Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 2 - Division of Insurance › Chapter 23 - Producers, Managing General Agents, Surplus Lines Brokers, Reinsurance Intermediary Managers, Reinsurance Intermediary Brokers, Third Party Administrators, and Independent Adjusters › Article 1 - Licensing Requirements › 3 AAC 23.168 - Continuing education provider requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  meeting the qualifications under
				  3 AAC 23.164, an approved continuing education provider
				  shall
(1) ensure that each contact class
				  course is conducted or facilitated by an instructor qualified under
				  3 AAC 23.184;
(2) obtain approval of the director for each
				  course the continuing education provider offers in this state;
(3) ensure that each course offered follows
				  the course outline and criteria approved by the director;
(4) obtain approval of the director for a
				  course when there has been a substantial change to a previously approved course
				  before the course is offered in this state;
(5) notify the director in writing not later
				  than 30 days after a change in the provider's primary or alternate contact
				  person, electronic mail address, mailing address, telephone number, or
				  facsimile transmission number;
(6)
				  notify the director in writing of any administrative action taken against the
				  continuing education provider by a governmental agency of another state and
				  submit to the director the final order or other relevant legal documents in the
				  action not later than 30 days after the final disposition of the
				  action;
(7) if the capability to
				  monitor attendance exists, prepare and issue, not later than 30 days after the
				  course completion date, a certificate of completion to each licensee who
				  successfully completes the course if the licensee arrives by the time the
				  course begins and stays until the conclusion of the course; the certificate of
				  completion must include the
(A) licensee's
				  name;
(B) licensee's national
				  producer number that identifies the licensee in the producer database (PDB) of
				  the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC);
(C) provider's name;
(D) provider's identification number assigned
				  under 3 AAC 23.164;
(E) course number;
(F) date of completion of the
				  course;
(G) number of credit hours
				  earned by the licensee; and
(H)
				  date and signature of the authorized designee of the provider;
(8) if the capability to monitor
				  attendance does not exist, prepare and issue, not later than 30 days after the
				  course completion date, a certificate of completion to each licensee who
				  successfully completes the course and include in the certificate the same
				  information required under (7) of this subsection;
(9) file on the division's online continuing
				  education system, not later than 10 days after the course completion date, a
				  course roster containing the
(A) names of the
				  licensees who have successfully completed the course;
(B) the licensees' national producer numbers
				  that identify the licensees in the producer database (PDB) of the National
				  Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC);
(C) provider's identification number assigned
				  under 3 AAC 23.164;
(D) course number;
(E) number of credit hours earned by each
				  licensee; and
(F) for a contact
				  class course, the
(i) date of the
				  course;
(ii) location of the
				  course; and
(iii) name of the
				  instructor;
(10) for a contact class course,
(A) monitor and record the amount of time
				  each licensee spent on the course through attendance registers, use of the
				  Internet, or other verifiable means;
(B) designate an instructor who is
				  responsible for verification of class attendance and course content completion;
				  and
(C) use an attendance register
				  that includes the
(i) provider's
				  name;
(ii) provider's
				  identification number assigned under
				  3 AAC 23.164;
(iii) course number;
(iv) licensees' names;
(v) licensees' national producer numbers that
				  identify the licensees in the producer database (PDB) of the National
				  Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC);
(vi) licensees' signatures; and
(vii) initials of a licensee indicating each
				  time the licensee arrived at or left the course site;
(11) for a self-study course, if
				  the capability exists, monitor and record the amount of time each licensee
				  spends on the course through use of the Internet, or other verifiable
				  means;
(12) upon completion of a
				  course, provide each licensee with an opportunity to complete a confidential
				  evaluation of the course and the course instructor, if applicable;
(13) supervise the continuing education
				  provider's instructors, disinterested third parties, other employees,
				  contractors, or any other person having contact with or access to a licensee or
				  the records, equipment, or facilities of the continuing education
				  provider;
(14) assist the director
				  and cooperate in any audit the director may conduct to determine compliance
				  with AS
				  21.27.020 and
				  3 AAC 23.100 -
				  3 AAC 23.208, with the cost of the audit borne by the
				  continuing education provider; and
(15) maintain records and documents in
				  accordance with the following retention schedule:
(A) records relating to a continuing
				  education instructor - four years from the date of termination of the
				  continuing education instructor's employment or contract with the continuing
				  education provider;
(B) records
				  relating to a course - four years from the date the course was
				  offered;
(C) all other records -
				  four years.