Current through September 24, 2024
(1) A navigator,
business entity navigator, certified application counselor, or certified
application counselor organization registration shall expire on September 30th
of each year. A navigator's, business entity navigator's, certified application
counselor's, or certified application counselor organization's existing
registration shall remain in effect during the pendency of a renewal
application.
(a) A navigator, business entity
navigator, certified application counselor, or certified application counselor
organization registration that is in effect on September 26, 2017 shall expire
on September 30, 2018.
(b) For
registrations that were extended to September 30, 2018, pursuant to
0780-01-55-.05(1)(a),
the registrant need only comply with renewal requirements as prescribed by
0780-01-55-.05 at the time of
the September 30, 2018, renewal and for purposes of meeting continuing
education requirements, proof of completion of twelve (12) continuing education
hours at the time of the September 30, 2018, renewal will be
satisfactory.
(2) A
navigator, business entity navigator, certified application counselor, or
certified application counselor organization may file an application for
renewal from September 1 to September 30 of each year. All applications for
renewal must use the application prescribed by the commissioner. A navigator,
business entity navigator, certified application counselor, or certified
application counselor whose registration lapses for more than twelve (12)
months from the renewal date shall be required to submit a new application and
meet all new application requirements provided by Rule
0780-01-55-.04.
(3) Prior to the filing date for application
for renewal of a license, an individual navigator or certified application
counselor shall complete twelve (12) hours of continuing education requirements
with one (1) credit hour equaling fifty (50) minutes in length. An entity
registered as a navigator or a certified application counselor organization
shall provide or shall arrange for continuing education to be provided to the
individual navigators and certified application counselors. Any failure to
fulfill the ongoing continuing education requirements shall result in the
expiration of the individual navigator's or certified application counselor's
registration. Individual navigators and certified application counselors whose
registration has expired for failing to complete the continuing education
requirements may not apply for a registration until they have provided
satisfactory proof to the commissioner that they have completed the required
continuing education requirements and have filed for an application for
registration in accordance with rule
0780-01-55-.04.
(4) For continuing education provided to
navigators and certified application counselors:
(a) It is recommended that one (1) hour
should have course concentration in ethics during each continuing education
year.
(b) The federal training
required for navigators and certified application counselors may only count
toward a maximum of five (5) continuing education requirement hours under this
rule.
(c) It is recommended an
educational program should be a formal program of learning which contributes
directly to the professional competence of the registrant. It is recommended
that such formal programs:
1. File the
education program with the commissioner on a form approved by the
commissioner;
2. Prepare and
maintain a detailed outline for four (4) years after the
presentation;
3. Concentrate on
subject areas such as:
(i) Insurance laws and
regulations;
(ii) Health insurance
overview;
(iii) Providing assistance
in the marketplace;
(iv) Eligibility
and enrollment;
(v) Privacy and
security;
(vi) Tenncare and other
Tennessee assistance programs;
(vii)
Financial literacy;
(viii) Special
marketplace circumstances;
(ix)
Ethics;
4. Avoid subject
areas such as:
(i) Committee service in any
professional organization;
(ii)
Computer science courses; and
(iii)
Motivational, psychology, or sales training
courses.
(d)
Reporting of Continuing Education. Entities registered as navigators and
certified application counselor organizations shall, in a manner prescribed by
the commissioner, provide the commissioner with a list of all individual
navigators or certified application counselors that it employs, supervises or
is affiliated with on an annual basis upon renewal. This list shall certify
that continuing education has been provided for individual navigator and
certified application counselor registrants.
(e) The commissioner may, upon written
request, extend the time in which a registrant must comply with or grant
exception to the continuing education requirements of this Rule for reasons of
poor health, military service, or other reasonable and just causes, including
situations in which an individual navigator or certified application counselor
becomes affiliated with, employed by or supervised by an entity registered as a
navigator or certified application organization, and such individual has not
completed the continuing education requirements before the individual's renewal
because the continuing education has not yet been provided by the entity or
organization.
Authority: Tenn. Public Acts 2013, ch. 377,
T.C.A. §§
56-2-301 and
56-6-1301 through
56-6-1305.
