Alabama Administrative Code
Title 482 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Chapter 482-1-148 - TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS
Section 482-1-148-.10 - Continuing Education Providers
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(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:
(3) The commissioner shall not approve a course under this chapter:
(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.
Author: Commissioner of Insurance
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 27-5-4, et seq., 27-25-8.