Ala. Admin. Code r. 482-1-110-.06

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 482-1-110-.06 - Education Provider Requirements

(1) The Commissioner shall, with the advice of the Continuing Education Advisory Committee, approve and authorize providers of continuing education courses and programs, and will designate any such course as being acceptable for the purposes of this chapter. Each such authority holder must apply annually for the continued authority to offer continuing education courses in this state.

(2) The courses or programs of instruction successfully completed which shall be deemed to meet the Commissioner's standards for continuing educational requirements and the number of classroom hours for which they are equivalent are:

(a) Any course or program of instruction or seminar developed and/or sponsored by any school, college, university, bona fide educational school, authorized insurer, recognized state insurance producers association, or insurance trade association shall, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, qualify for the equivalency of the number of classroom hours assigned thereto by the Commissioner.

(b) Any correspondence or internet course approved by the Commissioner shall qualify for the equivalency of the number of classroom hours assigned thereto by the Commissioner, provided said course has been authorized, developed, or sanctioned by a school, college, university, bona fide educational school, authorized insurer, recognized state insurance producers association or insurance trade association. To be approved, a correspondence or internet course must include an appropriate testing instrument requiring a grade of 70 percent to successfully complete the course. The examination must be administered by a proctor, who must sign an affidavit attesting to the fact that the student received no outside assistance in the completion of the final examination. The proctor must be a disinterested third party, with a minimum age of 18 years, who can be any person except for family members or individuals who have a financial interest in the success of the student taking the examination. Co-worker proctors must not be above or below in the student's line of supervision.

(3) The commissioner shall not approve a course under this chapter:

(a) That is designed to prepare an individual to receive an initial license under Chapter 7 of the Insurance Code.

(b) Which deals only with office skills.

(c) Which concerns sales promotion and sales techniques.

(d) Which deals with motivation, psychology or time management.

(e) Every authorized provider of continuing education courses in this state shall, in the format approved by the Commissioner, file a record of all licensees successfully completing each course or program within ten (10) days of the date said course or program is completed. In the case of a correspondence or internet course, this record shall be filed within ten (10) days of the date the provider assigns a grade to the final examination required in subparagraph (2)(b).

(5) At the time of filing its original application for authority as a continuing education course provider, each provider shall pay a filing fee of $396.00. Each year thereafter, every provider shall pay a renewal fee for the continuation of the authority to offer continuing education courses in this state of $132.00. This renewal fee shall be paid each year during the renewal period of October 1 to December 31. If the renewal application and fee are not received by December 31, the provider approval and all courses approved for that provider will expire. Any fees paid by a provider prior to April 23, 1996, the effective date of Act 96-343, for qualification to become a course provider shall be applied as credits against the provider fees set forth in this chapter.

(6) At the time of filing for course approval, providers shall pay a course approval filing fee of $66.00 for each education course or program to be offered in this state. Once approved, no additional filing shall be required for a particular course or program unless the course materially changes. Please note that should the provider authority expire as indicated above, all courses approved for that provider will also expire. Should the provider again become authorized, all courses must be submitted for approval and the course approval fee indicated above must be paid for each such course.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 482-1-110-.06

New Rule: September 15, 1994; effective October 1, 1994. Amended: September 23, 1996; effective October 3, 1996. Amended: August 19, 2002; effective August 29, 2002. Filed with LRS August 19, 2002. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Amended: Filed November 29, 2006; effective December 9, 2006. Filed with LRS November 29, 2006. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. Amended: Filed October 18, 2012; effective October 28, 2012. Filed with LRS October 18, 2012. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 03, December 31, 2015, eff. 1/13/2016.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 09, June 30, 2017, eff. 6/24/2017.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 09, June 30, 2021, eff. 6/20/2021.

Author: Commissioner of Insurance

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 27-2-17, 27-7-43, 27-8A-1, et seq.