fund staff shall assign its insureds to classifications contained in the classifications section of the State Compensation Insurance Fund Policy Services Underwriting Manual effective July 1, 2014, and assign new or changed classifications as approved by the board. That section of the manual is incorporated by reference. Copies of the classification section of the manual may be obtained from the Insurance Operations Support Department of the State Fund, 855 Front Street, P.O. Box 4759, Helena, Montana 59604-4759.

History: 39-71-2315, 39-71-2316, MCA; IMP, 39-71-2311, 39-71-2316, MCA; EMERG, NEW, 1992 MAR p. 300, Eff. 2/28/92; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 907, Eff. 5/1/92; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 1485, Eff. 7/16/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 1423, Eff. 5/27/94; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1033, Eff. 4/28/00; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 657, Eff. 4/27/01; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 164, Eff. 2/1/02; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 3558, Eff. 12/27/02; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 176, Eff. 1/30/04; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 3013, Eff. 12/17/04; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 2649, Eff. 12/23/05; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 3065, Eff. 12/22/06; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 2123, Eff. 12/21/07; AMD, 2009 MAR p.140, Eff. 2/13/09; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 306, Eff. 2/12/10; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 142, Eff. 2/11/11; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 394, Eff. 2/24/12; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 211, Eff. 2/15/13; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 322, Eff. 2/14/14; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 141, Eff. 2/13/15.