California Code of Regulations
Title 10 - Investment
Chapter 5 - Insurance Commissioner
Subchapter 1 - Production of Insurance
Article 6.5 - Prelicensing and Continuing Education
Section 2188.6 - Successful Completion of Continuing Education Courses

(a) Students shall attend all of a scheduled contact course, as defined in Section 2186.1(e)(1); any exceptions must be approved by the instructor/subject matter expert or provider director and must not violate the minimum attendance requirements listed below in Section 2188.6(b). The provider/instructor/subject matter expert has the authority to withhold credit for program completion when, in his or her opinion, the student did not pay satisfactory attention or otherwise failed to demonstrate acceptable student conduct in class.

(b) Except as set forth in other subsections of this section, successful completion of a contact course referred to in Section 1749.4(o) of the California Insurance Code shall be by attending at least eighty percent (80%) of a scheduled course.

(c) Course attendance of a live prelicensing or continuing education classroom course shall be determined by the provider completing and maintaining a daily attendance record, at both the beginning and end of each session, in the same manner as described in Section 2188.5(b). Attendance for an interactive continuing education course, as defined in Section 2186.1(e)(1)(D), may be by maintaining an electronic attendance record of student log-in/out of the class session and instructor roll-call record.

(d) Providers of courses referenced in Section 1749.4(n) of the California Insurance Code are exempt from the attendance record keeping requirements of Section 2188.5(b) above. A student's successful completion of such courses will be by obtaining a passing grade of at least seventy percent (70%) on a final examination or an instructor's/subject matter expert's certification that such student attended at least eighty percent (80%) of the contact course.

(e) Students taking non-contact courses, as defined in Section 2186.1(e)(2) must meet the provider's established criteria for acceptable work. Successful completion of non-contact courses shall mean obtaining a passing grade of at least seventy percent (70%) on a final examination. The final examination shall be graded by the provider. The provider shall issue certificates of completion only to those students who have passed the final examination.

(f) Interactive courses, as defined in Section 2186.1(e)(1)(D) consisting of only video or audio programs, conducted in supervised environments involving attendance monitoring, such as work stations or conference rooms, may qualify for continuing education credit without the use of a final examination. A student's successful completion of such a course shall be by attending all of the scheduled time; any exceptions must be approved by an instructor/subject matter expert or provider director and must not violate the minimum attendance requirements. Attendance shall be verified by a provider who reviews and compares the electronic attendance record and instructor roll-call record as stated in Section 2188.6(c).

(g) No course shall be taken for credit more than once within a two (2) year license period.

(h) Excess ethics continuing education hours accumulated during any license term may not be carried forward to the next license term. Pursuant to Section 2188.6(g), no course shall be taken for credit more than once within a two (2) year license term.