Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) General Requirements:
(a) Each licensee subject to the continuing
education requirements in Section
626.2815, F.S., must complete
all required hours by the end of the licensee's birth month after being
licensed 24 months and every 2 years thereafter.
1. After the first compliance year is
established, a licensee shall continue to meet the applicable continuing
education requirements every 2 years thereafter regardless of when additional
licenses or appointments are added.
2. As subsequent licensure is granted for
other lines of insurance requiring continuing education, the licensee's
compliance date will remain the same.
3. The total 2 year requirement remains in
that same yearly sequence for all license types combined and not in alternating
years.
4. An individual submitting
an application for licensure in the same line of insurance that has previously
been held, within 4 years from the date of cancellation or expiration of the
previous license, is responsible for completing the deficient continuing
education hours prior to issuance of appointments on the newly issued license.
a. Deficient continuing education hours shall
be waived by the following:
(I) Since
cancellation or expiration of the license, the individual successfully
completed a prelicensing course for the type and class applied for.
(II) Since cancellation or expiration of the
license, the individual passed the state examination for the type and class
applied for.
(III) Since
cancellation or expiration of the license, the individual completed an
insurance designation course for the type and class applied for which is also
named in the continuing education law, Section
626.2815, F.S.
(IV) Since cancellation of the license, the
individual completed the continuing education requirements of another state
that is reciprocal with Florida.
(V) The individual was exempt from continuing
education pursuant to Rule
69B-228.250,
F.A.C.
(b) Continuing education credit may not be
earned for attending or instructing at any subsequent offering of the same
continuing education course within a 24 month period.
(c) Lack of an appointment does not eliminate
the continuing education requirement.
(d) An individual applying for and receiving
a license in the individual's birth month shall be required to provide
documentation of continuing education credits earned as of the birth month 2
years later.
(2)
(a) The Department shall refuse to renew or
continue the appointments or issue new appointments of any licensee who does
not satisfy the minimum continuing education requirements by the compliance
date.
(b) All outstanding
continuing education requirements shall be satisfied before appointments will
be processed.
(3) These
remedies are not exclusive of the provisions of Sections
626.611,
626.621,
626.681, and
626.691, F.S.
(4) Licensees shall maintain records of all
course completions for 2 years from the completion dates.
(5) Licensees are not required to file
certificates of completion with the Department unless requested to do so by the
Department for audit purposes or to correct discrepancies in Department
records.
(6) Reduction of
continuing education requirement.
(a) A
request for reduction based on a chartered property and casualty underwriter
(CPCU) or chartered life underwriter (CLU) designation or a degree in risk
management or insurance, and/or applicable experience on Form DFS-H2-1109,
Reduction of Continuing Education Requirements, which is incorporated by
reference in Rule 69B-228.180, F.A.C., shall be
submitted to the Department with all written documentation prior to the
licensee's compliance date.
(b)
Within 30 days of a status change which disqualifies the licensee from the
reduction, the licensee shall notify the Department.
(c) On the second compliance date after the
status has been changed, the requirements will apply without the
reduction.
Rulemaking Authority
624.308,
626.2816,
648.26(1)(a)
FS. Law Implemented 624.307(1),
626.221(2)(d),
626.2815,
626.2816,
626.611,
626.621,
626.681,
626.691,
626.869(5),
648.385 FS.
New 8-17-93, Amended 4-11-94, 4-29-01, Formerly 4-228.220,
Amended 1-17-05, 8-3-09, 8-4-13,
4-12-17.
