1. A client shall be solely responsible for the quality, adequacy, or safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client's business; 2. A client shall be solely responsible for: a. Directing, supervising, training, and controlling the work of the covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client or when such employees are otherwise acting under the express direction and control of the client; and b. The acts, errors, or omissions of the covered employees with regard to such activities or when such employees are otherwise acting under the express direction and control of the client; 3. A client shall not be liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of a professional employer organization or of any covered employee of the client and a professional employer organization when such covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the professional employer organization; 4. It is not intended that the Act or these regulations shall limit any contractual liability or obligation specifically provided in a professional employer agreement; 5. A covered employee is not, solely as the result of being a covered employee of a professional employer organization, an employee of the professional employer organization for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by workers' compensation, or liquor liability insurance carried by the professional employer organization, unless the covered employee is included for such purposes by specific reference in the professional employer agreement and in any applicable prearranged employment contract, insurance contract, or bond. 6. When a professional employer organization obtains workers' compensation coverage for its clients that is written by an authorized insurer, it shall not be considered to be an insurer based on its provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage to a client, even if the professional employer organization charges the client a different amount than it is charged by the authorized insurer. 7. A professional employer organization shall not offer its covered employees any health benefit plan which is not fully insured by an authorized insurer. 006. Registration. A. Registration Required to Provide Services as a Professional Employer Organization or Professional Employer Organization Group. 1. A person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services pursuant to co-employment relationships in which all or a majority of the employees of a client are covered employees shall be registered under the Act. 2. A person who is not registered under the Act shall not offer or provide professional employer services in this state and shall not use the names PEO,
1. A client shall be solely responsible for the quality, adequacy, or safety of the goods or services produced or sold in the client's business; 2. A client shall be solely responsible for: a. Directing, supervising, training, and controlling the work of the covered employees with respect to the business activities of the client or when such employees are otherwise acting under the express direction and control of the client; and b. The acts, errors, or omissions of the covered employees with regard to such activities or when such employees are otherwise acting under the express direction and control of the client; 3. A client shall not be liable for the acts, errors, or omissions of a professional employer organization or of any covered employee of the client and a professional employer organization when such covered employee is acting under the express direction and control of the professional employer organization; 4. It is not intended that the Act or these regulations shall limit any contractual liability or obligation specifically provided in a professional employer agreement; 5. A covered employee is not, solely as the result of being a covered employee of a professional employer organization, an employee of the professional employer organization for purposes of general liability insurance, fidelity bonds, surety bonds, employer's liability which is not covered by workers' compensation, or liquor liability insurance carried by the professional employer organization, unless the covered employee is included for such purposes by specific reference in the professional employer agreement and in any applicable prearranged employment contract, insurance contract, or bond. 6. When a professional employer organization obtains workers' compensation coverage for its clients that is written by an authorized insurer, it shall not be considered to be an insurer based on its provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage to a client, even if the professional employer organization charges the client a different amount than it is charged by the authorized insurer. 7. A professional employer organization shall not offer its covered employees any health benefit plan which is not fully insured by an authorized insurer. 006. Registration. A. Registration Required to Provide Services as a Professional Employer Organization or Professional Employer Organization Group. 1. A person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services pursuant to co-employment relationships in which all or a majority of the employees of a client are covered employees shall be registered under the Act. 2. A person who is not registered under the Act shall not offer or provide professional employer services in this state and shall not use the names PEO,
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