Ala. Admin. Code r. 482-1-148-.10

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

Section 482-1-148-.10 - Continuing Education Providers

(1) The Commissioner shall 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 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. 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 third-party 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 cannot be a friend, relative, or coworker of the licensee, nor anyone with a financial interest in the success of the licensee taking the examination.

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

(a) That is designed as a prelicensing course.

(b) Which deals only with office skills.

(c) Which concerns sales promotion and sales techniques.

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

(4) Every authorized provider of continuing education courses in this state shall, in accordance with the online process 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 the filing fee set forth in Rule 482-1-110-.06. Each year thereafter, every provider shall pay the renewal fee for the continuation of the authority to offer continuing education courses in this state set forth in Rule 482-1-110-.06. This renewal fee shall be paid each year during the renewal period of November 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.

(6) At the time of filing for course approval, providers shall pay the course approval filing fee set forth in Rule 482-1-110-.06 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. 482-1-148-.10

New Rule: October 18, 2012; effective January 1, 2013. Filed with LRS October 18, 2012. Rule is not subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLI, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2023, eff. 9/14/2023; operative 1/1/2024.

Author: Commissioner of Insurance

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 27-5-4, et seq., 27-25-8.