Current through Register Vol. 48, No.
18, September 15, 2023
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the continuing education
requirements for individual navigators. All forms referenced in this regulation
may be accessed at the department's website at
www.insurance.mo.gov .
(1) As used in this rule, the following terms
shall mean:
(A) Approved course-an educational
presentation offered in a class, seminar, self-study or other form of
instruction regarding navigator roles and responsibilities, Missouri law,
ethics, and the health insurance exchange operating in this state;
(B) Navigator Continuing Education
Certificate of Course Completion-The form which is included herein as Exhibit 1
of this rule revised September 20, 2013, or any form which substantially
comports with the specified form, completed by the authorized provider of an
approved course which signifies satisfactory completion of the course and
reflects the hours of credit earned;
(C) Navigator Continuing Education
Certification Summary-The form which is included herein as Exhibit 2 of this
rule revised September 20, 2013, or any form which substantially comports with
the specified form, completed by the licensee which documents compliance with
the continuing education requirements in section
376.2006,
RSMo;
(D) Navigator Continuing
Education Provider Application for Course Approval- The form which is included
herein as Exhibit 3 of this rule revised September 20, 2013, or any form which
substantially comports with the specified form, completed by the course
provider which requests approval of a continuing education course;
(E) Credit hour-Fifty (50) minutes of
uninterrupted instruction pertaining to an approved course. Partial hours of
credit are not allowed. Credit hours earned through self-study will be
determined by the following method:
1.
Printed material-Page count of fifteen (15) pages will equal one (1) credit
hour;
2. Computer-based or Internet
courses will be calculated as: three (3) screens (750 words) will equal one (1)
printed page and forty-five (45) screens will equal one (1) credit
hour;
(F) Director-The
director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and
Professional Registration or his/her designee; and
(G) Licensee-An individual who is licensed by
the department as a navigator.
(2) Individual Navigator Continuing Education
Requirements.
(A) Any individual licensed as a
navigator shall complete courses or programs of instruction equivalent to a
total of at least twelve (12) hours of instruction during the two- (2-) year
licensure period.
(B) Of the twelve
(12) hours of instruction during the two- (2-) year license period, individual
navigators must complete three (3) hours of instruction covering ethics and
Missouri law. Courses on ethics and Missouri law must be approved as such by
the director to be eligible for meeting this requirement.
(C) An individual navigator may satisfy the
continuing education requirement by demonstrating completion of continuing
education that allows the individual to be certified or recertified to perform
the duties identified in 42 U.S.C. section 18031(i) or related duties,
irrespective of whether the continuing education is for purposes of serving as
a navigator, certified application counselor, in-person assister, or health
center outreach and enrollment assistance worker.
(D) An individual navigator who satisfies the
continuing education requirement through subsection (C) must also complete
three (3) hours of instruction covering ethics and Missouri law. Courses on
ethics and Missouri law must be approved as such by the director to be eligible
for meeting this requirement.
(E)
An individual navigator must submit the form "Navigator Continuing Education
Certification Summary" to the director to show compliance with section
376.2006,
RSMo, at the time of their biennial license renewal. The director may examine
the licensee's continuing education records wherever they may be
found.
(3) Navigator
Continuing Education Provider Requirements.
(A) A continuing education provider must seek
course approval by completing the form "Navigator Continuing Education Provider
Application for Course Approval" and submitting a filing fee of fifty dollars
($50) per course. Courses shall be approved for a period of no more than one
(1) year.
(B) A continuing
education provider must furnish the form "Navigator Continuing Education
Certificate of Course Completion" to any licensee who earns continuing
education credit hours after completing an approved course. The director may
examine the continuing education provider's approved courses and records for
such courses.
(C) Within thirty
(30) days of the date a course is completed by a licensee, continuing education
providers shall electronically notify the director of the credit hours earned
by a licensee.
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AUTHORITY: sections
374.045
and
376.2004
through
376.2014,
RSMo Supp. 2013.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 20, 2013, effective Sept. 30,
2013, expired March 28, 2014. Original rule filed Sept. 20, 2013, effective
March 30, 30, 2014. Non-substantive change filed Sept. 11, 2019, published Oct.
31, 2019.
*Original authority: 374.045, RSMo 1967, amended 1993,
1995, 2008; 376.2004, RSMo 2013; 376.2006, RSMo 2013; 376.2008, RSMo 2013;
376.2010, RSMo 2013; 376.2011 , RSMo 2013; 376.2012, RSMo 2013; and 376.2014,
RSMo 2013.