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USA Statutes : arizona
Title : Insurance
Chapter : CONTINUING EDUCATION

20-2901 Definitions

(Rpld. 7/1/10)

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Applicant" means a provider organization that submits an application to the
contractor to provide continuing education courses.
2. "Approved continuing education course" means any course that has been approved
by at least five other states or that is approved by a contractor or automatically
approved pursuant to section 20-2904.
3. "Approved provider" means an organization or individual that offers an approved
continuing education course and that is authorized by the contractor to offer the course
to a licensee for credit toward the licensee's continuing education requirements.
4. "Continuing education review committee" means the committee appointed by the
director pursuant to section 20-2905 to establish minimum standards that apply to
approved providers and approved continuing education courses and minimum performance
standards that apply to contractors.
5. "Contractor" means the person who has a contract with the department of
insurance to approve continuing education providers and courses and to administer the
continuing education program and who is paid through fees collected from approved
providers when the approved providers apply for continuing education course approval.
6. "Credit hour" means the value assigned to an hour of instruction in an approved
continuing education course.
7. "License period" means the period between the date an ARIZONA insurance license
is issued or last renewed and the expiration date of the ARIZONA insurance license.
8. "Licensee" means an insurance producer, including a surplus lines broker, or a
managing general agent as defined in chapter 2, article 3.1 of this title who at any time
during the license period holds a current nonresident license to transact insurance in
another state. Licensee does not include any firm, corporation or other similar entity
or an adjuster as defined in section 20-321.
9. "Nonresident applicant" means an insurance producer or a managing general agent
or service representative who holds a resident license in another state and a nonresident
license in this state and who is applying for the renewal of a nonresident license in
this state.
10. "Provider organization" means a person that provides continuing education
courses but has not yet been accepted as an approved provider pursuant to section
20-2904.

20-2902 Continuing education requirements; nonresident license in another state; nonresident license in this state

(Rpld. 7/1/10)

A. To qualify for renewal of a resident license, each licensee whose expiring
license period is at least one year but not more than two years shall complete a minimum
of twenty credit hours of approved insurance continuing education courses offered by an
approved provider. To qualify for renewal of a resident license, each licensee whose
expiring license period is more than two years shall complete a minimum of forty credit
hours of approved insurance continuing education courses offered by an approved provider.
B. After the licensee completes an approved continuing education course, the
approved provider shall furnish the licensee with a certificate of compliance in a form
approved by the director that certifies that the licensee has taken and completed the
course. The licensee and a person authorized to sign on behalf of the approved provider
shall sign the certificate. The director may require that the licensee attach the signed
certificate of compliance to the application for renewal of the resident license. The
director shall not renew the licensee's resident license unless the director has obtained
evidence that the licensee has completed the credit hours prescribed in subsection
A. The required credit hours apply to the same term as the license.
C. Pursuant to subsection B, the form approved by the director shall require at
least the following information:
1. The licensee's name and the license number that is issued by the department.
2. The name of the approved provider.
3. The subjects and titles of the approved continuing education courses that the
licensee completed.
4. The dates that the licensee completed the approved continuing education courses.
D. Except as provided in subsections E and F, a licensee seeking to renew a
nonresident license shall submit proof to the director of having earned the continuing
education credit requirements that are needed to satisfy the requirements of the
nonresident licensee's resident state to comply with the continuing education
requirements prescribed in this section.
E. If the nonresident licensee's resident state does not recognize credits earned
by residents of this state, the nonresident applicant shall satisfy the continuing
education prescribed in this section only by earning continuing education credits from an
approved provider.
F. Subsections D and E do not apply to a nonresident licensee whose resident state
does not have a continuing education requirement.

20-2903 Record keeping

(Rpld. 7/1/10)

A. Beginning on July 1, 1999 licensees shall maintain their own continuing
education records described in section 20-2902, subsection C and shall keep the records
until the second renewal date after the period for which the continuing education credits
were earned.
B. In order to verify the attendance and successful course completion of all
licensees enrolled in an approved course, Approved providers shall maintain records for
five years in a manner acceptable to the director. The records are subject to audit by
the department. Each approved provider shall maintain records that include at least the
following information for each approved continuing education course provided by the
approved provider:
1. The title and subject.
2. A list of attendees.
3. The name of the instructor.
4. A copy of the continuing education course outline.
5. Other information deemed necessary by the director.
C. Based on an audit prescribed in subsection B of this section, if the director
discovers that an approved provider has failed to maintain records in the manner
prescribed in subsection B of this section, the director shall immediately notify the
contractor described in section 20-2904 of the approved provider's noncompliance and the
contractor shall remove the approved provider from the contractor's list of approved
providers. The contractor shall not accept that provider organization as an approved
provider for at least one year. The approved provider's noncompliance does not affect
the licensee's ability to obtain a renewal of a nonresident license if the licensee
complies with section 20-2902 and subsection A of this section.

20-2904 Continuing education; contractor requirements; automatic approval

(Rpld. 7/1/10)

A. Pursuant to title 41, chapter 23, the director shall enter into a contract with
a person for the approval of approved providers and courses and administration of the
continuing education program. The director shall include in any request for proposals the
minimum performance standards established by the continuing education review committee.
B. The contractor shall:
1. After a complete review and investigation based on the minimum standards
established by the continuing education review committee:
(a) Accept or reject provider organizations as approved providers.
(b) Except as provided in subsection C of this section, review course content for
approval or disapproval as an approved continuing education course.
2. Charge an applicant an application fee for acceptance as an approved provider
and a fee for approval of a continuing education course.
C. A continuing education course is automatically approved if either:
1. Thirty days after the contractor receives an application, the contractor does
not disapprove the course described in the application or does not request supplemental
information from the applicant.
2. The course is approved by the insurance regulatory authority in at least five
other states and the approved provider provides the contractor with a certificate or
letter from the regulatory authority in the five other states that confirms the approval
of the course.
D. The contractor's decision pursuant to subsection B, paragraph 1, subdivision (b)
of this section is an appealable agency action as defined in section 41-1092 and the
approved provider is entitled to a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10
and, except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, is entitled to judicial
review pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.
E. Except as provided in section 20-2903, the acceptance of an approved provider is
valid for five years. At the end of the five years, the approved provider may submit an
application for renewal to the contractor and the contractor shall charge the approved
provider the fee prescribed in subsection B of this section. The approval of a continuing
education course is valid for two years or until the course content or outline changes.
At the end of the two years or when the course content or outline changes, the approved
provider may submit an application for renewal to the contractor and the contractor shall
charge the approved provider the fee prescribed in subsection B of this section.

20-2905 Continuing education review committee

(Rpld. 7/1/10)

A. The continuing education review committee is established in the department
consisting of at least five members and not more than seven members who are appointed by
the director. The director shall appoint to the committee representatives of the
insurance industry, consumers and any other person deemed necessary by the director. The
director or the director's designee serves as the chairman of the committee. The members
serve at the pleasure of the director.
B. Members of the committee shall have knowledge of the insurance industry and
shall be residents of this state.
C. The committee shall conduct meetings as necessary on the call of the director or
the chairman or on the request of any two members of the committee.
D. The committee shall:
1. Establish minimum standards that apply to approved continuing education courses
and approved providers and that the contractor shall use to evaluate continuing education
course and provider organizations pursuant to section 20-2904.
2. Establish minimum performance standards that apply to the contractor and that
the director shall include in any request for proposals for the administration of the
continuing education program prescribed by this article.
3. Engage in any necessary task that is prescribed by the director and that is
related to the continuing education program prescribed by this article.
E. A committee member is not civilly liable for acts, omissions or decisions made
in good faith in conjunction with the member's service on the committee.
F. Committee members are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for
reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.

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