Sec. 418. Engineer oversight and certification
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Part C of chapter II of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.), as amended by section 412, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term covered engineering services means engineering services provided in connection with insurance coverage provided under this title. The Administrator shall require that any individual who provides covered engineering services, including services in connection with assessing any claim for losses covered by a policy for that coverage, shall— have registered with and certified to the Administrator that the engineer is professionally licensed to practice as an engineer in the State in which the engineer is providing the covered engineering services; have expertise in a particular discipline of engineer or act within the area of the competency of the engineer, as the Administrator shall require; and be certified by the Administrator pursuant to subsection (c).
The Administrator shall carry out a program to certify engineers as qualified to provide covered engineering services. The program carried out under paragraph
(1)shall— include an initial training seminar; provide such standards and testing requirements as the Administrator shall establish; and require an annual renewal of certification through continuing education. The Administrator shall establish a standardized fee schedule for all covered engineering services, which shall be similar to the fee schedule of the Administrator used for companies adjusting claims under insurance coverage provided under this title. Any reimbursement or other allowance, payment, or compensation provided by the Administrator to a Write Your Own company with respect to covered engineered services may not exceed the applicable standardized fees for those services established under paragraph (1). The Administrator shall establish a system to provide a unique numerical identifier for each engineer who provides covered engineering services to assist in tracking past performance in the provision of those services. With respect to a Write Your Own company, the Administrator shall— require the Write Your Own company to obtain from each provider of covered engineering services for the Write Your Own company, including any subcontractor— documentation sufficient to itemize and disaggregate the costs and fees for those services, including the costs and fees for any subcontractor; and all photos, notes, draft reports, and other documentation relating to providing those services in connection with a claim under insurance coverage provided under this title; make available to the Write Your Own company— the fee schedule established under subsection (d)(1); and such other information as may be necessary to enable the Write Your Own company to determine whether the costs and fees charged by providers of covered engineering services are reasonable in relation to the services provided; and require the Write Your Own company to make available to the Administrator, before any reimbursement or other allowance, payment, or compensation is provided to the Write Your Own company in connection with covered engineering services provided, all supporting documentation relating to those services. .
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