Section 2651.0021 - Professional Training Program(a) The commissioner shall adopt by rule a professional training program for a title insurance agent and the management personnel of the title insurance agent.(b) The professional training program must be designed to provide information regarding: (1) the basic principles and coverages related to title insurance;(2) recent and prospective changes in those principles and coverages;(3) applicable rules and laws;(4) proper conduct of the license holder's title insurance business;(5) accounting principles and practices and financial responsibilities and practices relevant to title insurance; and(6) the duties and responsibilities of a title insurance agent.(c) Professional training program hours may be used to satisfy the continuing education requirements established under Section 2651.204.(d) A professional training program course must be offered by: (1) a statewide title insurance association, statewide title agents' association or professional association, or local chapter of a statewide title insurance or title agents' association or professional association;(2) an accredited college or university;(3) a career school or college as defined by Section 132.001, Education Code;(4) the State Bar of Texas;(5) an educational publisher;(6) a title insurance company authorized to engage in business in this state;(7) a company that owns one or more title insurance companies authorized to engage in business in this state;(8) a public school system in this state; or(9) an individual accredited as an instructor by an entity described by Subdivisions (1)-(8).(e) An individual is exempt from the professional training requirement of this section if the individual has held in this state for at least five years a position as management personnel with a title insurance agent, or a comparable position, as determined under rules adopted by the commissioner.Tex. Ins. Code § 2651.0021
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1025, Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/2009.