(a) The provider
shall submit the course certification application to the department or its
designee and include the following information:
(1) A certification by the provider that the
course meets the minimum requirements as defined in this subchapter;
(2) A statement identifying the knowledge,
skills, or abilities the licensee is expected to obtain through completion of
the course;
(3) A detailed course
content outline showing the approximate times for major topics;
(4) For one-time-event continuing education
courses, the provider's certification that all speakers, if any, are qualified
under this subchapter;
(5) The
method of evaluation by which the provider measures how effectively the course
meets its objectives and provides for student input;
(6) The total number of course hours
requested for approval, including:
(A) the
method the applicant is using to determine the number of course
hours;
(B) the number of hours
included in the total number of course hours requested for approval that are:
(i) sales and marketing topics; and
(ii) ethics and consumer protection topics;
and
(C) for applicants
determining classroom equivalent or self study course hours by using the
average of approval times in other states, a list of all course approval times
and states in which the course is approved.
(7) A sample of the certificate of completion
which shall be used when licensees or adjuster applicants successfully complete
the certified course for approval by the department or its designee. The
certificate of completion must contain, at a minimum, the following
information:
(A) a statement that the course
is for continuing education credit, adjuster prelicensing training, long-term
care partnership certification, Medicare-related product certification, small
employer health benefit plan specialty certification, or annuity
certification;
(B) provider name
and number;
(C) assignee's name and
number (if applicable);
(D) course
name, and if applicable, TDI course number(s);
(E) total number of credit hours and the
number of included ethics and consumer protection topics;
(F) date of course completion;
(G) for continuing education courses, TDI
license number and name of student completing the course;
(H) for adjuster prelicensing training, the
name of the student completing the course; and
(I) for certification courses, TDI license
number, the name of the student completing the course, and the type of
certification (long-term care partnership certification, Medicare-related
product certification, small employer health benefit plan specialty
certification, or annuity certification);
(8) A statement that the course is intended
for:
(A) continuing education classroom,
classroom equivalent, or self study credit and whether the course is primarily
intended to be open to all licensees or shall have a restricted
enrollment;
(B) adjuster
prelicensing education and whether the course is primarily intended to be open
to all adjuster applicants or shall have a restricted enrollment; or
(C) certification and whether the course is
primarily intended to be open to all licensees or will have a restricted
enrollment;
(9) A copy
of the provider's refund policy; and
(10) Any other information requested by the
department.
