Regina, Saskatchewan — Wednesday, July 1 officially marks the deadline for Saskatchewan collision shops to meet SGI’s new accreditation requirements, part of the province’s Safe and Quality Auto Repair Program (SQARP).
Citing “industry fuel efficiency targets and advancements in vehicle automation” as driving factors for updating the collision industry’s accreditation requirements, SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) says that SQARP will include changes to minimum tooling, training and equipment requirements, that will come into effect on July 1.
According to a June 11 bulletin from SGI, “Collision repair shops that do not apply or meet the new minimum accreditation requirements, or submit an incomplete application, will be removed from the SGI accredited collision program.”
After July 1, non-accredited shops in Saskatchewan will:
- be assigned a blended (refinish, frame and mechanical) labour rate of $46.50/hr plus body shop materials of $6.12/hr and a water-borne paint material rate of $57.94/hr of refinish time;
- be removed from SGI’s Mitchell network and will not be able to receive or electronically process estimate assignments (no dispatches) or supplements;
- be removed from the shop locator on SGI’s website and no longer be scheduled for SGI staff road-runs;
- and not have access to ePay for collision/damage repairs, but will continue to have ePay access for road-hazard glass, rental and EFT, if applicable (all collision repairs completed by non-accredited shops will be paid using a Completed Repair Notification (CRN) manual payment process).
A number of delays and postponements have caused SQARP’s full implementation to be bumped several times; SQARP’s original effective date was April 2019.
For more information, email SGI at claimsprerepairplanning@sgi.sk.ca.
